Aircraft Design

This book presents general design methods of manned and unmanned aircraft for various types and purposes, as well as the problems of designing their structural and functional elements, based on the principles of a systematic approach and the achievements of modern information technologies. It reflects modern achievements in aircraft engineering, theory and methods of designing aircraft of various types, including aerospace, unmanned aerial vehicles and seaplane aircraft. The first part details the general theory, and the second part covers the engineering of components.

This textbook will be used for students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs, and can also be useful to engineers and scientists dealing with aircraft design problems, as well as anyone who wants to independently study modern methods of aircraft design.

Design as a Key Stage in the Development of a New Aircraft and its Modification.- Theoretical and methodological foundations of aircraft design.- Design input data. Conditions and relationships defining the feasibility of a project.- Analysis and selection of aicraft configuration and type of power plant.- Determination of aircraft design parameters.- About aircraft weight analysis (weignt design).- Aircraft layout.- Relationships between aircraft parameters and performance. Ways to improve performance.- Optimization in design. Methods of solving optimization problems.- Design features of commercial airliners and cargo aircraft.

Dr. Mikhail Pogosyan. Russian aircraft designer, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2011), Doctor of Technical Sciences (2002), Rector of the Moscow Aviation Institute (since 2016), Head of  Aircraft Design and Certification Department at MAI (since 2004), former CEO of Sukhoi Company, in past General Director of JSC RSK MiG, former President of JSC United Aircraft Corporation.

He is a member of the Presidium of the Council for Science and Education under the President of the Russian Federation, head of the Commission for the Development of Education and Science of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, and also heads the Council for the priority direction of scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation "Connectedness of the territory of the Russian Federation through the creation of intelligent transport and systems, as well as occupying and maintaining leadership positions in the creation of international transport and logistics systems, the development and use of aerospace and airspace, the World Ocean, the Arctic and Antarctic ", is a member of the Government Commission on Transport.