Overview
Flight mechanics is the application of Newton's laws to the study of vehicle trajectories (performance), stability, and aerodynamic control. This text is concerned with the derivation of analytical solutions of airplane flight mechanics problems associated with flight in a vertical plane. Algorithms are presented for calculating lift, drag, pitching moment, and stability derivatives. Flight mechanics is a discipline. As such, it has equations of motion, acceptable approximations, and solution techniques for the approximate equations of motion. Once an analytical solution has been obtained, numbers are calculated in order to compare the answer with the assumptions used to derive it and to acquaint students with the sizes of the numbers. A subsonic business jet is used for these calculations.
Full Product Details
Author: David G. Hull
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.480kg
ISBN: 9783642079870
ISBN 10: 3642079873
Pages: 298
Publication Date: 14 October 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
From the reviews: The text under review addresses performance, stability, and control (static and dynamic) characteristics of aircraft from the viewpoint, according to the author, of a one semester, junior-level course on these topics. ... It is readable, at an appropriate level for undergraduates ... . It is also a good choice to help a more experienced person to come up to speed on basic flight mechanics. I certainly recommend it for these situations. (Keith Koenig, SIAM Review, Vol. 49 (4), 2007) There are two basic problems in airplane mechanics: (1) given an airplane, what are its performance, stability and control characteristics? and (2) given performance, stability and control characteristics, what is the airplane? The book is concerned with the first problem, but its organization is motivated by the structure of the second problem. ... The book is not only a very good educational tool, but also a competent research exposition monograph, and it is recommended to students and researchers in flight mechanics. (Adrian Carabineanu, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1126 (3), 2008)
From the reviews: The text under review addresses performance, stability, and control (static and dynamic) characteristics of aircraft from the viewpoint, according to the author, of a one semester, junior-level course on these topics. ! It is readable, at an appropriate level for undergraduates ! . It is also a good choice to help a more experienced person to come up to speed on basic flight mechanics. I certainly recommend it for these situations. (Keith Koenig, SIAM Review, Vol. 49 (4), 2007) There are two basic problems in airplane mechanics: (1) given an airplane, what are its performance, stability and control characteristics? and (2) given performance, stability and control characteristics, what is the airplane? The book is concerned with the first problem, but its organization is motivated by the structure of the second problem. ! The book is not only a very good educational tool, but also a competent research exposition monograph, and it is recommended to students and researchers in flight mechanics. (Adrian Carabineanu, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1126 (3), 2008)
From the reviews: The text under review addresses performance, stability, and control (static and dynamic) characteristics of aircraft from the viewpoint, according to the author, of a one semester, junior-level course on these topics. ... It is readable, at an appropriate level for undergraduates ... . It is also a good choice to help a more experienced person to come up to speed on basic flight mechanics. I certainly recommend it for these situations. (Keith Koenig, SIAM Review, Vol. 49 (4), 2007) There are two basic problems in airplane mechanics: (1) given an airplane, what are its performance, stability and control characteristics? and (2) given performance, stability and control characteristics, what is the airplane? The book is concerned with the first problem, but its organization is motivated by the structure of the second problem. ... The book is not only a very good educational tool, but also a competent research exposition monograph, and it is recommended to students and researchers in flight mechanics. (Adrian Carabineanu, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1126 (3), 2008)
