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Computational Approaches for Aerospace Design: The Pursuit of Excellence
Contributor(s): Keane, Andy (Author), Nair, Prasanth (Author)
ISBN: 0470855401     ISBN-13: 9780470855409
Publisher: Wiley
OUR PRICE:   $154.80  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: August 2005
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BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Drafting & Mechanical Drawing
Dewey: 629.101
LCCN: 2005044335
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.8" W x 9.8" (2.80 lbs) 616 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
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.