27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-4.6.4

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

L. M'Bengue
Snecma, France

Keywords: environment, engine, architectures, counter-rotative, open rotors

Snecma is currently developing three main engine architectures answering ACARE 2020 objectives and recent global warning concerns in different ways. The first one is a conventional architecture with breakthrough innovative components while the two others include innovative propulsors : Contra-rotative Turbofan for noise reduction and Open rotors for Fuel burn.

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