The Predesign Phase of the Second-Generation Comprehensive Helicopter Analysis System.

Abstract

This report summarizes the results of the Predesign Phase work for the Second-Generation Comprehensive Helicopter Analysis System. The report includes an executive summary, summarizes a conceptual design for the System, describes the System's capability provided in the First Level Release and Second Level Release, discusses how the System would be used, presents a summary of the plans for development of the System, and presents discussions of risk considerations. The objectives and life cycle of the System are presented in terms of the six life-cycle phases: planning, predesign, development, validation, maintenance, and user applications. Predesign Phase objectives and results are discussed. An overview of the System design is provided for the engineering manager, the engineering user, and the programmer. Four major design characteristics that the System must possess for it to be universally accepted by the helicopter analysis community are discussed: user orientation, efficiency, transportability, and extendability. The mathematical basis for the System is presented in terms of the types of problems to be solved by the System, the finite element approach, the coupling of components, aerodynamic effects, and numerical analysis considerations. The System's software architecture is presented hierarchically.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA063921

Entities

Organizations

  • Computer Sciences Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Organizational Structure
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Software Testing
  • System Software
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Software Engineering