A new method for design cycle period management in aircraft design process

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 497-509

  Soltanmohammad, S ^a   Malaek, S M ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Design calculations; Iterative methods; Production cycle

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DESIGN; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; KETONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DESIGN CALCULATIONS; DESIGN CYCLES; DESIGN PROCESSES; ITERATIVE METHODS; PRODUCTION CYCLE;

PROCESS DESIGN;

EID: 51749092453     PISSN: 00022667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00022660810899865     Document Type: Article

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