Ramesh Agarwal & Fayette Collier 
Green Aviation [EPUB ebook] 

Contributors vii
Foreword xi
Preface xiii
Part 1 Overview 1
1 Aviation and Climate Change – The Continuing Challenge 3
2 Global Atmospheric Chemistry and Impacts from Aviation 15
3 Aviation Emissions 25
4 Emissions and Other Impacts: Introduction 35
5 Avoiding the Predictable Surprise: Early Action Is the Key to Building a Climate-Resilient Aviation Network 39
Part 2 Aerodynamics and Airframe 51
6 Application of Drag Reduction Techniques to Transport Aircraft 53
7 Blended Wing Body Aircraft: A Historical Perspective 63
8 Fuel Burn Reduction Through Wing Morphing 73
Part 3 Combustion-Based Propulsion 81
9 Advances in Turbofan Engines: A US Perspective 83
10 A Rolls-Royce Perspective on Concepts and Technologies for Future Green Propulsion Systems 95
11 Geared Turbofan TM Engine: Driven by Innovation 105
12 Advanced Engine Designs and Concepts Beyond the Geared Turbofan 113
13 Progress in Open Rotor Research 127
Part 4 Alternative Propulsion 145
14 Energy Optimization for Solar-Powered Aircraft 147
15 Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft 165
16 Biofuels for Green Aviation 179
17 Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Auxiliary Power Units 193
18 Electric Drives for Propulsion System of Transport Aircraft 201
19 Lithium-Ion Batteries: Thermomechanics, Performance, and Design Optimization 221
Part 5 Aerodynamics and Aircraft Concepts 239
20 Damage Arresting Composites 241
21 Greener Helicopters 253
Part 6 Noise 265
22 Aircraft Noise: Alleviating Constraints to Airport Operations and Growth 267
23 Aircraft Noise Modeling 277
24 Carbon and Noise Trading in Aviation 287
Part 7 Systems 299
25 Onboard Energy Management 301
26 Impact of Airframe Systems on Green Airliner Operation 311
27 Modern Avionics and ATM Systems for Green Operations 323
Part 8 Operations 341
28 Integrated Assessment Modeling 343
29 Cost Analysis Approach in the Development of Advanced Technologies for Green Aviation Aircraft 355
30 Green Aircraft Operations 369
31 Impact of Airports on Local Air Quality 381
32 A Roadmap for Aviation Research in Australia 391
Part 9 Atmosphere and Climate 401
33 Atmospheric Modeling 403
34 In Plume Physics and Chemistry 413
35 Contrails and Contrail Cirrus 425
36 Radiative Forcing and Climate Change 437
37 Atmospheric Composition 447
38 Meteorology 459
Subject Index 477

Editors-in-Chief (Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering), Richard H. Blockley, Aerospace Consultant, Cranfield University, UK and formerly Head of Technical Programmes, BAE Systems, Farnborough, UK.
Wei Shyy, Provost and Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China.
Subject Editors: Ramesh Agarwal, The William Palm Professor of Engineering, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA. Author/co-author of over 300 publications, editorial team member of 13 journals, frequent speaker on sustainable air transport.
Fayette Collier, NASA, USA; Director of NASA’s Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project.
Andreas Schäfer, Chair in Energy and Transport, UCL Energy Institute, London, UK. Research interests include energy and transportation systems analysis. Previously at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of Cambridge, and Stanford University.
Allan Seabridge, Seabridge Systems Ltd, Lytham St Annes, UK. Section Editor on Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering; Series Editor Wiley Aerospace Series.