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AIRPLANE DESIGN [6 records]

Record 1 2011-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
  • Aircraft Interiors
CONT

Passenger compartment must be designed and equipped to provide a maximum of comfort and safety for the passengers.... Passenger compartments must be adequately ventilated by means of a system that precludes the presence of fuel fumes and dangerous traces of carbon monoxide. The ventilation system is usually integrated with heating system; and if the airplane needs to be pressurized, the pressurization system is also included in the design.

OBS

passenger cabin: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
  • Aménagement intérieur des aéronefs
CONT

Airbus A-300. [...] La cabine passagers était configurée pour recevoir, selon les versions et l’agencement choisi par les compagnies de 220 à 345 sièges, en configuration de six, sept, ou huit sièges de front (et même neuf pour les versions haute densité).

OBS

cabine à passagers : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

cabine passagers; cabine : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

OBS

compartiment passagers; cabine passagers; cabine : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Célula de aeronaves
  • Disposición interior de las aeronaves
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Record 2 2009-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
CONT

The wings on most modern-day airplanes are equipped with control devices not only to steer the airplane, but also to improve its flying capabilities at specific times, particularly during landing and takeoff. Devices such as slotted wings and flaps increase lift when an aircraft requires it the most.... The design feature generally known as the slotted wing is a long slot that runs lengthwise along the wing, either at the leading edge of the wing or at its trailing edge. It creates greater lift, but also increases drag. It was invented nearly simultaneously in three different places by two individuals working independently in Germany and also by a research team in the United Kingdom.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
DEF

Aile comportant une ou plusieurs fentes dans la surface portante.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Célula de aeronaves
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Record 3 2007-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
OBS

Alenia Aeronautica and Targetti have realized a simulator which is able to reproduce the lighting conditions present when flying at an altitude of 10000 meters, inside a real airplane.... In fact, being able to realistically reproduce natural light opens the way to potentially infinite applications : from the assessment of architectural models to studying the lighting "behavior" of materials and surfaces, to various design requirements, including aircraft instrumentation legibility tests at high quotas, which has been the particular focus of the work carried out by Alenia and Targetti. According to international regulations, aeronautical instrumentation displays, especially those of military aircraft with transparent cockpits, must be approved by tests which involve actually flying the airplane in order to assess performance in real lighting conditions. The costs and risks are obvious as is the value of creating a system which can recreate the light conditions of an aircraft in flight while it is still on the ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
CONT

Ce «Sky Light Simulator» n'est pas le premier simulateur de lumière ambiante, mais c'est le plus grand jamais construit. Sa taille (un dôme de 12 m de diamètre) permet d'héberger l'avant d'un avion pour vérifier la lisibilité des affichages de cockpit dans des conditions d'éclairage les plus variées, allant de la nuit sans lune au plein soleil. Sa porte d'accès de 9,6 m de largeur pour 5,5 m de hauteur permet de faire entrer des avions de la taille d'un C-130 ou d'un Boeing 737.

PHR

Répétabilité, traçabilité des conditions d'essai du simulateur de lumière ambiante.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Interiors
  • Noise Pollution
CONT

... the optimization of antivibratory design applied to acoustic discretion in airplane cabins, air-conditioning units and a variety of manufactured products.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement intérieur des aéronefs
  • Pollution par le bruit
CONT

L'aménagement intérieur de la cabine passagers du "Mystère - Falcon" 900 comprend, en option standard : - l'insonorisation par des pastilles antivibratoires, des matelas isolants et des panneaux traités spécialement [...]

PHR

Pastille antivibratoire.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
OBS

... the Blended-Wing-Body(BWB) concept represents a potential revolution in subsonic transport.... In this study, 800 passenger BWB and conventional airplanes were compared for a 7000 nautical mile design range. ADP-class engines were used with technology levels keyed for a 2015 entry into service(EIS). In every measure, the BWB was found to be superior to the conventional configuration. Key findings for the BWB include : TOGW 15% lower[;] OEW 12% lower [;] Fuel-Burn 28% lower [;] Thrust 27% lower [;] L/D 21% higher [;] DOC 13% lower [. ] The BWB advantage results from a double-deck cabin that extends spanwise as well as lengthwise providing structural and aerodynamic overlap with the wing. This reduces the total wetted area of the airplane and the deep stiff centerbody provides efficient structural wingspan. Relaxed static stability allows optimal span loading, and a trailing-edge high-lift system is not required. Further synergy may be realized through buried engines that ingest the centerbody's boundary layer and thus reduce the effective ram drag.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
CONT

Boeing en collaboration avec la NASA et trois universités américaines, a repris le projet BWB (Blended-Wing-Body) de McDonnell Douglas.

Spanish

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Record 6 1981-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

Our Aeronautical Engineering program(...) plunges our students through nine rigorous trimesters of such courses as Thermodynamics, Differential Equations, Jet & Rocket Propulsion, Fluid Mechanics and Airplane Design.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

Notre programme d'ingénierie aéronautique (...) donne à nos étudiants, en neuf trimestres, une formation rigoureuse dans des matières telles que la thermodynamique, les équations différentielles, la propulsion par réacteurs et par fusées, la mécanique des fluides et la conception des avions.

Spanish

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