28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-1.10.1

21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES FOR THE DESIGN OF PASSENGER AIRCRAFT

J. A. Jupp
Consultant, RAeS Greener By Design Group, Technical Director Airbus UK (Rtd.), UK

Keywords: future configurations, environment, fuel burn

The effect on the Environment and the cost of fuel are explored on the optimisation of future aircraft. These demands are summarised before moving on to how the aircraft design must respond. New technologies that we can expect to be incorporated will be outlined along with possible future aircraft configurations.

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