Aircraft Design: A Systems Engineering Approach

Aircraft Design: A Systems Engineering Approach presents the entire process of aircraft design from conceptual design through to the preliminary design and detail design phases. The book utilizes a systems engineering approach that delves into the various aircraft components and systems―like wing, tail, and fuselage structures, propulsion systems, landing gear, and control surfaces―considers the design options for each, and weighs them against one another, giving readers a practical sense of the real-world process of designing an aircraft. The Second Edition is fully updated to reflect the industry developments of the past decade. It includes brand new material on vee tail design, spoiler design, winglets, and low-speed airfoil data, as well as coverage of emerging topics such as all-electric aircraft design and VTOL aircraft design, new configurations such as parallel landing gear, ski type landing gear, standard minimum seat width, fuselage painting, and pi tail, and guidance on the latest FAA requirements that impact design. It also presents new techniques to calculate design parameters, fully worked examples that break down the math behind the theories covered, and new case studies drawn from an array of industry examples. Readers will come away with an understanding of a broad variety of design techniques, ensuring that they have the knowledge and flexibility needed to satisfy design requirements when approaching projects in the field.