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Essay On Aircraft Design

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DESIGN PROCESS OF AIRCRAFT
Introduction;
The aircraft design process is the engeneering design process by which aircraft is designed.These depend on many factors such as customer and manufacture design,safety measures,physical and economical constraints,etc.
Design constrains;
A design starts with the indeed purpose for example :
(A)commercial airlines are designed for carrying passengers and cargo.These are long ranged and have greater fuel efficiency.
(B) Fighter gets are designed to perform high speed actions and provide close support to ground troops.
(c) few aircrafts have specific missions like amphibious airplanes which have a unique desing that allows them to operate both on land and water also.
(d) harrier jump jet has vtolanding these have ability to hover over a period of time.
Like this we can understand that the purpose is the cause for the design .and the judgment step for a design.

Aircraft Regulations:
Another important factor that influences the design of the aircraft are the regulations putforward by thnational authorities,
Airports also impose limits on the aircraft,for example the maximum sping span allowed …show more content…

Even with t he greatest attention towards airworthiness, accidents are still occurring in day to day life. Crashworthiness is the qualitative evaluation of how aircraft survive an accit. The main objective is to protect the passengers or value ble cargo from the damage that is being caused by an accident. So the passenger ai rcraft are des igned such that seating arrangements are kept. The interior of the cabin is also fitted with safety features such as oxygen masks that drop down when there is a ckets, emergency doors Aircraft are somet designed with emergency Water landing in mind, for example the air bus has a 'ditching' switch that closes valves and openings beneath the aircraft slowing the ingress of

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