NNX17AJ95A

This Step-B proposal is submitted in response to Solicitation NNH16ZEA001N-ULI NASA Research Opportunities in Aeronautics 2016 Appendix D.5 - University Leadership Initiative and is for the formation of an Advanced Aerodynamic Design Center for Ultra-Efficient Commercial Vehicles under the Ultra-Efficient Commercial Vehicles Strategic Thrust (Topic 3) defined by NASA ARMD.

The center will be comprised of multi-disciplinary university faculty researchers and industry partners from across the country. The focus of research activities will be to demonstrate a viable aerodynamic wing-design concept that enables a 70% reduction in aircraft fuel/energy consumption relative to 2005 baseline for revolutionary and transformational aircraft configurations.

This will be accomplished by further development and maturation of the Slotted Natural-Laminar-Flow airfoil concept through both computational and experimental research activities. The impact of this advanced concept on all core areas of aeronautics will be considered including aerodynamics, structures, propulsion, stability & control, and acoustics.

Research will be divided into technology development, technology integration, and technology demonstration tasks, and their outcomes will be used to quantify disruptive improvements in system-level efficiency when fully integrated into a conceptual N+3 commercial transport-scale aircraft.

University Of Tennessee

43.002 - Aeronautics

Shared Services Center (NSSC) [NASA]

Knoxville, Tennessee 37916-3801 United States

Single Zip Code

None

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 06/14/22 to 06/14/23 and the total obligations have increased 381% from $2,000,936 to $9,614,999.