Impact of aerodynamic surface tolerance on aircraft cost driver

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-39

  Curran, R ^a   Kundu, A ^a   Raghunathan, S ^a   McFadden, R ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic drag; Aircraft production; Design for cost; DFMA; Manufacturing tolerance

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ENGINE MANUFACTURE; AIRCRAFT ENGINES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DRAG; FITS AND TOLERANCES;

AERODYNAMIC TOLERENCES;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036257280     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954410021533409     Document Type: Article

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