Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Why should we design a new aircraft?
- 3 Why is it that shape? – Civil aircraft
- 4 Why is it that shape? – Other types
- 5 What's under the skin? – Structure and propulsion
- 6 What's under the skin? – Airframe systems
- 7 What's under the skin? – Avionics, flight control and weapon systems
- 8 Why do aircraft cost so much?
- 9 What help can I get? – Bibliography and computer-aided design
- 10 The shape of things to come – Should the project continue?
- 11 What can go wrong? – Some lessons from past aircraft projects, and a glimpse into the future
- Appendix A Useful aircraft design data
- Appendix B A–90 parametric study. Example – the A-90 500-seat airliner
- Appendix C The prediction of aircraft reliability and maintainability targets
- References
- Index
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Appendix B - A–90 parametric study. Example – the A-90 500-seat airliner
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Why should we design a new aircraft?
- 3 Why is it that shape? – Civil aircraft
- 4 Why is it that shape? – Other types
- 5 What's under the skin? – Structure and propulsion
- 6 What's under the skin? – Airframe systems
- 7 What's under the skin? – Avionics, flight control and weapon systems
- 8 Why do aircraft cost so much?
- 9 What help can I get? – Bibliography and computer-aided design
- 10 The shape of things to come – Should the project continue?
- 11 What can go wrong? – Some lessons from past aircraft projects, and a glimpse into the future
- Appendix A Useful aircraft design data
- Appendix B A–90 parametric study. Example – the A-90 500-seat airliner
- Appendix C The prediction of aircraft reliability and maintainability targets
- References
- Index
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- Introduction to Aircraft Design , pp. 243 - 254Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1999