New, High Aspect Ratio Wing Designs for Fuel Efficiency (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center

New, High Aspect Ratio Wing Designs for Fuel Efficiency

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Martins designed new, high aspect ratio wings that have a much larger span than those in use today. Boeing has adapted that model and will build a prototype to test at NASA's Transonic Dynamics Tunnel later this year.

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Joaquim Martins

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