Influence of Technology Trends on Future Aircraft Architecture

In the last 30 years, aircraft performance has experienced diminishing returns in terms of efficiency, on the order of 1% reduction in fuel consumption annually since 2010. Meanwhile, according to projections by Airbus and Boeing, air passenger traffic is expected to increase 3.5-4.6% per annum. Int...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cameron, Bruce Gregory, Crawley, Edward F, Kellari, Demetrios
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Format: Article
Published: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115163