Aircraft Aerodynamic Design by Andrs Sbester, Alexander I. ... - 9780470662571

Aircraft Aerodynamic DesignGeometry and Optimization\nAuthor(s): Andrs Sbester, Alexander I. J. Forrester, Peter Belobaba, Jonathan Cooper, Allan Seabridge\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9780470662571, 978-0470662571\nSynopsis\nOptimal aircraft design is impossible without a parametric representation of the geometry of the airframe. We need a mathematical model equipped with a set of controls, or design variables, which generates different candidate airframe shapes in response to changes in the values of these variables. This model's objectives are to be flexible and concise, and capable of yielding a wide range of shapes with a minimum number of design variables. Moreover, the process of converting these variables into aircraft geometries must be robust. Alas, flexibility, conciseness and robustness can seldom be achieved simultaneously. Aircraft Aerodynamic Design: Geometry and Optimization addre.