26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-4.2.2

TOWARD ACARE 2020: INNOVATIVE ENGINE ARCHITECTURES TO ACHIEVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS?

S. Dron
Snecma, France

Keywords: Environment, Engine, Architectures, Counter-rotative, Open rotors

Snecma has proposed a strategy with three engine architectures answering ACARE 2020 objectives and recent global warning concerns in different ways. The first one is a conventional architecture with innovative parts while the two others are more radically innovative: Contra-rotative Turbofan for noise reduction and Open rotor for Fuel burn

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