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Airbus vs. Boeing

Clash of the Titans of Aviation

Lakshmi Kantha, Kiran A. Kantha (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

X, 310 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-97890-1 (ISBN)

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Modern long-range transports such as the Boeing B787 and Airbus A350 make it both comfortable and economically feasible to travel to and from any point on Earth. With airfare being cheaper and safer than ever (no fatal airline injuries occurred in 2017 despite there having been a staggering 4 billion annual riders), the airliner market remains a huge and lucrative enterprise.The struggle between Boeing and Airbus for dominance of the highly profitable airliner market is truly a "clash of the Titans." Airbus and Boeing market forecasts for 2017 to 2036 indicate a huge demand of anywhere between 34,000 and 41,000 new aircraft to accommodate air traffic growth as well as to replace ageing aircraft. Trillions of dollars are at stake, and even a single stumble by one company could cede the market to its rival.Will the United States and its company Boeing cede one of its few high-technology enterprises to its European competitor, Airbus? What would be the consequences of this loss on its economy? What is involved in bringing a new aircraft to the market and having it succeed? What are the design characteristics that make an aircraft attractive to its customers, the airlines and, of course, the passengers?How did we get here? What does the future hold? These topics are addressed over the course of this book.

The senior author, Prof. Lakshmi Kantha, was trained as an engineer, holding a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He obtained his doctorate from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT in 1973. With his Aerodynamics and Aerospace Propulsion background, Professor Kantha has had a lifelong passion for aircraft and rockets, and the engines that propel them. After spending time at Johns Hopkins and Princeton Universities, Dr. Kantha worked at the US Navy Labs in Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, helping the US Navy develop a forecast capability in the marginal seas around the world. He joined the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1990 as a Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. He teaches a required undergraduate course on Fundamentals of Aerospace Propulsion. He also teaches graduate courses on Aircraft Propulsion and Rocket Propulsion and is authoring a comprehensive book on these topics. He oversaw the Hybrid Sounding Rocket (HySoR) graduate project, funded by United Launch Alliance (ULA), to design, build and fly a 2-kg payload to 10-km altitude. He is currently supervising building and testing a 50-lbf thrust, 3-D printed rocket engine, funded by ULA. Having worked in both science and engineering fields, he has a unique perspective on the current state of the airline industry and the aircraft and engine manufacturers that satisfy the industry's needs.

List of Acronyms.- Preface.- Introduction.- Chapter 1: Important Characteristics of Civilian Transports.- Chapter 2: Cautious Innovation: Key to Market Success?.- Chapter 3: Titanic Battles.- Chapter 4:Clash of the Engine Makers.- Chapter 5: The Future.- Epilogue.- Appendix A: Airbus and Boeing Orders and Deliveries as of Dec 31, 2017.- Appendix B: Specific Fuel Burn of Various Aircraft, past, present and future.- Appendix C: Titanic History.- Appendix D: Electric and Hybrid Aircraft.- Appendix E: Testing for Certification.- Appendix F:Aircraft Checks.- Appendix G: Pilot's Perspective.- Appendix H:Operational Costs.- Appendix I: How Long can a Flight Last?.- Appendix J: Winglets and Other Wingtip Devices.- Appendix K: Comparison of Airbus A350 and Boeing B787.- Appendix L: Comparison of P&W GTF and CFM LEAP.- Appendix M: Aircraft Design Issues.- Appendix N: Engine Installation.- Appendix O: Payload-Range Charts.- Appendix P: Runway Length Requirements (Takeoff and Landing).- Appendix Q: Airport Planning Documents.- Appendix R: Aero Terminology.- Further Reading.- Flight Global Cutaways of Salient Aircraft.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.8.2020
Zusatzinfo	X, 310 p. 80 illus., 15 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
Schlagworte	Aeronautics company • Aerospace company • Airbus A350 • Airbus company • aircraft creation • aircraft design • Airline Industry • airliner market • Boeing B787 • Boeing Company • Bombardier • jumbo jets
ISBN-10	3-319-97890-X / 331997890X
ISBN-13	978-3-319-97890-1 / 9783319978901
Zustand	Neuware