National Academies Press: OpenBook

Commercial Supersonic Technology: The Way Ahead (2001)

Chapter: Appendix C. Acronyms and Abbreviations

« Previous: Appendix B. Participants in Committee Meetings
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C. Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2001. Commercial Supersonic Technology: The Way Ahead. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10283.
×

C Acronyms and Abbreviations

AIAA

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

APSE

aircraft-pilot servo-elastic or aero-propulsive servo-elastic (phenomena)

CAEP

Civil Aviation Environmental Protection Committee (of the International Civil Aviation Organization)

CMC

ceramic matrix composites

CO2

carbon dioxide

DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FAR

Federal Aviation Regulations

ft

feet

g

gram

hr

hour

HSCT

high-speed civil transport

HSR

High Speed Research (Program)

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

kg

kilogram

lb

pound

L/D

lift-to-drag ratio

LERD

limited exclusive rights data

mSv

millisievert (a unit of ionizing radiation calibrated to measure potential biological harm; 1 mSv is roughly the daily dose due to natural background radiation)

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NM

nautical miles

NOx

oxides of nitrogen

NRC

National Research Council

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C. Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2001. Commercial Supersonic Technology: The Way Ahead. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10283.
×

PETI-5

phenylethynyl-terminated imide (a high temperature composite resin)

PDE

pulse detonation engine

psf

pounds per square foot

QSP

Quiet Supersonic Platform (Program)

R&T

research and technology

SBJ

supersonic business jet

SOx

oxides of sulfur

SST

supersonic transport (either the program or the aircraft of the same name)

TOGW

takeoff gross weight

TRL

technology readiness level

TSFC

thrust-specific fuel consumption

TSFC/M

thrust-specific fuel consumption normalized to Mach number

USAF

U.S. Air Force

UV

ultraviolet

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C. Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2001. Commercial Supersonic Technology: The Way Ahead. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10283.
×
Page 51
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C. Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2001. Commercial Supersonic Technology: The Way Ahead. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10283.
×
Page 52
Commercial Supersonic Technology: The Way Ahead Get This Book
×
Buy Paperback | $40.00 Buy Ebook | $32.99
MyNAP members save 10% online.
Login or Register to save!
Download Free PDF

High-speed flight is a major technological challenge for both commercial and business aviation. As a first step in revitalizing efforts by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to achieve the technology objective of high-speed air travel, NASA requested the National Research Council (NRC) to conduct a study that would identify approaches for achieving breakthroughs in research and technology for commercial supersonic aircraft. Commercial Supersonic Technology documents the results of that effort. This report describes technical areas where ongoing work should be continued and new focused research initiated to enable operational deployment of an environmentally acceptable, economically viable commercial aircraft capable of sustained supersonic flight, including flight over land, at speeds up to approximately Mach 2 in the next 25 years or less.

  1. ×

    Welcome to OpenBook!

    You're looking at OpenBook, NAP.edu's online reading room since 1999. Based on feedback from you, our users, we've made some improvements that make it easier than ever to read thousands of publications on our website.

    Do you want to take a quick tour of the OpenBook's features?

    No Thanks Take a Tour »
  2. ×

    Show this book's table of contents, where you can jump to any chapter by name.

    « Back Next »
  3. ×

    ...or use these buttons to go back to the previous chapter or skip to the next one.

    « Back Next »
  4. ×

    Jump up to the previous page or down to the next one. Also, you can type in a page number and press Enter to go directly to that page in the book.

    « Back Next »
  5. ×

    Switch between the Original Pages, where you can read the report as it appeared in print, and Text Pages for the web version, where you can highlight and search the text.

    « Back Next »
  6. ×

    To search the entire text of this book, type in your search term here and press Enter.

    « Back Next »
  7. ×

    Share a link to this book page on your preferred social network or via email.

    « Back Next »
  8. ×

    View our suggested citation for this chapter.

    « Back Next »
  9. ×

    Ready to take your reading offline? Click here to buy this book in print or download it as a free PDF, if available.

    « Back Next »
Stay Connected!