Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of a Blended-wing-body Aircraft Configuration

Increasing environmental concerns and fuel prices motivate the study of alternative, unconventional aircraft configurations. One such example is the blended-wing-body configuration, which has been shown to have several advantages over the conventional tube-and-wing aircraft configuration. In this th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kuntawala, Nimeesha B.
Other Authors: Zingg, David W.
Language:en_ca
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/31289