Synopses & Reviews
Geared toward upper-level undergrads, graduate students, and practicing engineers, this comprehensive treatment of the dynamics of atmospheric flight focuses especially on the stability and control of airplanes. An extensive set of numerical examples covers STOL airplanes, subsonic jet transports, hypersonic flight, stability augmentation, and wind and density gradients.
The equations of motion receive a very full treatment, including the effects of the curvature and rotation of the Earth and distortional motion. Complete chapters are given to human pilots and handling qualities and to flight in turbulence, with numerical examples for a jet transport. Small-perturbation equations for longitudinal and lateral motion appear in convenient matrix forms, both in time-domain and Laplace transforms, dimensional and nondimensional.
Synopsis
This treatment for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and professionalsand#160;makes special reference to stability and control of airplanes, with extensiveand#160;numerical examples covering a variety of vehicles. 260 illustrations. 1972 edition.
Synopsis
Geared toward upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals, this text concerns the dynamics of atmospheric flight, with focus on airplane stability and control. An extensive set of numerical examples covers STOL airplanes, subsonic jet transports, hypersonic flight, stability augmentation, and wind and density gradients. 260 illustrations .1972 edition.
Synopsis
This treatment for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals makes special reference to stability and control of airplanes, with extensive numerical examples covering a variety of vehicles. 260 illustrations. 1972 edition.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Analytical Tools
3. System Theory
4. Reference Frames and Transformations
5. General Equations of Unsteady Motion
6. Longitudinal Aerodynamic Characteristicsand#151;Part 1
7. Longitudinal Aerodynamic Characteristicsand#151;Part 2
8. Lateral Aerodynamic Characteristics
9. Stability of Steady Flight
10. Response to Actuation of the Controls (Open Loop)
11. Closed-Loop Control
12. Human Pilots and Handling Qualities
13. Flight in a Turbulent Atmosphere
Bibliography
Index
Errata