NASA ERA Integrated CFD for Wind Tunnel Testing of Hybrid Wing-Body Configuration

Abstract: NASAs Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) Project explores enabling technologies to reduce aviations impact on the environment. One research challenge area for the project has been to study advanced airframe and engine integration concepts to reduce community noise and fuel burn. In order to achieve this, complex wind tunnel experiments at both the NASA Langley Research Centers (LaRC) 14×22 and the Ames Research Centers 40×80 low-speed wind tunnel facilities were conducted on a Boeing …