Concept to Reality: Contributions of the NASA Langley Research Centerto U.S. Civil Aircraft of the 1990s

Front Cover......Page 1
Titlepage......Page 3
Acknowledgments......Page 5
Preface......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
Selected Langley Contributions to Civil Aircraft of the 1990s......Page 15
Langley Research and Development Activities......Page 17
Flight Evaluations......Page 20
Applications......Page 24
Langley Research and Development Activities......Page 31
Applications......Page 34
Natural Laminar Flow Airfoils......Page 35
The Fall and Resurgence of General Aviation......Page 41
Background......Page 45
Langley Research and Development Activities......Page 46
Flight Evaluations......Page 48
Applications......Page 51
Background......Page 55
Langley Research and Development Activities......Page 57
Applications to Civil Aircraft......Page 58
Langley Research and Development Activities......Page 67
Applications by the Civil Aircraft Industry......Page 68
Cooperative Studies......Page 70
Langley Research and Development Activities......Page 75
Microvortex Generators......Page 76
Background......Page 81
Langley Research and Development Activities......Page 82
Environmental Exposure Effects......Page 83
Aircraft Energy Efficiency Composites Program......Page 86
Advanced Composite Technology Program......Page 90
Textile Composites......Page 91
Composites for General Aviation......Page 95
Applications......Page 97
Background......Page 99
Transonic Dynamics Tunnel......Page 100
Lockheed Electra Aircraft......Page 105
Boeing 747 Aircraft......Page 108
Lockheed L-1011 Aircraft......Page 109
DC-10 Aircraft......Page 110
Gulfstream American III Aircraft......Page 111
Boeing 767 Aircraft......Page 112
NASA Propfan Test Assessment Airplane......Page 113
Boeing 777 Aircraft......Page 114
Gulfstream V......Page 115
Cessna Citation X Aircraft......Page 116
Learjet Model 45 Aircraft......Page 118
Background......Page 121
Langley Research and Development Activities......Page 124
Applications......Page 125
Background......Page 127
Langley Research and Development Activities......Page 129
Langley 20-Foot Vertical Spin Tunnel......Page 132
Emergency Spin-Recovery Parachutes......Page 135
Flight Tests......Page 137
Tail Damping Power Factor......Page 138
Applications......Page 141
Langley Research and Development Activities......Page 145
Control System Concepts......Page 146
Canard Configurations......Page 148
Spin-Resistant Wing Design......Page 149
Applications......Page 153
Langley Research and Development Activities......Page 163
Langley Boeing 737 Research Aircraft......Page 165
Cockpit Displays for Commercial Transports......Page 167
Flight Management Systems......Page 170
Microwave Landing System and Global Positioning System Demonstrations......Page 171
Data Link......Page 173
Landing Flare Control Laws......Page 174
Engine Monitoring and Control System......Page 175
Visit of Boeing 777 to Langley Research Center......Page 176
Cockpit Displays for General Aviation Aircraft......Page 178
Weather Displays......Page 179
General Aviation Cockpit Technologies......Page 180
Applications......Page 181
Background......Page 183
Langley Research and Development Activities......Page 185
Langley F-106B Research Aircraft......Page 187
NASA Storm Hazards Program......Page 189
Applications......Page 193
Background......Page 195
Langley Research and Development Activities......Page 197
Hazard Characterization......Page 199
Sensor Technology......Page 201
Flight Management Systems......Page 205
Applications......Page 207
Langley Aircraft Landing Dynamics Facility......Page 209
Runway Grooving......Page 210
Winter Runway Friction Measurement Program......Page 213
Effects of Deicer Fluid on Aircraft Tire Friction......Page 216
Tire and Landing Gear Studies......Page 217
Background......Page 219
Langley Research and Development Activities......Page 222
Facilities......Page 223
Highlights of Wake-Vortex-Alleviation Research......Page 225
Vortex Characterization......Page 231
Aircraft Separation Standards......Page 232
Aircraft Vortex Spacing System Program......Page 235
Other Wake-Vortex Activities......Page 239
Applications......Page 240
Background......Page 243
Ditching......Page 244
Langley Impact Dynamics Research Facility......Page 245
General Aviation Crashworthiness Studies......Page 247
Analytical Methods......Page 249
Composite Structures......Page 250
Controlled Impact Demonstration Program......Page 254
Applications......Page 257
Contributions in Aerodynamics......Page 259
Wind-Tunnel–Flight Correlation......Page 260
Spin Technology......Page 261
Composites Technology......Page 262
Computational Methods......Page 263
Flight Management Systems......Page 264
Contributions in Noise Reduction......Page 265
Contributions in Operating Problems......Page 266
Wake-Vortex Hazard......Page 267
Crashworthiness......Page 268
Aerodynamics......Page 269
Aeroelasticity......Page 270
Flight Dynamics......Page 271
Operating Problems......Page 272
Flight Systems......Page 274
Structures and Materials......Page 275
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I......Page 285
K......Page 286
L......Page 287
M......Page 288
N......Page 289
P......Page 290
R......Page 291
S......Page 292
T......Page 293
U......Page 294
W......Page 295
Z......Page 296
Reference Works, NASA SP-4000......Page 297
Management Histories, NASA SP-4100......Page 298
Project Histories, NASA SP-4200......Page 299
Center Histories, NASA SP-4300......Page 300
General Histories, NASA SP-4400......Page 301
Monographs in Aerospace History, NASA SP-4500......Page 302
About the Author......Page 303
Back Cover......Page 306