Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-279) and index.
Summary
"NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) project began in 2009 to explore and document the feasibility, benefits and technical risks of advanced vehicle concepts and enabling technologies for reducing aviation's overall impact on the environment. Its goals included reducing community noise footprints, fuel burn, and nitrogen oxide emissions. This book reviews the advanced aircraft design concepts, construction technologies, and propulsion advancements that were researched by the ERA project"-- Provided by publisher.
Note
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Copyright by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2020
Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (NASA website, viewed Aug. 27, 2020).