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The Use of a Lidar Forward-Looking Turbulence Sensor for Mixed-Compression Inlet Unstart Avoidance and Gross Weight Reduction on a High Speed Civil TransportInlet unstart causes a disturbance akin to severe turbulence for a supersonic commercial airplane. Consequently, the current goal for the frequency of unstarts is a few times per fleet lifetime. For a mixed-compression inlet, there is a tradeoff between propulsion system efficiency and unstart margin. As the unstart margin decreases, propulsion system efficiency increases, but so does the unstart rate. This paper intends to first, quantify that tradeoff for the High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) and second, to examine the benefits of using a sensor to detect turbulence ahead of the airplane. When the presence of turbulence is known with sufficient lead time to allow the propulsion system to adjust the unstart margin, then inlet un,starts can be minimized while overall efficiency is maximized. The NASA Airborne Coherent Lidar for Advanced In-Flight Measurements program is developing a lidar system to serve as a prototype of the forward-looking sensor. This paper reports on the progress of this development program and its application to the prevention of inlet unstart in a mixed-compression supersonic inlet. Quantified benefits include significantly reduced takeoff gross weight (TOGW), which could increase payload, reduce direct operating costs, or increase range for the HSCT.
Document ID
19990042110
Acquisition Source
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Soreide, David (Boeing Defense and Space Group Seattle, WA United States)
Bogue, Rodney K. (NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Edwards, CA United States)
Ehernberger, L. J. (NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Edwards, CA United States)
Seidel, Jonathan (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1997
Subject Category
Aircraft Propulsion And Power
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TM-1997-104332
NAS 1.15:104332
H-2186
Meeting Information
Meeting: Joint Propulsion
Location: Seattle, WA
Country: United States
Start Date: July 6, 1997
End Date: July 9, 1997
Sponsors: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., American Society of Association Executives, American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 529-50-24-00-RR-00-000
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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