Steady Aircraft Flight and Performance.
This undergraduate textbook offers a unique introduction to steady flight and performance for fixed-wing aircraft from a twenty-first-century flight systems perspective. Emphasizing the interplay between mathematics and engineering, it fully explains the fundamentals of aircraft flight and develops...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2011.
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| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781680159097 1680159097 9781400839063 1400839068 9780691147192 0691147191 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (416 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF MATLAB M-FILES; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Aircraft Components and Subsystems; 2 Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics; 3 Aircraft Translational Kinematics, Attitude, Aerodynamic Forces and Moments; 4 Propulsion Systems; 5 Prelude to Steady Flight Analysis; 6 Aircraft Steady Gliding Longitudinal Flight; 7 Aircraft Cruise in Steady Level Longitudinal Flight; 8 Aircraft Steady Longitudinal Flight; 9 Aircraft Steady Level Turning Flight; 10 Aircraft Steady Turning Flight; 11 Aircraft Range and Endurance in Steady Flight.
- 12 Aircraft Maneuvers and Flight Planning13 From Steady Flight to Flight Dynamics; Appendix A: The Standard Atmosphere Model; Appendix B: End-of-Chapter Problems; REFERENCES; INDEX.