Design and Development of Aircraft Systems - (Aerospace) 3rd Edition by Allan Seabridge & Ian Moir (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Design and Development of Aircraft Systems, Third Edition is for people who want to understand how industry develops the customer requirement into a fully integrated, tested, and qualified product that is safe to fly and fit for purpose. This edition has been updated to take into account the growth of unmanned air vehicles, together with updates to all chapters to bring them in line with current design practice and technologies as taught on courses at BAE Systems and Cranfield, Bristol and Loughborough universities in the UK. Design and Development of Aircraft Systems, Third Edition has been written to be generic and not to describe any single process. It aims to complement other volumes in the Wiley Aerospace Series, in particular Aircraft Systems Third Edition and Civil Avionics Systems by the same authors, and will inform readers of the work that is carried out by engineers in the aerospace industry to produce innovative and challenging -- yet safe and reliable -- systems and aircraft"--

Book Synopsis

Provides a significant update to the definitive book on aircraft system design

This book is written for anyone who wants to understand how industry develops the customer requirement for aircraft into a fully integrated, tested, and qualified product that is safe to fly and fit for purpose. The new edition of Design and Development of Aircraft Systems fully expands its already comprehensive coverage to include both conventional and unmanned systems. It also updates all chapters to bring them in line with current design practice and technologies taught in courses at Cranfield, Bristol, and Loughborough universities in the UK.

Design and Development of Aircraft Systems, 3^rd Edition begins with an introduction to the subject. It then introduces readers to the aircraft systems (airframe, vehicle, avionic, mission, and ground systems). Following that comes a chapter on the design and development process. Other chapters look at design drivers, systems architectures, systems integration, verification of system requirements, practical considerations, and configuration control. The book finishes with sections that discuss the potential impact of complexity on flight safety, key characteristics of aircraft systems, and more.

• Provides a holistic view of aircraft system design, describing the interactions among subsystems such as fuel, navigation, flight control, and more
• Substantially updated coverage of systems engineering, design drivers, systems architectures, systems integration, modelling of systems, practical considerations, and systems examples
• Incorporates essential new material on the regulatory environment for both manned and unmanned systems
• Discussion of trends towards complex systems, automation, integration and the potential for an impact on flight safety

Design and Development of Aircraft Systems, 3^rd Edition is an excellent book for aerospace engineers, researchers, and graduate students involved in the field.

From the Back Cover

Design and Development of Aircraft Systems
Third Edition

Provides a significant update to the definitive book on aircraft system design

This book is written for anyone who wants to understand how industry develops the customer requirement for aircraft into a fully integrated, tested, and qualified product that is safe to fly and fit for purpose. The new edition of Design and Development of Aircraft Systems fully expands its already comprehensive coverage to include both conventional and unmanned systems. It also updates all chapters to bring them in line with current design practice and technologies taught in courses at Cranfield, Bristol, and Loughborough universities in the UK.

Design and Development of Aircraft Systems, Third Edition begins with an introduction to the subject. It then introduces readers to the aircraft systems (airframe, vehicle, avionic, mission, and ground systems). Following that comes a chapter on the design and development process. Other chapters look at design drivers, systems architectures, systems integration, verification of system requirements, practical considerations, and configuration control. The book finishes with sections that discuss the potential impact of complexity on flight safety, key characteristics of aircraft systems, and more.

• Provides a holistic view of aircraft system design, describing the interactions among subsystems such as fuel, navigation, flight control, and more
• Substantially updated coverage of systems engineering, design drivers, systems architectures, systems integration, modelling of systems, practical considerations, and systems examples
• Incorporates essential new material on the regulatory environment for both manned and unmanned systems
• Discussion of trends towards complex systems, automation, integration and the potential for an impact on flight safety

Design and Development of Aircraft Systems, Third Edition is an excellent book for aerospace engineers, researchers, and graduate students involved in the field.

About the Author

Allan Seabridge has over 50 years of experience in aerospace systems engineering, business development, and research & development, and has developed systems and engineering courses at UK universities. He has retired from full time engineering and enjoys spending time at an aircraft company heritage group.

Ian Moir spent 20 years as an Engineering Officer in the Royal Air Force and has broad and detailed experience working in aircraft avionics systems at a major UK avionics company. Ian has now retired from aerospace activities and is enjoying a life of leisure in the Cotswolds, whilst retaining an interest in aerospace.