Essays on Fuselage

Introduction

Strategic management is increasingly becoming an efficient ongoing process in developing and revising a future-oriented strategy that allows firms to attain their goals and considers their potential challenges and the environments to which they operate (Fred, 2003). This approach is particularly crucial in the aircraft companies where the demand for new aircraft and aerostructure components is booming in the global market. Thus, aircraft companies need to undertake a strategy formulation as an integral aspect of their strategic process in management. In our research, we focus on Spirit Aerosytems Inc, one of the leading aerospace manufacturer and designer of aircraft ...

Fundamentals

When a fluid flows over the surface of a body, pressure is exerted on the body. This pressure multiplied by the surface area results into a force, since pressure is defined as this resultant force is a vector quantity with both magnitude and direction. The component of this total force that is perpendicular to the direction of flow of the fluid is called the lift. The other component of this force that is parallel to the direction of flow of the fluid is called the drag. If the lift force is positive, the object is able to fly but if negative, the object ...

Every commercial aircraft is fundamentally designed for safety, passenger acceptance, fuel efficiency and airport compatibility among other important features. Numerous challenges face all current passenger aircrafts, for instance the conventional wing consists of a number of moving parts which increase the weight of the plane and are difficult to adjust and maintain. The current control surfaces also increase turbulence and drag since the smooth flow of air is disrupted, and the aircraft cannot adapt to different flight stages and conditions. Design architectures such as the vertical and horizontal stabilizer surfaces increase the overall drag of the plane, for example, the ...