TY - BOOK AU - Vincenti, Walter G. TI - What engineers know and how they know it : : analytical studies from aeronautical history SN - 0801839742 PY - 1990/// CY - Baltimore : PB - The Johns Hipkins University Press, KW - HISTORIA DE LA AERONAUTICA KW - DISEÑO DE PERFILES KW - DISEÑO DE ALAS KW - DISEÑO DE HELICES N1 - 1- Introduction: Engineering As Knowledge;2- Design and the Growth of Knowledge: The Davis Wing and the Problem of Airfoil Design, 1908-1945;3- Establishment of Design Requirements: Flying-Quality Specifications for American Aircraft, 1918-1943;4- A Theoretical Tool for Design: Control-Volume Analysis, 1912-1953;5- Data for Design: The Air-Propeller Tests of W. F. Durand and E. P. Lesley, 1916-1926;6- Design and Production: The Innovation of Flush Riveting in American Airplanes, 1930-1950;7- The Anotamy of Enginnering Design Knowlwdge;8- A Variation-Slection Model for the Growth of Engineering Knowledge ER -