Aircraft Flight: A Description of the Physical Principles of Aircraft FlightAircraft Flight provides accurate physical, rather than mathematical, descriptions of the principles of aircraft flight. This popular text gives mechanical engineering and aeronautical engineering students a useful introduction to the subject. The fourth edition has been updated to include important recent developments such as unmanned air vehicles and the low orbit space-plane. |
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Table des matières
| 1 | |
| 37 | |
| 65 | |
| 90 | |
High speed flow | 117 |
Thrust and propulsion | 137 |
Performance | 187 |
Supersonic aircraft | 215 |
Aircraft control | 267 |
Static stability | 295 |
Dynamic stability | 318 |
Takeoff and landing | 337 |
Structural influences | 350 |
Appendix Some Aerofoil Characteristics | 361 |
References | 367 |
Index | 370 |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Aircraft Flight: A Description of the Physical Principles of Aircraft Flight R. H. Barnard Affichage d'extraits - 1995 |
Aircraft flight: a description of the physical principles of aircraft flight R. H. Barnard,D. R. Philpott Affichage d'extraits - 1989 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
aerodynamic aerofoil aerofoil section ailerons air flow air speed aircraft airliners altitude angle of attack blades boundary layer camber centre of gravity centre of lift Chapter climb component compressor configuration control surfaces conventional cruise delta wing density downwash drag coefficient duct Dutch roll effect efficiency engine flap flow separation flying fuselage helicopter high speed illustrated in Fig increase intake laminar landing leading edge leading-edge lift coefficient lift force low speed Mach number Mach wave manoeuvre maximum motion normally operating pilot pitch planform pressure gradient problem produce propeller propulsion rearward reduced relative resulting Reynolds number roll rotation rotor rudder shock wave shown in Fig sideslip span speed flight speed of sound stability stall structural subsonic supersonic supersonic flow sweep swept wing tail tailplane take-off temperature thrust trailing edge transonic turbine turbo-fan turbo-jet velocity vortices wave drag weight wing section wing tip

