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Informationen zum Autor Trevor Young is Senior Lecturer in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Mike Hirst is a Senior Associate with Airport Planning and Development Ltd, Leeds, UK. He is a chartered engineer and aviation systems specialist with some 40 years’ experience in civil aviation, including flight testing, air traffic control and systems, airport design, and operations training, education and research. Klappentext Aerospace engineering is a competitive environment and yet highly regulated! so innovation and change must be carefully managed. "Innovation in Aeronautics" looks at aircraft engineering in terms of how innovation is promoted or inhibited and what drives the innovative design of aircraft and their systems. Zusammenfassung Innovation in aeronautics explores both a range of innovative ideas in this important industry and how the process of innovation itself can be effectively managed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction to innovation in aeronautics. Part 1 Concepts: Biologically inspired technologies for aeronautics; Aircraft morphing technologies; Jet engine design drivers: past! present and future; Innovation in avionic systems: developments underpinned by digital technologies; The environment as the key design driver in aeronautics; The human factors that relate to technological developments in aviation; Innovation in supersonic passenger air travel. Part 2 Change: The process of innovation in aeronautics; Managing innovative technology development in aeronautics: technology assessment (TA) techniques; Mining the 'far side' of technology to develop revolutionary aircraft prototypes: the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) approach; Revolutionary ideas about the future of air transport. Part 3 Challenges: Intellectual property! patents and innovation in aeronautics; Cost! time and technical performance risk mitigation in large! complex and innovative aeronautics development projects; Innovation in aeronautics through lean engineering. Part 4 Conclusion: Conclusion: innovations in aeronautics. ...
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Part I: Concepts
Chapter 1: Introduction to innovation in aeronautics
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Concepts
1.3 Change
1.4 Challenges
Chapter 2: Biologically inspired technologies for aeronautics
Abstract:
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Biologically inspired or independent human innovation
2.3 Nature as a source of innovation in aerospace
2.4 Biologically inspired mechanisms and systems
2.5 Robotics as beneficiary of biomimetic technologies
2.6 Conclusion: challenges and potential development
2.7 Acknowledgement
Chapter 3: Aircraft morphing technologies
Abstract:
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Early aircraft morphing developments
3.3 Keeping morphing alive - NASA research in morphing aircraft structures
3.4 Resurgence of morphing concepts
3.5 Current morphing component technologies
3.6 Conclusion: the future of aircraft morphing technologies
Chapter 4: Jet engine design drivers: past, present and future
Abstract:
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Technological drivers
4.3 New challenges
4.4 Meeting the challenges through innovation
4.5 Conclusion
Chapter 5: Innovation in avionic systems: developments underpinned by digital technologies
Abstract:
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Cost
5.3 Capability
5.4 Demand
5.5 Timing
5.6 Future requirements
5.7 Current safety processes
5.8 The system of the future
5.9 The ultimate avionics computer
5.10 System-crew interaction
5.11 Conclusions
Chapter 6: The environment as the key design driver in aeronautics
Abstract:
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Economic efficiency
6.3 Environmental impact
6.4 The characteristics of the aeroplane
6.5 What determines the value of the energy liberated to revenue work ratio (ETRW)?
6.6 Observations on the ETRW
6.7 Aircraft performance
6.8 Where does it all go? Explaining the discrepancy between energy liberated and revenue work
6.9 Improving the discrepancy between energy liberated and revenue work
6.10 Addressing the climate issue
6.11 Conclusions
6.12 Acknowledgements
Chapter 7: The human factors that relate to technological developments in aviation
Abstract:
7.1 Introduction to human factors as a discipline
7.2 Human factors in a socio-technical system context
7.3 A history of human factors
7.4 Recent developments and current trends
7.5 Future trends
7.6 Conclusion
Chapter 8: Innovation in supersonic passenger air travel
Abstract:
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Historical background
8.3 Operational issues
8.4 Technological issues: sonic boom
8.5 Technological issues: aerodynamics
8.6 Technological issues: airworthiness
8.7 Manufacturers and design organisations
8.8 Conclusion
8.9 Acknowledgement
Part II: Change
Chapter 9: The process of innovation in aeronautics
Abstract:
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Definitions and sources of confusion
9.3 How to measure innovation
9.4 The innovation process
9.5 Innovation environments
9.6 Innovation viewed as a management of knowledge problem
9.7 Whole systems view of innovation
9.8 Conclusion: innovation processes of the future
Chapter 10: Managing innovative technology development in aeronautics: technology assessment (TA) techniques
Abstract:
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Methods and limitations
10.3 Approach and example
10.4 Conclusion
10.5 Abbreviations
Chapter 11: Mining the â?~far sideâ?T of technology to develop revolutionary aircraft prototypes: the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) approach
