Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).

Purpose: Authoritative Reference

Authority: Author Expertise

Document Number: NASA Special Publication (SP)-462.

Scope (from the Preface): "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) had generated projects that resulted in fuel efficiency, but it was not until January 1975, in the midst of the Arab oil embargo, that the U.S. Senate requested development of a program to provide the advanced technology needed for aircraft fuel conservation. From the outset, it was recognized that the value of the program would depend largely on how effectively and rapidly the resulting technology could be transferred to industry and incorporated into future designs. To this end, the aerospace industry was directly involved with NASA in both the development of the program plan and the conduct of major portions of the research.

In fiscal year 1976 the NASA Aircraft Energy Efficiency (ACEE) program was initiated to demonstrate a spectrum of propulsive, aerodynamic, electronic, and structural advances that could achieve the desired results. The technical changes spanned the range from near-term modest refinements in conventional technology to larger evolutionary technical gains for the mid to late 1980s and to major revolutionary innovations for the 1990s."

Contents (from the Table of Contents):

"Chapters:

1. The Beginnings

2. Engine Component Improvement

3. Energy Efficient Engine

4. Advanced Turboprops

5. Composite Structures

6. The Energy Efficient Transport

7. Laminar Flow Control

8. The Future"