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Innovation in flight : research of the NASA Langley Research Center on revolutionary advanced concepts for aeronautics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chambers, Joseph R.
Corporate Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [2005]
Series:NASA SP (Series) ; 4539.
Subjects:
Langley Research Center.
Aeronautics > Technological innovations > United States.
Research aircraft > United States.
Online Access:http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20060005004_2006004327.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • Innovation: the seed corn of tomorrow
  • Selected examples of Langley's research on revolutionary advanced concepts
  • Supersonic civil aircraft
  • Blended wing body
  • Synthetic vision
  • Laminar flow control
  • Upper-surface blowing
  • Control of aeroelastic response
  • The joined wing
  • The vortex flap
  • Innovative control effectors
  • Personal air transportation concepts
  • The future of innovation: priming the pump.