Fuel Savings Opportunities from Air Refueling (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781288399024)

Fuel is a critical strategic asset for military aviation operations, yet is increasingly expensive. Air refueling offers both the opportunity to extend aircraft range and the potential to save fuel by enabling a transport aircraft to depart with less fuel in exchange for additional cargo. We evaluate the practicality of air refueling in terms of fuel savings versus distance and cargo quantity, by introducing two non-linear optimization models that examine the tradeoff between departure fuel weight and loaded cargo for given origin, destination, and tanker base positions and freight quantities to be moved. We use two numerical example scenarios to show that substantial fuel savings from air refueling are possible.

Author: Murat Toydas
ISBN-10: 1288399022
ISBN-13: 9781288399024
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Language: English
Published: 12/04/2012
Pages: 86
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.18d