As all engineering works are a blend of theory and empiricism, aircraft design, by its nature, represents a mixture of aircraft designer's knowledge obtained from aeronautical engineering disciplines and its usage combined ...

Knowledge based enhancements to CAD systems are currently being offered as a means of furthering designer performance in the product development process. A considerable body of research has already taken place to define ...

Model updating is an important issue in engineering. In fact a well-correlated model provides for accurate evaluation of the structure loads and responses. The main objectives of the study were to exploit available ...

The contribution to new knowledge from this research is a novel method for modelling production costs throughout the design phase of a product's lifecycle, from conceptual to detail design. The provision of cost data ...

A general method for the optimal design of large laminated composite structures, that allows full design variable (ply thickness and orientation) freedom, has been developed .. The number of variables and constraints, ...