This is the User's Manual & Formulation Report for the program PDWAP(Preliminary Design and Weights Analysis Program). The program runs XT/AT compatible microcomputers. It is designed to provide a complete vehicle size summary and weight statement based on very rudimentary user inputs, in a very short runtime (i.e.: less than 3 minutes). The preliminary design phase is based on current trends in hypersonic-aerospace vehicles. The weights analysis, based on the WAATS code, can be used separately, and can handle a wide range of vehicles, such as fighters, transport, boosters, shuttles, etc. The program is interactive and menu driven, providing results in minimum time and investment. Keywords: Weight analysis; Preliminary design; Aerospace vehicles; Hypersonic vehicles; Single stage; Earth to orbit vehicle. (jhd)
PDWAP - A Preliminary Design and Weights Analysis Program for Aerospace Vehicles
1990
90 pages
Report
No indication
English
Space Launch Vehicles & Support Equipment , Unmanned Spacecraft , Manned Spacecraft , Aircraft , Aerospace craft , Booster rocket engines , Hypersonic vehicles , Interactions , Menu , Microcomputers , Patterns , Range(Extremes) , Sizes(Dimensions) , User needs , Weight , Launch vehicles , PDWAP computer program , Computer aided design