by EnviroTREC | Aug 31, 2023
The USAF1. announced a major project for developing a Piloted Blended Wing Body (BWB) Demonstrator on August 16, 2023. This proposed project will build an airliner-scale piloted blended-wing-body demonstrator in partnership with Northrup Grumman and JetZero. Figure 1:...
by EnviroTREC | Jul 31, 2023
Aerodynamic technology continues to progress and develop new designs for airplanes and wings, each with significantly reduced drag. One new technology that has made more recent progress is Laminar Flow Control. There are several forms of Laminar Flow Control (LFC)...
by New Atlas | Jun 8, 2023
Rolls-Royce workers assembling the giant UltraFan technology demonstrator Photo source: Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce has completed the first ground tests on its massive UltraFan engine, claiming it’s at least 10% more efficient than any other large aero engine in...
by EnviroTREC | Jun 8, 2023
EnviroTREC supported a University of Manitoba – Mech 4680 Engineering Design project for 2022. The design challenge given to students this year was to improve the transport and storage system for two differently sized Intermediate Frames. Intermediate Frames are...
by EnviroTREC | May 1, 2023
Ubiquitous Composites are supporting the evolving Gas Turbine Engine Cycle in a number of ways. But gathering materials for the second part of this story[1] on the Engine Cycle proved challenging as background materials and ideas were not provided in the referenced...
