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Genre/Form: | Text Master Thesis doc-type:text doc-type:masterThesis info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion status-type:publishedVersion |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Brecht Caers; Dieter Scholz |
OCLC Number: | 1140309179 |
Language Note: | English |
Notes: | Copyright by author CC BY-NC-SA https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 Digital Library - Projects & Theses - Prof. Dr. Scholz |
Series Title: | http://repository.ProfScholz.de; http://library.ProfScholz.de |
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Abstract:
Purpose - Find optimal flight and design parameters for three objectives: minimum fuel consumption, Direct Operating Costs (DOC), and environmental impact of a passenger jet aircraft. --- Approach - Combining multiple models (this includes aerodynamics, specific fuel consumption, DOC, and equivalent CO2 mass) into one generic model. In this combined model, each objective's importance is determined by a weighting factor. Additionally, the possibility of further optimizing this model by altering an aircraft's wing loading is analyzed. --- Research limitations - Most models use estimating equations based on first principles and statistical data. --- Practical implications - The optimal cruise altitude and speed for a specific objective can be approximated for any passenger jet aircraft. --- Social implications - By using a simple approach, the discussion of optimizing aircraft opens up to a level where everyone can participate. --- Value - To find a general answer on how to optimize aviation, operational and design-wise, by using a simple approach.
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