Aircraft Conceptual Design Synthesis
Published on 30. October 2000
Book
Hardback
484 pages
978-1-86058-301-8 (ISBN)
Description
Aircraft Conceptual Design Synthesis means design by fitness-for-purpose. Design engineers can jump off from the point of given parameters and requirements - required performance, payloads and other factors. This is the first book for the aeronautical designer devoted to guiding the reader through this highly effective conceptual design synthesis process. This forms the procedure for the initial stage of the aircraft design process - the interpretation of a requirement into the preliminary layout. A logical design sequence is developed utilizing original modules to represent propulsion, lift, drag, mass, and performance. Aircraft Conceptual Design Synthesis includes a disk of spreadsheets that provides core data. Unlike existing approaches, the design synthesis method can be applied to novel aircraft concepts.
CONTENTS INCLUDE
The design process
Aircraft configuration
Flight regime and powerplant considerations
Fuselage layout
Configuration of the wing
Basic lift, drag and mass representations
Performance estimation
Parametric analysis and optimisation
Analysis of concept design
"This is an important landmark book and in my view will become a standard by which others will be compared" - Dr E C P Ransom, Kingston University, UK
CONTENTS INCLUDE
The design process
Aircraft configuration
Flight regime and powerplant considerations
Fuselage layout
Configuration of the wing
Basic lift, drag and mass representations
Performance estimation
Parametric analysis and optimisation
Analysis of concept design
"This is an important landmark book and in my view will become a standard by which others will be compared" - Dr E C P Ransom, Kingston University, UK
More details
Series
Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
888 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86058-301-8 (9781860583018)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Denis Howe is an aviation consultant and acknowledged expert in the field of aircraft design. He has spent his career teaching aircraft design at the postgraduate level and has an international reputation and has been involved in a number of actual aircraft designs.
Content
Notation. Preface.
Chapter 1. The design process.
Chapter 2. Aircraft configuration.
Chapter 3. Flight regime and powerplant considerations.
Chapter 4. Fuselage layout.
Chapter 5. Configuration of the wing.
Chapter 6. Basic lift, drag and mass representations.
Chapter 7. Performance estimation.
Chapter 8. Parametric analysis and optimisation.
Chapter 9. Analysis of concept design.
Addendum 1. Landing gear considerations.
Addendum 2. Logitudinal control and stability surfaces.
Addendum 3. Lateral control and stability surfaces.
Addendum 4. Mass prediction.
Addendum 5. Examples of synthesis procedure.
Index.
Spreadsheets.
Chapter 1. The design process.
Chapter 2. Aircraft configuration.
Chapter 3. Flight regime and powerplant considerations.
Chapter 4. Fuselage layout.
Chapter 5. Configuration of the wing.
Chapter 6. Basic lift, drag and mass representations.
Chapter 7. Performance estimation.
Chapter 8. Parametric analysis and optimisation.
Chapter 9. Analysis of concept design.
Addendum 1. Landing gear considerations.
Addendum 2. Logitudinal control and stability surfaces.
Addendum 3. Lateral control and stability surfaces.
Addendum 4. Mass prediction.
Addendum 5. Examples of synthesis procedure.
Index.
Spreadsheets.