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Performance and stability of aircraft /
The performance, stability, control and response of aircraft are key areas of aeronautical engineering. This book provides a comprehensive overview to the underlying theory and application of what are often perceived to be difficult topics. Initially it introduces the reader to the fundamental conce...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Butterworth-Heinemann,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Performance and Stability of Aircraft; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; List of symbols and abbreviations; Note to undergraduate students; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 The travelling species; 1.2 General assumptions; 1.3 Basic properties of major aircraft components; 1.4 Engine characteristics; 1.5 Standard atmospheres; Student problems; Background reading; Chapter 2. Performance in level flight; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The balance of forces; 2.3 Minimum drag and power in level flight; 2.4 Shaft and equivalent powers for turboprop engines; 2.5 Maximum speed and level acceleration
- 2.6 Range and endurance2.7 Incremental performance; Student problems; Chapter 3. Performance
- other flight manoeuvres; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Steady gliding flight; 3.3 Climbing flight, the 'Performance Equation'; 3.4 Correctly banked level turns; 3.5 Take-off and landing; Student problems; Chapter 4. Introduction to stability and control; 4.1 Aims of study; 4.2 First thoughts on stability; 4.3 Controls; Student problem; Chapter 5. Elementary treatment of pitching motion; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Modelling an aircraft in slow pitching motion; 5.3 Trim; 5.4 Static stability
- 5.5 Actions required to change speed5.6 Manoeuvre stability; 5.7 The centre of gravity range and airworthiness considerations; 5.8 Some further matters; Student problems; Chapter 6. Lateral static stability and control; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Simple lateral aerodynamics; 6.3 Trimmed lateral manoeuvres; 6.4 Static stability; Student problem; Chapter 7. Revision and extension of dynamics; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Some simple aircraft motions; 7.3 'Standard' form for second-order equation; 7.4 Dynamics using moving axes; 7.5 State-space description; Student problems; Background reading
- Chapter 8. Equations of motion of a rigid aircraft8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Some preliminary assumptions; 8.3 Orientation; 8.4 Development of the equations; 8.5 Dimensional stability equations; 8.6 Concise, normalized and nondimensional stability equations; Student problems; Chapter 9. Longitudinal dynamic stability; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 General remarks on stability derivatives; 9.3 Solution of the longitudinal equations; 9.4 Discussion of the longitudinal modes; Appendix: Solution of longitudinal quartic using a spreadsheet; Student problems; Chapter 10. Longitudinal response; 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Response to elevator movement10.3 Response to gusts; Student problems; Chapter 11. Lateral dynamic stability and response; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Lateral stability and derivatives; 11.3 Solution of!ateral equations; 11.4 Discussion of the lateral modes; 11.5 Effects of speed; 11.6 Stability diagrams and some design implications; 11.7 Control and response; 11.8 Lateral handling and flying requirements; Appendix: Solution of lateral quintic using a spreadsheet; Student problems; Chapter 12. Effects of inertial cross-coupling; 12.1 Introduction