Flight Performance of Fixed and Rotary Wing Aircraft

ISBN-13: 9780750668170 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 448 str.

Antonio Filippone

Opis

Calculation and optimisation of flight performance is required to design or select new aircraft, efficiently operate existing aircraft, and upgrade aircraft. This book presents a range of advanced flight performance models for both transport and military a

Spis treści

Introduction; The aircraft and its environment; Weight performance; Aerodynamic performance; Engine performance; Flight envelopes; Take-off and landing; Climb and gliding; Cruise performance; Maneuvre performance; Rotocraft performance; Rotorcraft in vertical flight; Rotorcraft in forward flight; Rotorcraft manoeuvre; Rotorcraft mission analysis; V/STOL performances; Noise performance; Appendices: Aircraft models, Noise data, Selected simulation programs

O autorze

Dr. Antonio Filippone is a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom.