Innovation in aeronautics docx

[...]... Conclusion: innovations in aeronautics T M YOUNG, University of Limerick, Ireland, and M HIRST, Independent consultant, UK 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 16.9 16.10 16.11 16.12 Introduction Innovation and risk Technology readiness levels (TRLs) Capturing innovation and disruptive technologies Key design drivers Moving from concept to implementation Computer-assisted engineering and design The innovation. .. duty winder Environmentally high speed aircraft Hybrid laminar flow control High speed civil transport High speed research IFSD INCOSE IP IPPD IPT IRR IS ISW IT In- flight engine shutdown International Council of Systems Engineering Intellectual property Integrated product and process development Integrated product team Internal rate of return In situ In situ winder Information technology JSM Joint Services... game Starting with considerations of the most topical subject in this domain, the openrotor, the paper puts current thinking amongst © Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2012 6 Innovation in aeronautics engine specialists into perspective, in terms of efficiencies and operational attributes This sets landmarks by illustrating the trends already experienced in gas-turbine development, and it outlines the expectations... Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2012 10 Innovation in aeronautics using the framework postulated with the notes to provide some perspectives on the way that thinking will need to develop 1.4 Challenges 1.4.1 Intellectual property Dr Douglas McCarville, from The Boeing Company, Orting, WA, investigates the innovation process that occurs within industrial systems McCarville looks at how business processes... opportunity that exists for innovation in aeronautics businesses There are many ways in which practising engineers and researchers believe that change can be achieved and managed, as suggested in the chapters that are summarised above Bringing new concepts to fruition requires a team effort, a multi-disciplinary team, with complementary skill-sets, working in a culture of openness with a sharing of ideas Above... electroactive polymer, biologically inspired technology 2.1 Introduction Nature is a self-maintained experimental laboratory that is addressing its changing challenges through the trial-and-error process of evolution In performing its experiments every field of science and engineering nature is involved, with testing the principles of physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, materials science, mobility,... their slice of the ever-decreasing financial cake, and the arena cries out for innovation to do more with less Getting new ideas from concept to fruition is not easy, however, so there has to be innovation, too, in the way that ideas are generated, nurtured and applied The © Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2012 4 Innovation in aeronautics aerospace industry, by necessity, is dominated by large companies with... sufficient data For those people who see innovation as being solely about ‘bigger, faster and © Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2012 8 Innovation in aeronautics better’ he leaves no doubt that these are not necessarily the best criteria to apply in the future 1.3 Change 1.3.1 The process of innovation A non-technical, but technically cognizant, view of innovation is presented in the chapter prepared by Dr Michael... out is invaluable for the mind-set of the reader who faces uncertainty with disdain 1.3.2 Managing innovation Professor Rolf Henke, from RWTH Aachen, Germany, investigates a dilemma that besets many technologists, who, while working in one discipline, discover that their contribution to a design will impact other disciplines, and that these consequences have to be investigated or their own innovative... strength that are obtained Even plants offer inspiration, where mimicking the adherence of seeds to animals’ fur led to the invention of Velcro and to numerous applications including clothing and electric wire strapping The development of biomimetic systems and devices is supported by a growing number of biologically inspired technologies, including artificial intelligence, © Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2012 . of innovation 325 15.3 Lean Thinking 327 15.4 Lean Thinking and aerospace 332 15.5 Lean Engineering framework 333 15.6 Tailoring Lean Engineering. © Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2012 Innovation in aeronautics © Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2012 Related titles: Welding and joining of aerospace