Aircraft Conceptual Design Synthesis
Aerospace Series (PEP)
October 2000
484 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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
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.
