What Engineers Know and How They Know it

Preface and Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Engineering As Knowledge 3(13) Design and the Growth of Knowledge: The Davis Wing and the Problem of Airfoil Design, 1908-1945 16(35) Establishment of Design Requirements: Flying-Quality Specifications for American Aircraft, 1918-1943 51(61) A Theoretical Tool for Design: Control-Volume Analysis, 1912-1953 112(25) Data for Design: The Air-Propeller Tests of W. F. Durand and E. P. Lesley, 1916-1926 137(33) Design and Production: The Innovation of Flush Riveting in American Airplanes, 1930-1950 170(30) The Anatomy of Engineering Design Knowledge 200(41) A Variation-Selection Model for the Growth of Engineering Knowledge 241(18) Notes 259(60) Index 319