Over the last fifty years, the ability to carry out analysis as a
precursor to decision making in engineering design has increased
dramatically. In particular, the advent of modern computing systems
and the development of advanced numerical methods have made
computational modelling a vital tool for producing optimized
designs.
This text explores how computer-aided analysis has
revolutionized aerospace engineering, providing a comprehensive
coverage of the latest technologies underpinning advanced
computational design. Worked case studies and over 500 references
to the primary research literature allow the reader to gain a full
understanding of the technology, giving a valuable insight into the
world’s most complex engineering systems.
Key Features:
* Includes background information on the history of aerospace
design and established optimization, geometrical and mathematical
modelling techniques, setting recent engineering developments in a
relevant context.
* Examines the latest methods such as evolutionary and response
surface based optimization, adjoint and numerically differentiated
sensitivity codes, uncertainty analysis, and concurrent systems
integration schemes using grid-based computing.
* Methods are illustrated with real-world applications of
structural statics, dynamics and fluid mechanics to satellite,
aircraft and aero-engine design problems.
Senior undergraduate and postgraduate engineering students
taking courses in aerospace, vehicle and engine design will find
this a valuable resource. It will also be useful for practising
engineers and researchers working on computational approaches to
design.
About the author
Andy Keane is the author of Computational Approaches for Aerospace Design: The Pursuit of Excellence, published by Wiley.
Prasanth Nair is the author of Computational Approaches for Aerospace Design: The Pursuit of Excellence, published by Wiley.
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