NASA Advanced Turboprop Research and Concept Validation Program 881164
NASA has determined by experimental and analytical effort that use of advanced turboprop propulsion instead of the conventional turbofans in the older narrow-body airline fleet could reduce fuel consumption for this type of aircraft by up to 50 percent. In cooperation with industry, NASA has defined and implemented an Advanced Turboprop (ATP) program to develop and validate the technology required for these new high-speed, multibladed, thin, swept propeller concepts. This paper presents an overview of the analysis, model-scale test, and large-scale flight test elements of the program together with preliminary test results, as available.
Citation: Whitlow, J. and Sievers, G., "NASA Advanced Turboprop Research and Concept Validation Program," SAE Technical Paper 881164, 1988, https://doi.org/10.4271/881164. Download Citation
Author(s):
John B. Whitlow, G. Keith Sievers
Affiliated:
NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH
Pages: 12
Event:
1988 Conference and Exposition on Future Transportation Technology
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Airline fleets
Fuel consumption
Flight tests
Aircraft
Scale models
Technical review
Research and development
Propellers and rotors
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