Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference (한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집)

  • 2004.03a
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  • Pages.521-523
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  • 2004
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  • 1975-342X(pISSN)
The Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers (한국추진공학회)
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Structural Analysis of Lift-Fan Rotor for Jet-VTOL Aircraft

  • Hojo, Masahiro (Institute of Space Technology and Aeronautics, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) ;
  • Ogawa, Akinori (Institute of Space Technology and Aeronautics, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agenc) ;
  • Saito, Yoshio (Institute of Space Technology and Aeronautics, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agenc) ;
  • Hashimoto, Ryosaku (Institute of Space Technology and Aeronautics, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
  • Published : 2004.03.01
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Abstract

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has proposed new vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft known as the Jet-VTOL aircraft shown in Fig.1. The Jet-VTOL aircraft is based on a canard wing configuration. The aircraft has the clustered lift-fans mounted near the center of gravity for vertical flight, and has the clustered fans mounted beside the vertical tail for cruise flight. Both fans are driven by the core engine mounted inside the aft end of fuselage. The propulsion system is innovative and attractive not to be seen even in the world.

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