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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is researching new aircraft technologies to increase the capacity of the national airspace system and accommodate growing air traffic demands. This includes developing Cruise-Efficient Short TakeOff and Landing aircraft that can takeoff and land on shorter runways while maintaining high-speed cruise, as well as advanced tiltrotor aircraft capable of vertical takeoff and landing with improved performance. The research aims to advance powered-lift technologies for improved low-speed lift and high-speed efficiency. Computational modeling and wind tunnel testing is being used to develop active flow control concepts for increased lift during takeoff and landing. These new aircraft designs have the potential to significantly increase airport capacity and reduce congestion through operations from alternative

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NASA FA Mobility Final

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is researching new aircraft technologies to increase the capacity of the national airspace system and accommodate growing air traffic demands. This includes developing Cruise-Efficient Short TakeOff and Landing aircraft that can takeoff and land on shorter runways while maintaining high-speed cruise, as well as advanced tiltrotor aircraft capable of vertical takeoff and landing with improved performance. The research aims to advance powered-lift technologies for improved low-speed lift and high-speed efficiency. Computational modeling and wind tunnel testing is being used to develop active flow control concepts for increased lift during takeoff and landing. These new aircraft designs have the potential to significantly increase airport capacity and reduce congestion through operations from alternative

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NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration

Mobility
W
ithairtrafficprojectedtodoubleoverthe
nexttwodecades,theNationalAirspace
Systemmustbecapableofaccommodatingan
increasedvolumeofpeopleandgoods.TheNext
GenerationAirTransportationSystem(NextGen)
willaddressthisneedthroughtheexpandeduse
ofsecondaryandrelieverairports,employinga
CESTOLaircraftcanoperatefromrunwayswithsignificantlyreduced
fieldlengths.
newclassofvehiclescapableofshorttakeoffand
landing(STOL),orverticaltakeoffandlanding
(VTOL).
TheFundamentalAeronauticsProgramiscon-
ductingresearchtodeveloptechnologiesthatwill
enablenewvehicleconceptsthatcanalleviate
futurecapacityproblemsinsupportofNextGen.
Theseconceptsinclude:
Cruise-EfficientShortTakeOffandLanding
(CESTOL)aircraftthatcruiseathighspeed
(Mach0.8+)withlowenvironmentalimpact,yet
cantakeoffandlandonveryshortrunways
Advancedrotorcraft,suchaslargecivil
tiltrotors,thatarecapableofVTOLorSTOL
withvastlyimprovedrangeandperformance
andreducedenvironmentalimpact
CESTOLResearch
ResearchinsupportofCESTOLconcepts
seekstodeveloppowered-lifttechnologiesto
increaseliftonanaircraftatlowspeeds,suchas
duringtakeoffandlanding,whiledecreasing
dragathighspeedstomaintainefficientcruise.
Powered-liftandactive-controlconceptscan
enablesignificantlyshorterfieldlengthsfora
givenvehicleweight.
Thetechnologyconceptsbeingstudiedinclude
steadyandpulsedinjection,vortexgenerators,
uppersurfaceblowing,andfluidicdeviceson
flapsforpurposesofcirculationandboundary
layercontrol.Advancedcomputationalfluid
dynamics(CFD)toolsarebeingdevelopedto
improvemodelingofcomplexhigh-liftsystems
andpredictionofflowseparation,withwindtun-
neltestsprovidingdataformodelvalidation.In
addition,adaptiveflightcontrolmethodologies
Activeflowcontrolenablesincreasedliftfortakeoffandlanding.
arebeingdevelopedtoenablecontrolofaircraft
thathaveverydifferentflyingqualitiesduring
differentpartsofamission.
AdvancedRotorcraftResearch
Thechallengesfacedinrotarywingaviationare
amongthemostcomplexanddemandingofany
configuration:
Highlycomplex,three-dimensionalrotorand
fuselagestructures
Unsteadyflowsinspeedregimes,fromlow
subsonictohightransonic
Dynamicallystalledcomponents
Harshoperatingenvironments
Highlyloadedpropulsionsystems
Avehiclethatisstaticallyunstable
Nevertheless,expandingrotorcraftcapabilities
willhelptoincreasecapacityandreduce
congestionatairports.Thesetwokeyrequire-
Alargeciviltiltrotoroffersthepotentialforsignificantincreases
incapacityandreductioninairportcongestiontomeetNextGen
requirements.
mentsaretiedtothedevelopmentofNextGen.
Tothisend,theSubsonicRotaryWingProject
focusesresearchinthemostpersistenttechnical
challengeareas,producingadvancesinpredic-
tion-toolcapabilityandtechnologyinorderto
expandtheroleofrotorcraftincivilaviation.The
resultwillbenewconfigurationsandmissions
thatcanbedevelopedefficientlyandconfidently.
TechnicalChallenges
Studiesarefocusedonareasthatindustryand
othergovernmentagenciesarenotpursuingor
cannotpursuealone.Withoutintendingtopredict
wherethedesignprocesswillleadwhentruly
effectivedesignandanalysistoolsareavailable,
severalchallengingbutpromisingrotorcraftcon-
figurationshavebeenidentifiedtodrivethe
requiredfundamentalresearch.Fordramatic
breakthroughsinrotorcrafttobeachieved,the
technicalchallengesrequireanapproachthat
integratesaeronauticsdisciplines.Forexample:
Integratedaeromechanics/propulsion
systemresearchdevelopsanddemonstrates
technologiesenablingvariable-speedrotorcon-
cepts.Thetechnicalchallengeistoreducemain
rotortipspeedathigh-speed-cruiseoperating
conditionswithavariable-speedpropulsion
conceptcapableof50-percentspeedreduction
fromhovertocruisewhilemaintainingaero-
dynamicefficiency.High-speedadvanced
rotorcraftconcepts,noisereductionconcepts,
andefficientoperationsconceptsdependon
meetingthischallenge.
Activelycontrolled,efficientrotorcraft
researchassessesseveralactivecontrolrotor-
craftconceptsforeffectivenessinthesimulta-
AwindtunneltestoftheSMARTrotorconceptintheNationalFull-
ScaleAerodynamicComplex,40x80-footwindtunnel,demonstratesthe
effectivenessofactivelycontrolledbladetrailing-edgeflapsfornoise
andvibrationcontrol.
neousgoalsofincreasedaerodynamicefficien-
cy,dynamicstallcontrolforhighspeedcondi-
tions,vibrationreduction,andnoisereduction.
Researchalsowillvalidateandimprovethe
capabilitytopredictrotorcraftbehavior,includ-
ingperformance,airloads,flowfield,structural
loads,andacousticsthroughcollaborative
researchinCFDandadvancedexperimental
methods.
Quietcabinresearchdevelopsanddemon-
stratesadvancedstructuralconceptsanddesign
evaluationmethodsforinteriornoiseandvibra-
tionreductionusingoptimizedcombinations
ofnewmaterial,acoustictreatment,newstruc-
turaldesignincorporatingacousticpassiveand
activetechnology,reductionsintransmission
gearvibration,andactivenoisecancellation.
NextGenrotorcraftresearchfosters,
develops,anddemonstratestechnologiesthat
contributetothecommercialviabilityoflarge
rotarywingtransportsystemsinNextGen.
AdvancedCFD-basedsimulationtoolsarebeingdevelopedandvalidated
topredicttheaerodynamicperformanceofrotorcraft.
Cruise-EfficientShortTakeOffandLanding(CESTOL)andlargeciviltiltrotoraircraftwill
significantlyincreasecapacityinthefutureairtransportationsystembyenablingoperation
fromairportswithshorterrunways.
www.nasa.gov
NF-2009-03-491-HQ

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