Aircraft Conceptual Design SynthesisAircraft 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
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... spreadsheet , and again the results transferred to the carpet plot . The remaining numerical groups on the spreadsheet were used in preparing the graphical data , see Appendix A8.2 . 8.12.2.5 Comments on results It is instructive to ...
... spreadsheet may be used by making reference to the Requirements , Parameters , Climb Path , Assumed , Input and Analysis Boxes , together with the Summary of Results . The spreadsheet is a direct continuation of Spreadsheet 1 and ...
... Spreadsheet 3. In many respects it consists of data which are directly comparable to those of Spreadsheet 1 and Spreadsheet 2 , but is aimed at deriving an optimum design direct from the initial inputs . In order to demonstrate the ...
Contents
Aircraft configuration | 23 |
Flight regime and powerplant considerations | 53 |
Fuselage layout | 81 |
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