(Aerospace Series) 3rd Edition
by Allan Seabridge (Author), Ian Moir (Author)
Provides a significant update to the definitive book on aircraft system design
This
book is written for anyone who wants to understand how industry
develops the customer requirement for aircraft into a fully integrated,
tested, and qualified product that is safe to fly and fit for purpose.
The new edition of Design and Development of Aircraft Systems
fully expands its already comprehensive coverage to include both
conventional and unmanned systems. It also updates all chapters to bring
them in line with current design practice and technologies taught in
courses at Cranfield, Bristol, and Loughborough universities in the UK.
Design and Development of Aircraft Systems, 3rd Edition
begins with an introduction to the subject. It then introduces readers
to the aircraft systems (airframe, vehicle, avionic, mission, and ground
systems). Following that comes a chapter on the design and development
process. Other chapters look at design drivers, systems architectures,
systems integration, verification of system requirements, practical
considerations, and configuration control. The book finishes with
sections that discuss the potential impact of complexity on flight
safety, key characteristics of aircraft systems, and more.
- Provides
a holistic view of aircraft system design, describing the interactions
among subsystems such as fuel, navigation, flight control, and more
- Substantially
updated coverage of systems engineering, design drivers, systems
architectures, systems integration, modelling of systems, practical
considerations, and systems examples
- Incorporates essential new material on the regulatory environment for both manned and unmanned systems
- Discussion of trends towards complex systems, automation, integration and the potential for an impact on flight safety
Design and Development of Aircraft Systems, 3rd Edition is an excellent book for aerospace engineers, researchers, and graduate students involved in the field.
