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Blended Wing Body (BWB), A Novel Demonstrator Announced By USAF
The USAF announced a major project for developing a Piloted Blended Wing Body (BWB) Demonstrator on August 16, 2023.
The BWB design differs from the traditional tube-and-wing aircraft in that the BWB blends the aircraft body into its high-aspect-ratio wing, decreasing aerodynamic drag by at least 30% and providing additional lift
Laminar Flow Control Takes Hold on the Airbus A340
Aerodynamic technology continues to progress and develop new designs for airplanes and wings, each with significantly reduced drag. One new technology that has made more recent progress is Laminar Flow Control. There are several forms of Laminar Flow Control (LFC)...
World’s largest and most efficient aircraft engine aces first tests
Rolls-Royce workers assembling the giant UltraFan technology demonstrator Photo source: Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce has completed the first ground tests on its massive UltraFan engine, claiming it's at least 10% more efficient than any other large aero engine in service...
Capstone 2022: An All-Terrain Intermediate Frame Transport and Storage System
EnviroTREC supported a University of Manitoba - Mech 4680 Engineering Design project for 2022. The design challenge given to students this year was to improve the transport and storage system for two differently sized Intermediate Frames. Intermediate Frames are used...
Ubiquitous Composites – Where are they in the Evolving Engine Cycle
Ubiquitous Composites are supporting the evolving Gas Turbine Engine Cycle in a number of ways. Three generations of technology are discussed from the IATA Technology Road Map of 2017.
Coming Soon – The Adaptive/Active Flow Control Gas Turbine Engine
The Adaptive/Active Flow control engine concept is different from other engine cycles because aircraft jet engines are currently designed to operate optimally for a traditional single point.