An object-oriented computer code for aircraft engine weight estimation

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-7

  Tong, Michael T ^a   Naylor, Bret A ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b RS Information Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft engine; NASA; Object oriented; Weight

Indexed keywords

BOEING AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER CODES; ENGINE COMPONENTS; ENGINE DESIGN; ENGINE WEIGHT; FLOW DATA; FORTRAN; FORTRAN CODES; NASA GLENN; NEXT-GENERATION AIRCRAFT; NUMERICAL PROPULSION SYSTEM; OBJECT-ORIENTED; OBJECT-ORIENTED VERSION; OPTIMIZATION CAPABILITIES; PASSENGER AIRCRAFTS; SPACE PROPULSION SYSTEM; SYSTEM-LEVEL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE; TURBINE ENGINE; WEIGHT; WEIGHT ANALYSIS; WEIGHT CALCULATION; WEIGHT ESTIMATION;

AIRCRAFT; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; ENGINES; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); MAINTAINABILITY; NASA; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WEIGHING;

AIRCRAFT ENGINES;

EID: 69949161657     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2008-50062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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