27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-4.10.2

DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERACTIVE CAPABILITY TO TRADE OFF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND FUTURE AIRCRAFT TO REDUCE AVIATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

M. Kirby, K. Becker, S. Isley, G. Burdette, D. Mavris
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Keywords: aviation environmental impacts, new technologies

This paper discusses and demonstrates a capability that has been developed to rapidly quantify the interdependencies among aviation-related noise, emissions, and associated environmental impact of new technologies and aircraft, in addition to the sensitivity of fleet forecasts, in an interactive, dynamic tool.

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