Soviet aerospace industry - Aerodynamic Institute aids effort to develop fuel-efficient transports

Journal Article · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Aviation Week and Space Technology; (USA)

OSTI ID:5527987

Two new turbofan-powered transports currently undergoing flight testing, the Il-96-300 and the Tu-204, are believed to substantially owe their excellent fuel efficiencies to the research work conducted by the Central Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute in Moscow. This institute is responsible for the bulk of the USSR's aerodynamic, stability and control, aeroelasticity, and airframe structural characteristics research. As a measure of the quality of aerodynamic design achievable on the basis of these research efforts, it has been claimed that the Il-96-300 has a L/D value of 19 at Mach 0.92. The primary shortcoming of the institute is its poor hardware resources for CFD; these are compensated by the intensive development of sophisticated computer programs.

• OSTI ID: 5527987
• Journal Information: Aviation Week and Space Technology; (USA), Vol. 130; ISSN 0005-2175
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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