A generic tool for cost estimating in aircraft design

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA 4th Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Forum, ATIO

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 72-86

  Castagne, S ^a   Curran, R ^a   Rothwell, A ^b,c   Price, M ^a   Benard, E ^a   Raghunathan, S ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT FUELS; BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ELASTIC MODULI; FUSELAGES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SHEAR FLOW;

DIRECT OPERATING COST (DOC); GENETIC-CAUSAL METHOD; MANUFACTURING COSTS; MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION (MDO);

AIRCRAFT MODELS;

EID: 19644367116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-6235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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