Computational Approaches for Aerospace Design

Over the last fifty years, the ability to carry out analysis as a precursor to decision making in engineering has increased dramatically. The developments driving this change have led to new ideas on how engineering design should be carried out. Today designers have massive computing power at their disposal and one of the main challenges is deciding how to best make use of this. The science and practice of optimisation is central to this process.Computational Methods in Aerospace Design: The Pursuit of Excellence focuses on the issues central to the optimisation of design and in particular the new field of 'multidisciplinary optimisation design'.Key features:* Includes new approaches in numerical engineering based on evolutionary computation* In-depth case studies outline the constraints and conflicts that face the designer* Applicable to all areas of engineering designContaining crucial information affecting all areas of design, Computational Methods in Aerospace Design: The Pursuit of Excellence is a must-have for advanced level undergraduates and postgraduates in engineering design and practicing industrial design engineers.