Air Vehicle Integrated and Technology Research (AVIATR). Task Order 0027: Lighter Than Air (LTA) and Hybrid Aircraft Concept Assessment Tool Development

Abstract

This report accompanies a new airship advanced design tool called ?Advanced Airship Analysis and Design.? This report describes the tool?s features, explores sizing and performance results for several airship configurations for several missions and outlines the influence of advanced technologies on these results. The tool may be used to evaluate existing or proposed airship designs. It may also be used to create new designs. The tool includes integrated modules for aerodynamics, stability and control, structures and weight, propulsion. These are brought together in a module for sizing and performance estimation. The tool is executed in Microsoft Excel. A detailed user manual accompanies the tool and this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA601319

Entities

People

  • Blaine Rawdon
  • Kevin Sequeira
  • Zachary Hoisington

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airships
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computers
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometric Forms
  • Geometry
  • Lines (Geometry)
  • Solar Cells
  • Solar Energy
  • Solar Panels
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computer Science.
  • Software Engineering.