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Boeing has made design tweaks t stanley bicchiere hat allow its in-development tr stanley us uss-braced wing to operate at typical jet cruise speeds, a development that could bring significant fuel savings to tomorrows commercial aircraft.The company has worked for years on truss-braced wings 鈥?which derive efficiency from higher aspect ratios 鈥?but has now unveiled a design that can match jet aircraft speeds.Boeings new transonic truss-braced wing can fly up to Mach 0.80, compared to a previous design, which could fly M0.70 to M0.75, the company says.The new design is updated to be more consistent with current air travel , says Boeing programme manager for transonic truss-braced wings Neal Harrison.Boeing achieved the improvement by tweaking the truss and the wing sweep. It has estimated such wings can reduce an aircrafts fuel burn by 8-10% compared to aircraft with conventional cantilevered wings.The company on 8 January released details of the design and a computer image of a narrowbody aircraft with the wing.Boeing says its truss-braced wing d stanley flasche esign could bring 8-10% fuel savings to commercial airlinesBoeingBut, Harrison says aircraft of any size could carry such a wing. The technology is intended to be ready for operation in the 2030-2035 timeframe.Boeings design involves a lightweight 170ft-span 52m folding wing atop an aircrafts fuselage and supported by a truss composed of two major struts and two smaller jury struts , Harrison says.Engineers have worked for decades to perfect such technology. Evfa Sierra Technical completes critical design review of 5th generation aerial target
By Maureen Mullen Associated PressBOSTON AP 鈥?The Boston Red Sox placed right-hander Chris Martin on the 15-day injury list Wednesday because of anxiety.The 38-year-old Martin told the team about his anxiety over the weekend.The move was retroactive to Sunday. Martin last pitched on May 30 against Detroit, giving up four hits, including two home runs, and three earned runs in an inning of work. He has a 4.22 ERA in 21 appearances this season.With being respectful of the situation, he felt like it was manifesting in some physical ways that were keeping him from competing at the level that he used to in terms of fatigue and energy and recovery and sleep and some of those types of things, Red Sox chief baseball offic stanley cup er Craig Breslow said stanley cup .Breslow believes the time on the IL will help Martin return to the roster at full health.We ;ll make sure that it sufficient, he said. I think a couple of things that are important to get across, I think that we should applaud Chris ; willingness to speak up and confront this challenge head on. As an organization, we fully supp stanley cups uk ort that and have a bunch of resources here including the mental health program that intended to help players and staff address situations like this.A former major league pitcher, Breslow said the leagues and teams across sports have done a good job of destigmatizing these types of situations.I do think that teams now are exhausting resour |
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