24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-7.7.2

AN APPROACH TO IMPROVE AIRFRAME CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PROCESS

H. Syamsudin, J. P Fielding
Aerospace Engineering Group, Cranfield University, UK

Keywords: airframe, conceptual design process

The paper demonstrates the proposed method to allow better a decision making process during conceptual design stage. It works by structuring the process using best practices in industry and providing the information that would allow the designer to check their design including the critical elements from other disciplines.

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