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What engineers know and how they know it : analytical studies from aeronautical history

Title
What engineers know and how they know it : analytical studies from aeronautical history / Walter G. Vincenti.
Author
Vincenti, Walter G. (Walter Guido), 1917-2019
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1990.

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Description
viii, 326 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology ; [new. ser., no. 11]
Uniform Title
Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology ; new. ser., no. 11.
Subject
  • Aeronautics > History
  • Aeronautics
  • Luftfahrttechnik
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Vliegtuigbouwkunde
  • Aéronautique > Histoire
  • Aéronautique > Cas, Études de
  • Conception technique > Cas, Études de
  • Ingénieurs > Savoir et érudition
  • Ingénieurs > Pratique
  • Geschichte (1908-1950)
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-318) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Engineering as knowledge -- Design and the growth of knowledge : the Davis wing and the problem of airfoil design, 1908-1945 -- Establishment of design requirements : flying-quality specifications for American aircraft, 1918-1943 -- A theoretical tool for design : control-volume analysis, 1912-1953 -- Data for design : the air-propeller tests of W.F. Durand and E.P. Lesley, 1916-1926 -- Design and production : the innovation of flush riveting in American airplanes, 1930-1950 -- The anatomy of engineering design knowledge -- A variation-selection model for the growth of engineering knowledge.
ISBN
  • 0801839742
  • 9780801839740
  • 0801845882
  • 9780801845888
LCCN
89049003
OCLC
  • ocm20755341
  • 20755341
  • SCSB-1909011
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library