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The Optimum Design of Long‐Range Aircraft: An Examination of the Best Values of Aspect Ratio Wing Loading and Fuel Load Ratio for Different Conditions

Karl L. Sanders (Design Engineer at I.A.M.E. Institute Aerotecnico, Cordoba, Argentina.)

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN: 0002-2667

Article publication date: 1 April 1957

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Abstract

IN the present paper an attempt has been made to determine the optimum aspect ratio, wing loading and fuel load ratio under certain specified design conditions. Aeroplanes with turbojet as well as with airscrew propulsion have been considered.

Citation

Sanders, K.L. (1957), "The Optimum Design of Long‐Range Aircraft: An Examination of the Best Values of Aspect Ratio Wing Loading and Fuel Load Ratio for Different Conditions", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 29 No. 4, pp. 98-106. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb032813

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MCB UP Ltd

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