Sentences with phrase «in aircraft design»

Computational fluid dynamics simulations are important in aircraft design, among myriad other applications.

Yes James, modeling is used a lot in aircraft design.

In aircraft design a model's outputs are compared and recompared to observed conditions until it is known (or at least believed) that the model is providing outputs for a specific characteristic (s) within a known margin of error.

Town & Country Racer — Tom Threlfall enjoys a 1908 Grand Prix Panhard / Motoring Memories The flamboyant Docker family's Daimlers are the stars of this month's trip down memory lane / Automobilia — Nick Baldwin reckons «it's on the cards» — well motoring cigarette cards down the years anyway / Edmund Rumpler — Better known for his interest in aircraft design Edmund Rumpler was actually responsible for some of the most advanced automotive ideas of the century.

«Adaptation may be required in aircraft design, airline schedules and / or runway lengths,» the authors wrote.

One is that when it comes to safety issues — and in aircraft design, almost everything is a safety issue — everyone should be quick to raise questions.

Not exact matches

The aircraft features a powerful Rotax engine with a twin exhaust system, designed for maximum efficiency in flight.

The newly designed aircraft, built partially with lightweight composite materials and powered by Pratt & Whitney's fuel - saving engines, is targeted at established carriers looking to replace older, inefficient planes, and new airlines launching in developing countries, such as China, to service the growing middle class and airport expansion.

The bold red and white livery features close to 5000 dots, and is only the second time in the airline's history that its iconic flying kangaroo (always on the aircraft tail) has been changed to become part of a special painted design.

Currently the J - 15 launches using a ski - jump arrangement as with Russian and soon UK aircraft but at least one modified J - 15 was photographed with a catapult bridle on its nose wheel for land - based testing of a new magnetic catapult system likely to be used on the next Chinese aircraft carrier, the yet - to - be-named CV - 18, Type 002 aircraft carrier of entirely Chinese indigenous design to be built by the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai.

A prototype designed and manufactured by GS Engineering for a lightweight track system that reduces the ground pressure under a military vehicle allowing it to be transported in a military cargo aircraft.

The new USS Gerald R. Ford, the first new aircraft carrier design from the US Navy in four decades, boasts a slew of improved features that separate it from the previous Nimitz class carriers.

Inspired by the single - seat fighter aircraft from World War II of the same name, it blends vintage design details into a timepiece that's elegant in design, precise in performance, and stylish in its commitment to the wearer.

«When aircraft land, they'll be able to come back, refuel, rearm, in kind of a pit - stop model... really modeled after NASCAR,» Capt. John F. Meier, the commanding officer of Gerald R. Ford said of the new design.

U.S. presidents have been shuttling around on specially - designed aircraft ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt boarded a plane nicknamed the «Sacred Cow» in 1944.

Based in Chicago, Boeing designs all kinds of private and military aircraft, including the F / A -18 Hornet seen above.

Hawkins and his co-founder, designer Steen Strand, founded Icon in 2006, after the FAA created a new category of airplanes called «light sport aircraft,» designed for recreational aviation.

With, Amazon Career Choice, Amazon pre-pays 95 percent of up to $ 12,000 in tuition, fees, and textbooks for its hourly associates looking to earn certificates or associate degrees in high - demand occupations such as aircraft mechanics, computer - aided design, machine tool technologies, medical lab technologies, and nursing.

Textron wrote down $ 2.3 in its backlog this year after it cancelled a new jet design, and demand for its other aircraft - related offerings has plummeted.

Founded in 2014, ParaZero specializes in designing, developing and manufacturing safety solutions for commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) operators to overcome their main barrier - safety.

It is mostly private companies that specialize in this type of financing, with programs designed for specific industries, such as the motor - vehicle, aircraft and industrial equipment sectors, although some banks can provide export - leasing services through subsidiaries.

The portable was the brainchild of Harry Bickerton, an aeroengineer who, before he got into hand - carried bicycles, was in charge of design and development for de Havilland Aircraft, which built the Spitfire.

Decides that, in order to begin to comply with its disarmament obligations, in addition to submitting the required biannual declarations, the Government of Iraq shall provide to UNMOVIC, the IAEA, and the Council, not later than 30 days from the date of this resolution, a currently accurate, full, and complete declaration of all aspects of its programmes to develop chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and other delivery systems such as unmanned aerial vehicles and dispersal systems designed for use on aircraft, including any holdings and precise locations of such weapons, components, subcomponents, stocks of agents, and related material and equipment, the locations and work of its research, development and production facilities, as well as all other chemical, biological, and nuclear programmes, including any which it claims are for purposes not related to weapon production or material;

Until 1998 the aircraft - delivered, free - fall WE.177 A, WE.177 B and WE.177 C bombs provided a sub-strategic option in addition to their designed function of tactical battlefield weapons.

The General Aviation Group of the Royal Aeronautical Society has continued to focus on encouragement and support for design engineering and manufacture of light aircraft, particularly sport light aircraft, in the UK.

The F4U's design is based on the the famous Vought Corsairs that flew in World War II - and just like its real - life counterpart, this RC aircraft is a fierce flyer.

In fact, it outperformed conventional aerofoil designs, such as those used for aircraft wings.

To make this possible, Boeing has looked to the design of aircraft carrier jets in hopes of building planes with fold - up wings.

SUPERTALL SCRUTINY In presenting the changes that have occurred in the design of skyscrapers since September 11, 2001, in «Castles in the Air,» Mark Lamster notes three threats: aircraft impact, earthquakes and winIn presenting the changes that have occurred in the design of skyscrapers since September 11, 2001, in «Castles in the Air,» Mark Lamster notes three threats: aircraft impact, earthquakes and winin the design of skyscrapers since September 11, 2001, in «Castles in the Air,» Mark Lamster notes three threats: aircraft impact, earthquakes and winin «Castles in the Air,» Mark Lamster notes three threats: aircraft impact, earthquakes and winin the Air,» Mark Lamster notes three threats: aircraft impact, earthquakes and wind.

But even a weight restriction of only 0.5 % would result in the bumping of three passengers from an aircraft designed to carry 160 people, the team notes.

Efficiency alone — even in the form of aircraft with improved engines and designs such as the Boeing 787, expected to deliver a 20 percent improvement in fuel efficiency over existing big airplanes — is not the answer.

Such interactions are carefully considered in the design of buildings, bridges and aircraft.

Valve technology took off in 1958 when engineer and Edwards founder Miles «Lowell» Edwards applied his experience designing hydraulic debarking methods for the lumber industry and a fuel - injection system for World War II aircraft to the medical arena.

Even when scaled up, the team expects the simple design to cost around $ 5 billion, in comparison with the $ 100 billion needed to launch thousands of high - altitude aircraft.

Economic considerations and environments for doing research enter in Sharon Traweek's description of Tsukuba Science City and its relationships with the surrounding area, and Gary Lee Downey's examination of the industry - university - government complex formed around a computer program for aircraft design.

By the time she retired, in 2007, she had authored more than 50 papers on supersonic boom and aircraft design, and reached the senior executive level at NASA — the first African American to do so.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Office of Naval Research has considered Osborne's work in designing its mobile offshore base — a floating platform as large as 10 aircraft carriers.

Four groups — based at MIT, Boeing, GE, and Northrup Grumman — tackled NASA's challenge to improve subsonic flight, in which the agency asked for aircraft designs that burn 70 percent less fuel and create less noise than existing planes.

Ian Bentley, a director of a rival light aircraft maker, Cirrus Design of Duluth, Minnesota, says pilots are interested in anything that improves aircraft performance even by a few per cent.

Because Mars» atmospheric pressure at ground level is comparable to that of Earth's atmosphere at 100,000 feet — a mere 1.4 percent of Earth's air pressure at sea level — an aircraft that can fly in such conditions will help engineers learn how to design aircraft to roam Martian skies.

In fact, the UFO shape outperformed more conventional aerofoil designs, like those used to construct the aircraft wings.

Mechanical engineering has always been associated with manufacturing, aircraft design, automotive production, and so on, but it also has very strong applications in biological systems such as our muscles and limbs.

In 2011, the Barcelona researchers equipped an aircraft based in Japan with a newly designed large - volume air - filtering device to collect aerosol sampleIn 2011, the Barcelona researchers equipped an aircraft based in Japan with a newly designed large - volume air - filtering device to collect aerosol samplein Japan with a newly designed large - volume air - filtering device to collect aerosol samples.

It resembles the Ushakov design, but has telescoping wings and art deco lines more in keeping with the flying boats produced at that time by German aircraft manufacturer Dornier.

It was designed to fly enemy aircraft in a virtual air combat simulator, but has now been turned into a system that controls allied planes that accompany human pilots in the simulator.

In the case of commercial aircraft, designs have evolved to allow more people and goods to flow across the face of Earth.

Constructal law has also dictated the main design features needed for aircraft to succeed; the engine mass has remained proportional to the body size, the wing size has been tied to the fuselage length, and the fuel load has grown in step with the total weight.

Although ADS — B — designed to be a replacement for radar — can be used in to coordinate aircraft position in flight, the Honeywell and ACSS contracts are designed specifically to improve runway safety.

But future aircraft designs routinely flying during the 2030's may look very different from today's airliners in order to deliver on the promises of reduced fuel burn, noise and emissions.

I'd previously worked on industrial mathematical modeling, such as the design of aircraft wings, the prediction of the effects of explosives planted in quarries, and the optimal design of razors (the two - blade variety) to name but a few.