Aircraft Design

Dr Ajoy Kumar Kundu was educated in India (Jadavpur University), in the UK (Cranfield University and Queen's University, Belfast), and in the United States (University of Michigan and Stanford University). His experience has spanned nearly thirty years in industry and fifteen in academia. In India, he served as Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, and as the Chief Aircraft Designer at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), Bangalore. In North America, he was a Research Engineer for the Boeing Aircraft Company, Renton, and an Intermediate Engineer for Canadair Ltd., Montreal. He started his aeronautical career in the UK with Short Brothers and Harland Ltd. and retired serving Bombardier Aerospace-Shorts, Belfast. Currently, he is associated with Queen's University, Belfast. Dr Kundu holds British, Indian, and Canadian private pilot's licences. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and Institute of Mechanical Engineers and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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• 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology to aircraft design, market survey and airworthiness; 3. Aerodynamic considerations; 4. Classification, statistics and choices for configuration; 5. Aircraft load; 6. Aircraft configuration; 7. Undercarriage; 8. Aircraft weight and CG estimation; 9. Drag; 10. Aircraft power plant; 11. Aircraft sizing and engine matching; 12. Stability consideration; 13. Aircraft performance; 14. Computational fluid dynamics; 15. Miscellaneous design considerations; 16. Aircraft cost considerations; 17. Aircraft manufacturing considerations.