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This book is a concise practical treatise for the student or experienced professional aircraft designer. This volume comprises key fundamental subjects for aerodynamic performance analysis: the basics of flight mechanics bridging both engineering and piloting perspectives, propulsion system performa...

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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.
Temas:
Airplanes > Design and construction.
Airplanes > Performance.
Avions > Conception et construction.
Avions > Performances.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
Aerodynamics
Aircraft Design
Aircraft Performance
Aircraft Sizing,
Drag
Lift
Aircraft Stability
Aircraft Control
Aviation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Defining a clean-sheet design
  • 1.2 Aircraft purpose, the explicit requirements
  • 1.3 Certification, the implied requirements.
  • 2. Flight mechanics basics
  • 2.1 Reference units
  • 2.2 Coordinate frames
  • 2.3 Standard atmosphere
  • 2.4 How pilots actually fly airplanes.
  • 3. Propulsion system design drivers and performance
  • 3.1 Gas turbine fundamentals
  • 3.2 Calculating thrust and fuel flow
  • 3.3 Propulsion system components and design drivers
  • 3.4 Example engine performance data.
  • 4. Aerodynamic analysis fundamentals: lift and drag
  • 4.1 Full configuration drag estimation
  • 4.2 Zero-lift drag at incompressible speeds
  • 4.3 Zero-lift drag due to compressibility
  • 4.4 Drag due to lift at incompressible speeds
  • 4.5 Drag due to lift arising from compressibility
  • 4.6 "Crud drag," the drag of real versus idealized aerostructures
  • 4.7 Maximum lift coefficient/buffet boundary
  • 4.8 Angle of attack
  • 4.9 Take-off, approach, and landing aerodynamics.
  • 5. Kinematic "point-performance" principles
  • 5.1 Standard atmosphere revisited
  • 5.2 Computing stall speed
  • 5.3 Minimum and maximum permissible flight speeds
  • 5.4 The energy-maneuverability skymap plot
  • 5.5 Inferring lift and drag in an E-M plot
  • 5.6 Aerodynamic efficiency (L/D) and performance efficiency (M(L/D))
  • 5.7 Dimensionalizing drag
  • 5.8 Propulsive performance
  • 5.9 Specific excess thrust and linear acceleration capability
  • 5.10 Specific excess power, rate of climb (R.O.C.), and ceiling
  • 5.11 Specific range
  • 5.12 Loiter
  • 5.13 Induced drag fraction of total drag for level flight limited by aerodynamics and propulsion
  • 5.14 Maximum load factor, instantaneous turn rate and stall speed ratio
  • 5.15 Combat agility, maximum sustained turn rate.
  • 6. Mission performance principles
  • 6.1 Breguet range equation
  • 6.2 Time-step integrating simulations
  • 6.3 Creating missions using a mission simulation code
  • 6.4 Observations examining the output of a mission simulation code
  • 6.5 Creating trade studies using a mission simulation code
  • 6.6 Creating payload/range charts using a mission simulation code
  • Index.

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