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Author:   Benjamin Gal-Or
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9780387971612

ISBN 10:   0387971610
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   12 March 1991
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Glossary and Notation.- The main problems of thrust-vectored maneuverability * Vectored Aircraft: Breaking the Stall Barrier * The New Standard Technology * Civil Applications.- Soviet and Western Concepts * Research tools * Cold propulsion * The Fundamental Definitions of Pure Vectored Aircraft (PVA).- Pure Sideslip Maneuvers (PSM) * Combat Applications *.- Partially-Vectored Aircraft.- Agility, Supermaneuverability and Supercontrollability.- Load factors.- Energy Vs. Angles Fights * Time Lags *.- The Overall Combat Picture.- Minimum Time Turns * Low Observability * Stealth RPVs.- The Time Gaps.- New Educational Shifts.- Concluding Remarks.- Lecture I: Fundamental Concepts Revisited and Redefined.- New Missions and Modified Design Trends.- Early Conceptual Design Limitations.- Internal Thrust Vectoring.- Engine Nozzle Redefined.- Performance Comparisons.- Subsonic Yaw-Pitch-Roll Thrust Vectoring.- Lecture II: Vectored Aircraft and Supermaneuverability.- Yaw-Pitch Vectoring and Supercirculation.- Pure Jetborne Flight Control.- STOL or V/STOL Vectored Aircraft.- Dimensionless Numbers for Pure Vectored Aircraft.- Emergency Landing.- Air-to-Air Operations.- Air-to-Ground Operations.- Propulsion and Supermaneuverability.- Maneuver Analysis.- Controllability Limits.- High-Alpha Flight Envelopes.- The Non-Availability of a Vectored Inlet .- Lecture III: The Matrix of Unknown Variables of Vectored Aircraft.- Reservations and Precautions.- Technology Limits.- Cooling Limits.- Nozzle Aspect Ratio Limits.- Aerodynamic Effects.- Nozzle Coefficients Revisited.- Thrust Vectoring Range.- Induced drag and Supercirculaton.- Lecture IV: Vectored Aircraft as R&D Tools, or as Super-Agile Robotic Flying Systems.- Cruise Missiles, RPVs, etc.- Expanded Missions Vs. R&D tools.- Cost-Effectiveness of Flying Vectored RPVs.- Synergetic Studies.- Master Plan and New Programs.- Scaling Consideratons.- Lecture V: Partially Vectored Aircraft.- Canard-Configured Vectored Aircraft.- Upgrading extant Aircraft to Become Vectored Fighters - The Vectored F-15 Fighter.- Upgrading F-l8 and F-16 Fighters.- The Search for Design Philosophy in the Post-ATF Era.- Lecture VI: The Pros and Cons of Internal Thrust Vectoring.- Is ETV Effective in the RaNPAS-PST Domain?.- The Propulsion System of the Vectored X-31, X-29, etc.- Stability and Flight Control.- Power-Lift Aircraft.- Appendix A: A Brief Historical Survey.- Appendix B: Powerplant Technology Limits.- Beyond the Year 2000/RCC/STOVL.- Current-Technology Limits and Trends.- Whole-System Engineering Approach.- European Fighter Engines.- New Fighter Engines: The ATF and Other New Engines.- The MiG-29 and Su-27 Propulsion Systems.- Variable Cycle, Turbine Bypass, and Supersonic-Fan Engines.- Appendix C: Nozzle Performance [Data-Base-1].- Appendix D Nozzle Synergetic Effects [Data-Base-2].- Appendix E: Temperature Distribution Test Facility.- Appendix F: Limiting Engine-Inlet Envelopes and IFPC.- PST Inlet Design.- IFPC Transient Definitions.- Appendix G: On Some Other Vectored/Stealth Aircraft Consideratons.- Appendix H: Thought-Provoking and Thought-Depressing Quotations.- References.

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