Lavatories on a blended wing body aircraft
A blended wing body (BWB) aircraft having a blended wing body having a main body and wings with no clear demarcation between the wings and the main body along a leading edge of the BWB aircraft, a passenger cabin located within the main body having one or more cross aisles extending along a lateral axis, wherein a shape of the passenger cabin is asymmetrical about a lateral axis, more than one passenger bays located within the passenger cabin, wherein each of the more than one passenger bays are separated by at least one cross aisle of the one or more cross aisles and one or more lavatories situated outside the more than one passenger bays and substantially adjacent to a perimeter of the passenger cabin, wherein each of the one or more lavatories are linked to one cross aisle of the one or more cross aisles.
1 . A blended wing body (BWB) aircraft comprising:
a passenger cabin comprising one or more cross aisles extending parallel to a lateral axis, wherein a shape of the passenger cabin is asymmetrical about the lateral axis;
more than one passenger bays located within the passenger cabin, wherein each of the more than one passenger bays are separated by at least one cross aisle of the one or more cross aisles;
one or more lavatories situated outside the more than one passenger bays; and
at least one aircraft entry door situated outside the more than one passenger bays;
wherein:
the one or more cross aisles comprise:
at least an aft cross aisle situated behind the more than one passenger bays; and
at least a center cross aisle, wherein the center cross aisle is situated between the more than one passenger bays;
more than one lavatories of the one or more lavatories are situated on opposing ends of the center cross aisle; and
the at least one aircraft entry door is situated at at least one end of the center cross aisle.
2 . The BWB aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the one or more cross aisles further comprise a fore cross aisle and wherein the fore cross aisle is situated in front of the more than one passenger bays.
3 . The BWB aircraft of claim 2 , wherein at least one lavatory of the one or more lavatories is linked to the at least a fore cross aisle.
4 . The BWB aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the more than one lavatories of the one or more lavatories are further situated on opposing ends of the aft cross aisle.
5 . The BWB aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the one or more lavatories are substantially adjacent to a perimeter of the passenger cabin.
6 . The BWB aircraft of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more lavatories are linked to one cross aisle of the one or more cross aisles.
7 . The BWB aircraft of claim 1 , wherein at least one lavatory of the one or more lavatories is situated substantially adjacent to an aft pressure bulkhead.
8 . The BWB aircraft of claim 1 , wherein a first passenger bay of the more than one passenger bays and a second passenger bay of the more than one passenger bays are linked by the at least one cross aisle.
9 . The BWB aircraft of claim 1 , wherein a placement of the one or more lavatories are symmetrical along a longitudinal axis.
10 . The BWB aircraft of claim 1 , wherein at least one lavatory of the one or more lavatories is separated from at least one passenger bay of the more than one passenger bays by the at least one cross aisle.
11 . A blended wing body (BWB) aircraft comprising:
a passenger cabin comprising one or more cross aisles extending parallel to a lateral axis, wherein a shape of the passenger cabin is asymmetrical about the lateral axis;
more than one passenger bays located within the passenger cabin, wherein at least a first passenger bay is situated lateral to and parallel to at least a second passenger bay;
one or more lavatories situated outside the more than one passenger bays and separated from the more than one passenger bays by at least one cross aisle of the one or more cross aisles; and
at least one aircraft entry door situated outside the more than one passenger bays and situated at at least one end of the at least one cross aisle;
wherein more than one lavatories of the one or more lavatories are situated on opposing ends of the at least one cross aisle.
12 . The BWB aircraft of claim 11 , wherein the at least one cross aisle comprises a center cross aisle and wherein the center cross aisle is situated between the more than one passenger bays.
13 . The BWB aircraft of claim 11 , wherein the at least one cross aisle comprises an aft cross aisle situated behind the more than one passenger bays.
14 . The BWB aircraft of claim 11 , wherein the one or more cross aisles further comprise at least a fore cross aisle and wherein the fore cross aisle is situated in front of the more than one passenger bays.
15 . The BWB aircraft of claim 14 , wherein at least one lavatory of the one or more lavatories is linked to the at least a fore cross aisle.
16 . The BWB aircraft of claim 11 , wherein the one or more lavatories are substantially adjacent to a perimeter of the passenger cabin.
17 . The BWB aircraft of claim 11 , wherein each of the one or more lavatories are linked to one cross aisle of the one or more cross aisles.
18 . The BWB aircraft of claim 11 , wherein at least one lavatory of the one or more lavatories is situated substantially adjacent to an aft pressure bulkhead.
19 . The BWB aircraft of claim 11 , wherein a placement of the one or more lavatories are symmetrical along a longitudinal axis.
20 . The BWB aircraft of claim 11 , wherein the at least a first passenger bay and the at least a second passenger bay are linked by the at least one cross aisle.