So, a company or an individual wants to begin the aircraft design process… Have you ever wondered where to start? Thankfully, there are a few key principles which can help guide engineers through any design process, through improved analysis the fundamentals of design, this same process can be refined into a aircraft design process. However, before moving …
Control Engineering is a branch of engineering that artificially modifies a system to ensure a desired behavior. A system can be mechanical, fluid, chemical, financial or even biological. Control engineering is a very broad discipline and is used in all fields of engineering. Control systems can be found all around us, from your water kettle …
Have you ever wondered how an enormous machine can effortlessly travel through the air? How does an aircraft fly? Despite appearances, they are not magical objects that levitate. For the laws of physics to hold true, there must be a force that supports the weight of the aircraft. This is the aerodynamic force generated by …
Have you ever wondered why cars have spoilers or why your hand ‘floats’ when you hang it out the window of a moving car? These mysterious interactions between objects and air have long been studied and are known collectively as aerodynamics. What is aerodynamics? The term aerodynamics comes from two words: aero (air) and dynamics. …
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