S.K. Landgraf and R.N. Herring, "Aerodynamic Design Considerations of Variable Geometry Aircraft," SAE Paper 670880, Oct. 1967.
Roy H. Lange and E.S. Bradley, "Parametric Study of Advanced Long Range Military/Commercial Cargo Transports," AIAA Paper 77-1221, 1977
E.A. Barber, L.W. Noggle, and I.H. Rettie, "Preliminary Design and Analysis of Advanced Military Transports," AIAA Paper 77-1224, 1977.
Charles E. Jobe, Robert M. Kulfan and John D. Vachal, "Wing Planforms for Large Military Transports," AIAA 78-1470, 1978.
W.E. Eckels, "Civil Transport Aircraft Design Methodology," AIAA Paper 83-2463, Oct. 1983. A nice description of the design process. We have no good category to fit this paper. It has a quantitative comparison of twin vs. single aisle aircraft.
Kohei Tanaka, "Design Study of Short Range Transport Aircraft," ICAS 84-2.6-1, 1984.
Roy H. Lange, "Design Integration of Laminar Flow Control for Transport Aircraft," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 21, No. 8, August 1984, pp. 612-617. A good starting place for understanding the integration issues associated with laminar flow technology.
Roy H. Lange, "Review of Unconventional Aircraft Design Concepts," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 25, No. 5, May 1988, pp. 385-392. Emphasis is on large aircraft: spanloaders, muti-body, wing-in-ground effects machines, transonic biplanes (the box plane).
Jan Roskam, "What Drives Unique Configurations," SAE paper 881353, October 1988. This paper describes the connection between mission requirements and unusual configurations. A number of examples are used to illustrate the various configurations.
Robert T. Jones and James W. Nisbet, "Transonic Transport Wings-Oblique or Swept?" Astronautics and Aeronautics, Jan. 1974, pp. 40-47. They really mean supersonic transports, but couldn't say so.
Walter P. Nelms, Jr., "Applications of Oblique-Wing Technology-An Overview," AIAA Paper 76-943, Sept. 1976.
Ilan Kroo, "The Aerodynamic Design of Oblique Wing Aircraft," AIAA 86-2624, Oct. 1986. This paper also has an extensive list of references.
Alex J. M. ven der Velden and E. Torebeek, "Design of a Small Supersonic Oblique- Wing Transport Aircraft," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 26, No. 3, Mar. 1989, pp.193-197.
Van der Velden, A., "Aerodynamic Design and Synthesis of the Oblique Flying Wing Supersonic Transport," PH.D. Dissertation, SUDDAR 621, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, May 1992.
Tom Galloway, Paul Gelhausen, and Mark Moore, "Oblique Wing Supersonic Transport Concepts," AIAA Paper 92-4230, Aug. 1993.
A. Van der velden and I. Kroo, "Sonic Boom of the Oblique Flying Wing," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 31, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1994, pp. 19-25.
Terrence A. Weisshaar, "Integrated Structure/Control Concepts for Oblique Wing Roll Control and Trim," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 31, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1994, pp. 117- 124.
for a complete bibliography, see the oblique wing bibliography on the world wide web at Ilan Kroo's group's page under Reports: http://aero.stanford.edu/ADG.html
John C. Houbolt, "Why Twin-Fuselage Aircraft?" Astronautics and Aeronautics, April 1982, pp. 26-35. This is a very good description of the reasons for using a twin fuselage design.
M. Leroy Spearman, "A High-Capacity Airplane Design Concept Having an Inboard-Wing Bounded by Twin Tip-Mounted Fuselages," AIAA Paper 97-2276, June 1997. Applied Aero Proceedings, Vol. 1, pp. 496-501.This is a slightly different version of the twin fuselage concept, aimed at overcoming the runway width and span limitations for large aircraft.
John W. Rutherford, S.M. Bass and S.D. Larsen, "Canard Rotor/Wing: A Revolutionary High-Speed Rotorcraft Concept," AIAA 93-1175, Feb. 1993. This is possibly an important new concept. It is being developed for unmanned applications first, and will be considered for manned applications if it works.
Robert Wall, "Darpa, Boeing Eye Stopped-Rotor Vehicle," Av. Wk. & Space Tech., April 6, 1998, pp. 70-71. Indeed it appears that the concept has continued to generate interest and might become real.
Julian Wolkovitch, "The Joined Wing: An Overview," Journal of Aircraft, March 1986, pp 161-178. An interesting concept that has not found its place yet, although recently Boeing studied it for an EW aircraft using the unique wing arrangement to deploy conformal radar effectively.
S.C. Smith, S.E. Cliff, and I.M. Kroo, "The Design of a Joined-Wing Flight Demonstrator Aircraft," AIAA Paper 87-2930, Sept. 1987.
Hirokazu Miura, Albert T. Shyu, and Julian Wolkovitch, "Parametric Weight Evaluation of Joined Wings by Structural Optimization," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 25, No. 12, Dec. 1988, pp. 1142-1149.
John W. Gallman, Stephen C. Smith and Ilan M. Kroo, "Optimization of Joined-Wing Aircraft," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 30, No. 6, Nov.-Dev. 1993, pp. 897-905.
Robert H. Liebeck, Mark A. Page, Blaine K. Rawdon, Paul W. Scott, and Robert A. Wright, "Concepts for Advanced Subsonic Transports," NASA CR 4624, Sept. 1994. This was the first report describing the blended wing-body concept in some detail. This is a good place to start to see the evolution of the thinking and changes in the configuration as more and more technical work was done.
Mark A. Potsdam, Mark A. Page and Robert H. Liebeck, "Blended Wing Body Analysis and Design," AIAA Paper 97-2317, June 1997. Applied Aero Proceedings, Vol. 2, pp. 799-805. This paper summarizes the concept and then presents some details on the aerodynamic work. They rediscovered what happens when you squeeze the chord at midspan. Because the spanload will tend to be smooth, when the chord is small the section lift coefficient becomes large, and they found separation in this area of the wing. All in all a good paper on configuration design.
R.H. Liebeck, M.A. Page and B.K. Rawdon, "Blended-Wing-Body Subsonic Commercial Transport," AIAA Paper 98-0438, Jan. 1998. This paper discusses the concept and its evolution in general terms.
Sean Wakayama and Ilan Kroo, "The Challenge and Promise of Blended-Wing-Body Optimization," AIAA Paper 98-4736, Sept. 1998.
Sean Wakayama, "Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of the Blended-Wing-Body," AIAA Paper 98-4938, Sept. 1998.
John H. McMasters, Ilan Kroo, et al, "Advanced Configurations for Very Large Subsonic Transport Airplanes," NASA CR 198351, October 1996. This report provides details of the concept development of the C-Wing.
John H. McMasters and Ilan Kroo, "Advanced Configurations for Very Large Transport Airplanes," AIAA Paper 98-0439, Jan. 1998. This paper has a general discussion of the issues of large airplane design and the C-wing. A list of technology development requirements for unconventional configurations is included.
Walter Stuart Diehl, "Seaplanes and Flying Boats," Engineering Aerodynamics, revised edition, Ronald Press, New York, 1936.
E.G. Barrillon, "Hydrodynamics of Boats and Floats," in Vol. VI of Durand's Aerodynamic Theory, now printed by Dover Publications, first published in 1936. pp. 134-222.
Richard von Mises, "Seaplane problems," in Theory of Flight, now by Dover, originally published in 1945. pp. 488-496.
John D. Pierson and Joseph E. Burghardt, "A Specific Chart for Flying Boat Take-Off Performance," Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, April, 1945, pp. 169-172.
Ernest G. Stout, "Development of High-Speed Water-Based Aircraft," Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, Vol. 17, No. 8, Aug., 1950, pp. 457-480. Very good survey of the modern development of the seaplane concepts by the head of the Consolidated seaplane hull development work.
W.C. Hugli, Jr., and W.C. Axt, "Hydrodynamic Investigation of a Series of Hull Models Suitable for Small Flying Boats and Amphibians," NACA TN 2503, Nov. 1951. This reports has many details from tests on hulls.
Shizuo Kikuhara, "A Study of Spray Generated by Seaplane Hulls," Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, June 1960, pp. 415-428.
S. Kikuhara and K. Tokuda, "A New STOL Flying Boat Design," AIAA Paper 65-755, November 1965.
Daniel O. Dommasch, Sydney S. Sherby and Thomas F. Connolly, "Seaplane Problems," Chapter 16, in Airplane Aerodynamics, 4th Ed., Pitman Publishing Corp., New York, 1967.
Darrol Stinton, "Aero-marine design and flying qualities of floatplanes and flying-boats," Aeronautical Journal, March 1987, pp. 97-127.
David Oliver, Flying Boats & Amphibians Since 1945, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1987 (reprinted in 1996).
Robert L. Nan Dyck, "Seaplanes and the Towing Tank," AIAA Paper 89-1533. 1989.
Ingo Dathe and Manrico de Leo, "Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Seaplanes as affected by hull parameters," AIAA paper 89-1540, 1989.
W.B. Remington, "The Canadair CL-215 Amphibious Aircraft Development and Applications," AIAA Paper 89-1541, 1989.
David B. Thurston, "Seaplane Design," Chapter 15 in Design for Flying, 2nd Edition, TAB Books, 1995.
William Scarborough, Walk Around - PBY Catalina, squadron/signal publications, Carrollton, TX, 1995.
John Hayles, "Russia's Coastal Guardian: The Beriev Be-12 Mail," Flight International, August 1995, pp.82-88.
M.J.F. Bowyer, "Seaplane Jet Fighter," Flight International, Oct. 1996, pp.237-241.
CL-415 - Canadair's Multi-Role Amphibian," Flight International, Nov. 1996, pp.286-291.
Flying-Boat and Amphibian Survey, Flight International, Nov. 1996, pp.292-300.
Wayne Mutza, Grumman Albatross, Schiffer Military/Aviation History, Atglen, PA, 1996.
Darrol Stinton, Anatomy of the Airplane There is a chapter on seaplanes.
Hurel, M., "The Advantages of High Aspect Ratios," Interavia, Volume VII, No. 12, 1952, pp. 695-699.
"H.D.M. 105--Hurel's Aero with Miles' Van," Flight, April 19, 1957, pp. 504-505.
Samual M. Dollyhigh, William J, Monta and Giuliana Sangiorgio, "Longitudinal Aerodynamic Characteristics at Mach 0.60 to 2.86 of a Fighter Configuration With Strut Braced Wing," NASA TP 1102, Dec. 1977.
Kulfan, R.M., and Vachal, J.D., "Wing Planform Geometry Effects on Large Subsonic Military Transport Airplanes," AFFDL-TR-78-16, Feb. 1978
Jobe, C.E., Kulfan, R.M., and Vachal, J.D., "Wing Planforms for Large Military Transports," AIAA Paper 78-1470.
Park, P.H., "The Effect on Block Fuel Consumption of a Strutted vs. Cantilever Wing for a Short Haul Transport Including Strut Aeroelastic Considerations," AIAA Paper 78-1454, Aug. 1978
Turriziani, R.V., Lovell, W.A., Martin, G.L., Price, J.E., Swanson, E.E., and Washburn, G.F., "Preliminary Design Characteristics of a Subsonic Business Jet Concept Employing an Aspect Ratio 25 Strut-Braced Wing," NASA CR-159361, Oct., 1980.
Smith, P.M., DeYoung, J., Lovell, W.A., Price, J.E., and Washburn, G.F., "A Study of High-Altitude Manned Research Aircraft Employing Strut-Braced Wings of High-Aspect-Ratio," NASA-CR-159262, February, 1981.
"Anglo-French Aspects: Cross Channel High Aspect Wing Development," Air Enthusiast, May/June, 1996, No. 63, pp. 33-37.
Grasmeyer, J.M., Naghshineh, A., Tetrault, P.-A., Grossman, B., Haftka, R.T., Kapania, R.K., Mason, W.H., Schetz, J.A., "Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Strut-Braced Wing Aircraft with Tip-Mounted Engines," MAD Center Report MAD 98-01-01, January 1998.
F.H. Gern, J.F. Gundlach, A. Ko, A. Naghshineh-Pour, E. Sulaeman, P.-A. Tetrault, B. Grossman. R.K. Kapania, W.H. Mason and J.A. Schetz, "Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Transonic Commercial Transport with a Strut-Braced Wing," Paper 1999-01-5621, 1999 World Aviation Conference, October 19-21, 1999, San Francisco, CA.
Joel M. Grasmeyer, ""Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Transonic Strut-Braced Wing Aircraft," AIAA Student Journal, Vol. 37, No. 4, Winter 2000.
J.F. Gundlach, P.-A. Tetrault, F.H. Gern, , A. Naghshineh-Pour, A. Ko, J.A. Schetz, W.H. Mason, B. Grossman. R.K. Kapania, and R.T. Haftka "Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Strut-Braced Transonic Transport," AIAA 36th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, AIAA Paper 2000-0420, Jan. 2000
Gern, F.H., Sulaeman, E., Naghshineh-Pour, A., Kapania, R.K., and Haftka, R.T., "Flexible Wing Model for Structural Wing Sizing and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Strut-Braced Wing," AIAA Paper 2000-1327, 41st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit, Atlanta, GA, April 3-6, 2000
And the following are some of the papers are by Werner Pfenninger, who has provided a large impetus to the concept.
Pfenninger, W., "Design Considerations of Large Global Range High Subsonic Speed LFC Transport Airplanes," Summarized from the report "Some Thoughts on the Design of Large Global Range LFC Transport Airplanes," Jan., 1976.
Pfenninger, W., "About All Laminar Flow LFC Airplanes, Oct., 1981.
Pfenninger, W., "Large Long Range High Subsonic Speed LFC Transport Airplanes," Nov. 24, 1992.
David E. Fetterman, Charles H. McLellan, L. Robert Jackson, Beverly Z. Henry, Jr., and John R. Henry, "A Review of Hypersonic Cruise Vehicles," NASA SP-124. Conference on Aircraft Aerodynamics, 1966, pp. 523-564. This article covers key issues in hypersonic aircraft that are still valid today.
James L. Hunt, "Hypersonic Airbreathing Vehicle Design (Focus on Aero-Space Plane)" Progress in Scientific Computing, Vol.8, J.J. Bertin, et al., ed., Birkhauser, Boston, 1989. A very good overview, with issues of hypersonic aircraft and single stage to orbit issues.
R. Meyer, and W.D. Fields (AFWAL), "Configuration Development of a Supersonic Cruise Strike-Fighter." AIAA Paper No. 78-148, 1978.
R.H. Hendrickson, R. Grossman, and G. Sclafani, "Design Evolution of a Supersonic Cruise Strike-Fighter," AIAA Paper No. 78-1452, 1978.
W.W. Hinz, and E.H. Miller, "Propulsion Integration of a Supersonic Cruise Strike- Fighter," AIAA 79-0100, January 1979.
M. Lapins, P. Martorella, R. Klein, R. Meyer, and M. Sturm, "Control Definition Study for Advanced Vehicles," NASA CR-3738, Nov. 1983.
Note: This last STAC reference is one of several reports and papers describing the important control system development and simulation work for fighters using relaxed static stability. This work brings out the fundamental relationship between supersonic aerodynamic design, transonic maneuverability and subsonic air combat maneuvering (ACM).
P.C. Bavitz, et.al., "Configuration Development of Advanced Fighters," AFWAL- TR-80-3142, November 1980.
This reference is essentially a textbook on the tradeoffs and considerations that go into the selection of advanced designs required for various fighter missions. If you want to gain insight into advanced aircraft design, read these reports!
Ray Hudson, Jr.(AFWAL), and R.E. Krepski, "STOL Capability Impact on Advanced Tactical Aircraft Design," AIAA Paper No. 81-2617, Dec. 1981.
Ron H. Hendrickson, R.E. Krepski, and R.E. Hudson, Jr., "Incorporating STOL Capability into Tactical Fighter Aircraft Concepts," AIAA Paper 84-0573, Jan. 1984.
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