Aircraft Design Concepts: An Introductory Course

ISBN-13: 9781138033399 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 565 str.

James Delaurier

Opis

Aircraft Design Concepts: An Introductory Course introduces the principles of aircraft design through a quantitative approach developed from the author’s extensive teaching experience. Building on prerequisite courses, the text develops basic design skills and methodologies, while also explaining the underlying physics.

Spis treści

1. Introduction. 2. Aerodynamic Review. 3. Propeller Analysis. 4. Flying Wing (or Tailless Airplanes). 5. Canard Airplanes and Biplanes. 6. Flight Dynamics. 7. Performance. 8. Balloons and Airships. Appendix A. Multhropp Body-Moment Equation. Appendix B. Alternative Swept-Wing Analysis. Appendix C. Rigid-Body Equations of Motion. Appendix D. Apparent-Mass Effects. Appendix E. Lift of Finite Wings Due to Oscillatory Plunging Acceleration.