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A Seminar Report On Concorde.

This document provides details about Concorde, the only supersonic passenger aircraft to enter commercial service. It describes Concorde's key features that enabled supersonic flight, including its needle-like fuselage, swept-back delta wings, movable nose, and special engine and fuel tank designs. Concorde could fly at over twice the speed of sound and set records for crossing the Atlantic in under 3 hours. The Concorde was a joint project between the British and French governments and airlines and entered service in the 1970s.

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A Seminar Report On Concorde.

This document provides details about Concorde, the only supersonic passenger aircraft to enter commercial service. It describes Concorde's key features that enabled supersonic flight, including its needle-like fuselage, swept-back delta wings, movable nose, and special engine and fuel tank designs. Concorde could fly at over twice the speed of sound and set records for crossing the Atlantic in under 3 hours. The Concorde was a joint project between the British and French governments and airlines and entered service in the 1970s.

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A TECHNICAL STUDY ON

SUPERSONIC PASSENGER
AIRCRAFTA CASE STUDY ON CONCORDE
SUBMITTED BY,
NISSAM SIDHEEQ,
ROLL NO:31,S7 MECHANICAL,
M.E.S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,
KUTTIPPURAM.
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF
ALEX BERNALD
LECTURER,DEPT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

INTRODUCTION
SUPER SONIC AIR CRAFTS ARE
THOSE AIRCRAFTS WHICH FLIES AT
MORE THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND.
CONCORDE IS THE WORLDS ONLY
SUPERSONIC PASSENGER AIRCRAFT.
THERE ARE MANY FEATURES FOR
CONCORDE,WHICH ENABLES
SUPERSONIC FLIGHT.

A CASE STUDY ON CONCORDE


THIS AIRCRAFT FLIES AT
MORE THAN TWO TIMES
THE SPEED OF SOUND.
IN 1962,THE BRITISH AND
FRENCH GOVERNMENTS
SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO
DEVELOP A SUPERSONIC
TRANSPORT
AIRCRAFT(SST)AND THE
PLANE WAS BUILT JOINTLY
BY BRITISH
AEROSPACE(BAE) AND
AERSPATIALE.

THE FIRST FLIGHT TOOK PLACE IN 1969 AND


BEGAN PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1976.
THE CONCORDE HOLDS MANY
RECORDS,INCLUDING FASTEST CROSSING OF THE
ATLANTIC FROM NEWYORK TO LONDON IN 2
HOURS 54 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS AS
OPPOSED TO ABOUT 8 HOURS FOR A SUBSONIC
FLIGHT.

HISTORY
SUPERSONIC AIRLINE
RESEARCH IN EUROPE
BEGAN IN 1956 AND
RESULTED IN THE BRITISH
AND FRENCH
GOVERNMENTS SIGNING AN
INTERNATIONAL TREATY FOR
THE JOINT
DESIGN,DEVELOPMENT AND
MANUFACTURE OF A
SUPERSONIC AIRLINER IN
1962.
THE FIRST PROTOTYPE WAS
ROLLED OUT AT TOULOUSE
IN 1967.

CONCORDE VS OTHER PASSENGER JETS


THE CONCORDE FLIES
FASTER AND HIGHER THAN
MOST COMMERCIAL JETS.
BECAUSE THE CONCORDE
TRAVELS FASTER THAN
THE SPEED OF SOUND AND
ALMOST TWICE AS HIGH AS
OTHER COMMERCIAL
JETS,IT HAS SEVERAL
FEATURES THAT SET IT
APART FROM OTHER
AIRCRAFT.

TECHNICAL FEATURES
STREAMLINED DESIGN
NEEDLE LIKE FUSELAGE
SWEPT-BACK DELTA WING
MOVEABLE NOSE
VERTICAL TAIL DESIGN

ENGINE DESIGN
ENGINES BUILT IN TO THE WING
AFTER BURNERS

MAIN AND AUXILLARY FUEL TANKS


HIGH-REFLECTIVITY PAINT

STREAM LINED DESIGN


AS ANY AIRCRAFT APPROACHES THE
SPEED OF SOUND(1100ft/s,343m/s),
THE AIR PRESSURE BUILDS UP IN
FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT FORMING A
WALL OF AIR.
TO PUNCH THROUGH THAT WALL OF
AIR,PLANES MUST BE STREANLINED

TO STREAMLINE THE CONCORDE,THE

FOLLOWING DESIGNS HAVE BEEN


IMPLEMENTED:

NEEDLE-LIKE FUSELAGE
SWEPT-BACK DELTA WING
MOVEABLE NOSE
VERTICAL TAIL DESIGN

FUSELAGE
THE FUSEALAGE OF THE CONCORDE IS
ONLY(2.7m)WIDE
(FOR COMPARISON,A 747 IS 20ft(6.1m) WIDE)
THE LENGTH OF THE CONCORDE IS ABOUT
202ft(61.7m),JUST SLIGHTLY SHORTER THAN A 747.
THE LONG,NARROW SHAPE OF THE CONCORDE
REDUCES THE DRAG ON THE PLANE AS IT MOVES
THROUGH THE AIR.

DELTA WING

WIDE,TRIANGULAR WING STRUCTURE AND


LACK OF HORIZONTAL TAIL.
A DELTA SHAPE IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR
SUPERSONIC FLIGHT,WHICH REQUIRES A COMBINATION
OF SUFFICIENT LENGTH AND SWEEP,MINIMUM
RELATIVE THICKNESS,AND A LOW ASPECT RATIO.

COMPARING WITH A BOEING


747

THIN,RECTANGULAR WING STRUCTUE


AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ON THE
TAIL.

ENGINES
THE ENGINES ON THE
CONCORDE PROVIDE
THE THRUST
NECESSARY FOR
TAKEOFF,CRUISING
AND LANDING.
THE CONCORDE
HAS ,FOUR ROLLS
ROYCE/SNECMA
OLYMPUS 593 TURBO
JET ENGINE.

CONCORDE IN FLIGHT

THE ENGINES ARE ATTATCHED DIRECTLY


UNDERNEATH THE WING WITHOUT STRUTS

AIRBUS 320 IN FLIGHT

THE ENGINES ARE ATTATCHED


UNDERNEATH THE WING WITH STRUTS

AFTER BURNERS
IF THE THRUST OF THE ENGINE IS DESIRED
TO BE INCREASED WITHOUT CHANGING
THE PHYSICAL DIMENSION OF THE
COMPRESSOR,TURBINE ETC;ADDITIONAL
QUANTITY CAN BE BURNED IN A SECTION
OF THE JET PIPE TO INCREASE THE
VELOCITY OF JET.
THIS PROCESS IS KNOWN AS REHEATING,
WHICH IS DONE BY AN AFTER BURNER.

FUEL TANKS
THE CONCORDE HAS
17 FUEL TANKS THAT
CAN HOLD A TOTAL OF
31,569
GALLONS(119,500
LITRES) OF KEROSENE
FUEL.
THE MAIN TANKS ARE
LOCATED IN EACH
WING(FIVE ON EACH
SIDE)AND
FUSELAGE(FOUR).

HIGH-REFLECTIVITY PAINT
CONCORDE HAS A HIGH
REFLECTIVITY WHITE PAINT THAT IS
ABOUT TWICE AS REFLECTIVE AS THE
WHITE PAINT ON OTHER JETS.
THIS IS TO REFLECT AND RADIATE
THE HEAT.

CONCLUSION
THE CONCORDES ARE UNDERGOING

MODIFICATIONS.
MODIFICATIONS INCLUDE KEVLAR LININGS
TO THE FUEL TANKS,TO PREVENT THEM
FROM RUPTURING IN THE EVENT THAT THE
WING IS PUNCTURED.
SEVERAL PLANS ARE GOING ON RESEARCH
TO IMPROVE THE CONCORDE IN TERMS OF
SAFETY AND COMFORT.

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