This summary report contains the results of the Douglas Aircraft Company system studies related to High-Speed Civil Transports (HSCT's). The tasks were performed under an 18-month extension of NASA Langley Research Center Contract NAS1-18378. The system studies were conducted to assess the emission impact of HSCT's at design Mach numbers ranging from 1.6 to 3.2. The tasks specifically addressed an HSCT market and economic assessment, development of supersonic route networks, and an atmospheric emissions scenario. The general results indicated: (1) market projections predict sufficient passenger traffic for the 2000 to 2025 time period to support a fleet of economically viable and environmentally compatible HSCT's; (2) the HSCT route structure to minimize supersonic overland traffic can be increased by innovative routing to avoid land masses; and (3) the atmospheric emission impact on ozone would be significantly lower for Mach 1.6 operations than for Mach 3.2 operations.
High-Speed Civil Transport Studies, 1990
1992
75 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aircraft , Aeronautics , Air Transportation , Air Pollution & Control , Noise Pollution & Control , Economic analysis , Exhaust emission , Market research , Supersonic transports , Noise pollution , Air pollution , Civil aviation , Douglas aircraft , Mach number , Pollution control , Aircraft noise , Ozone depletion , Sonic booms
The 1990 high-speed civil transport studies
NTRS | 1992
1989 High-Speed Civil Transport Studies
NTIS | 1991
1989 High-Speed Civil Transport Studies
NTIS | 1991