The Impact of Alternate Fuels on Aircraft Configuration Characteristics.

Abstract

The study dealt with the effect of alternate fuel usage for three classifications of advanced technology vehicles for a post-2000 time period. Alternate fuel design vehicles were configured to optimum thrust loading and wing loading based on hydrocarbon (JP-4) fuel, and found to offer 35 to 45 percent weight reduction. Life-cycle cost savings were estimated as a function of fuel cost and showed fuels 10 to 15 times the basepoint resulted in breakeven LCC with the more exotic fuels. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA066983

Entities

People

  • Douglas A. Robinson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Air Power
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Calorific Value
  • Composite Materials
  • Control Systems
  • Exhaust Systems
  • High Lift Devices
  • Jet Engine Fuels
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Testing
  • Military Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Petroleum Engineering