The multidisciplinary design and organization of an unconventional, extremely quiet transport aircraft

(cont.) aircraft. A design which utilized the results of the trade studies was presented and evaluated. The performance was reviewed in terms of aerodynamics, weight, economics, operations, and acoustics. The resulting design is compared with current commercial aircraft using the DOC model to evaluate how economically competitive the silent aircraft would be under current and potential future landing fee schedules. The comparison shows that a silent aircraft can achieve a DOC of approximately $0.056 per 3seat-nautical mile, nearly equal to the cost computed using the same model with data for the Boeing 747-400. When an aggressive landing fee schedule is assumed, where all current aircraft face increased landing fees due to noise, then the silent aircraft becomes economically dominant instead of just competitive, showing an approximate advantage of 19% when its DOC is compared with the 747-400 or any of various other current commercial transports operating under the more stringent fee schedule.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Diedrich, Adam John, 1980-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Karen Willcox.

• Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/27865

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/27865