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What Engineers Know and How They Know It: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History
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Engineering KnowledgeEngineeringMeasurementAerospace SimulationEducationAerospace SystemKnowledge EngineeringAnalytical StudiesDesign ProblemsDesign ScienceEngineering Design ProcessAvionicsDesignArchitectural DesignEngineering AnalysisIndustrial DesignPhilosophy Of EngineeringKnowledge-based EngineeringAerospace EngineeringDesign ThinkingAerodynamicsKnowledge ManagementVast BodyTechnologyAeronautical HistoryEngineers Know
To solve their design problems, engineers draw on a vast body of knowledge about how things work. Examining previously unstudied historical cases, this author shows how engineering knowledge is obtained and presents a model to help explain the growth of such knowledge.