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"This book details the remarkable efforts to develop a new aircraft configuration known as the Blended Wing-Body (BWB). Responding to a challenge from NASA, McDonnell Douglas Corporation initiated studies in the early 1990s to determine if this new configuration could bring about significant advantages over conventional sweptwing, streamlined tube, and swept-tail designs. Research precipitated the design and construction of two small-scale demonstrators: the X-48B. After McDonnell Douglas' merger with Boeing, the X-48B flew 92 test flights before modification into the X-48C, which in turn flew 30 flights under the auspices of NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation Program"--

X-48 (Research plane) --- Blended wing-body aircraft --- Design and construction --- History. --- United States. --- Boeing Company --- Research. --- Research. --- United States.

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This Special Issue contains selected papers from works presented at the 8th EASN–CEAS (European Aeronautics Science Network–Council of European Aerospace Societies) Workshop on Manufacturing for Growth and Innovation, which was held in Glasgow, UK, 4–7 September 2018. About 150 participants contributed to a high-level scientific gathering providing some of the latest research results on the topic, as well as some of the latest relevant technological advancements. ?ine interesting articles, which cover a wide range of topics including characterization, analysis and design, as well as numerical simulation, are contained in this Special Issue.

n/a --- dynamic force analysis --- ditching simulation --- crashworthiness --- morphing wings --- pressurized fuselage --- scissor-like elements --- design of advanced power systems --- manufacturing --- nanomechanical properties --- composite materials --- multifunctionality --- electrical properties --- computational fluid dynamics --- aeronautic component --- nanomaterials --- circulation control --- multiscale damage model --- modelling and simulation --- unmanned aircraft --- kinematic analysis --- threshold concentration --- life cycle analysis --- autoclave --- blended wing-body aircraft --- incompressible flow --- low-curvature panels --- aircraft design --- composites structures --- carbon nanotubes --- vacuum assisted resin infusion --- active flow control --- building-block approach --- flight testing --- VTOL-UAV --- aerodynamic analysis --- suction and oscillatory blowing actuator --- technology readiness level --- scaling --- kinematic synthesis --- polymer nanocomposites --- thermal stability --- electrification --- cold diaphragm forming --- resin transfer molding --- fluid-structure interaction --- technology demonstrator --- light sport aircraft --- multi-objective optimization --- cost analysis --- scissor-structural mechanisms