24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-1.1.4

USES OF CAD TOOLS FOR WEIGHT ESTIMATION IN AIRCRAFT CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

C. Jouannet, S. E. R. Silva, P. Krus
Linköpings University, Sweden

Keywords: weight estimation, CAD, conceptual design

The advantages offered by modern CAD tools in conceptual design are discussed and in order to illustrate the possiblities of a method to estimate weight is presented.

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