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| Jan 2 at 8:40 | history | edited | ROIMaison | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 15, 2015 at 19:25 | comment | added | Gürkan Çetin | It was a surprise to me, so before commenting, I googled for FEM history and B737 history. B737 is from Boeing's site, and the other one is from a university paper: home.iitk.ac.in/~mohite/History_of_FEM.pdf . On the other hand, You're correct that, the advances in computational methods (mainly of algorithms side) and computational powers have advanced the way aircraft design processes are conducted. | |
| Jul 15, 2015 at 13:24 | comment | added | ROIMaison | Do you have any sources for this? I can imagine that some form of FEM might have used, but with the computing power of those days, it couldn't be very detailed. And if you're correct, the argument still holds for the giant leap in progress that has been made because of better methods, more computing power etc. | |
| Jul 14, 2015 at 19:40 | comment | added | Gürkan Çetin | It sounds strange to me that Finite Elements was not used in the design of the B737. Better materials knowledge, for sure, but FEM, I don't know. FEM got popular by 1950's at big corporations (like boeing), and Boeing 737 development had started in 1965. | |
| Jul 14, 2015 at 12:48 | history | edited | ROIMaison | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 14, 2015 at 7:25 | history | answered | ROIMaison | CC BY-SA 3.0 |