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Aircraft performance and sizing. Volume II, Applied aerodynamic design /

This book is a concise practical treatise for the student or experienced professional aircraft designer. This volume comprises key applied subjects for performance based aircraft design: systems engineering principles; aircraft mass properties estimation; the aerodynamic design of transonic wings; a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Takahashi, Timothy, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2016.
Colección:Aerospace engineering collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Systems engineering and the design process
  • 1.1 The systems engineering vee, a plan for success
  • 1.2 Conceptual design
  • 1.3 Multidisciplinary trade studies
  • 1.4 Model fidelity
  • 1.5 Detail design
  • 1.6 Risk reduction and mitigation.
  • 2. Weight and volume estimation
  • 2.1 A self referential problem: how much an aircraft weighs at takeoff is a function of how much it weighs empty
  • 2.2 Approaches to aircraft sizing
  • 2.3 Empirical methods to estimate empty weight
  • 2.4 Modeling and simulation methods to estimate empty weight
  • 2.5 Estimating mass moments of inertia.
  • 3. Stability and controllability
  • 3.1 Aerodynamic database generation
  • 3.2 Aerodynamic database presentation
  • 3.3 Empirical methods to size the vertical and horizontal tail
  • 3.4 Modeling and simulation approach to stability and control
  • 3.5 Longitudinal trim
  • 3.6 Longitudinal stability
  • 3.7 CG placement, horizontal tail, and elevator sizing
  • 3.8 Lateral-directional trim
  • 3.9 Lateral-directional stability
  • 3.10 Lateral-directional control.
  • 4. Field performance principles
  • 4.1 Takeoff in a nutshell
  • 4.2 Simplified statistical method for takeoff
  • 4.3 Computing takeoff cue speeds
  • 4.4 Modeling and simulation methods for takeoff
  • 4.5 Takeoff noise, certification and abatement procedures
  • 4.6 Approach and landing in a nutshell
  • 4.7 Computing landing cue speeds
  • 4.8 Simplified statistical model for landing
  • 4.9 Modeling and simulation methods for landing.
  • 5. The aerodynamic design of wings
  • 5.1 Planform geometry
  • 5.2 Three-dimensional flow effects
  • 5.3 Transonic flow over two-dimensional airfoils
  • 5.4 Selecting an appropriate airfoil for transonic flight
  • 5.5 Sweep effects
  • 5.6 Nonplanarity
  • 5.7 Designing a wing for optimal performance.
  • 6. Aircraft sizing and synthesis, putting it all together
  • 6.1 Aircraft sizing in a nutshell
  • 6.2 Simple sizing using Breguet's equation
  • 6.3 Sizing using a multidisciplinary optimization approach
  • 6.4 Systems design examples
  • 6.5 Afterword
  • Index.