Aerodynamics of Wings and Bodies

Aerodynamics of Wings and Bodies

Author: Holt Ashley

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1965-01-01

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0486648990

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This excellent, innovative reference offers a wealth of useful information and a solid background in the fundamentals of aerodynamics. Fluid mechanics, constant density inviscid flow, singular perturbation problems, viscosity, thin-wing and slender body theories, drag minimalization, and other essentials are addressed in a lively, literate manner and accompanied by diagrams.


Fundamentals of Aircraft and Rocket Propulsion

Fundamentals of Aircraft and Rocket Propulsion

Author: Ahmed F. El-Sayed

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-05-25

Total Pages: 1025

ISBN-13: 1447167961

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This book provides a comprehensive basics-to-advanced course in an aero-thermal science vital to the design of engines for either type of craft. The text classifies engines powering aircraft and single/multi-stage rockets, and derives performance parameters for both from basic aerodynamics and thermodynamics laws. Each type of engine is analyzed for optimum performance goals, and mission-appropriate engines selection is explained. Fundamentals of Aircraft and Rocket Propulsion provides information about and analyses of: thermodynamic cycles of shaft engines (piston, turboprop, turboshaft and propfan); jet engines (pulsejet, pulse detonation engine, ramjet, scramjet, turbojet and turbofan); chemical and non-chemical rocket engines; conceptual design of modular rocket engines (combustor, nozzle and turbopumps); and conceptual design of different modules of aero-engines in their design and off-design state. Aimed at graduate and final-year undergraduate students, this textbook provides a thorough grounding in the history and classification of both aircraft and rocket engines, important design features of all the engines detailed, and particular consideration of special aircraft such as unmanned aerial and short/vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. End-of-chapter exercises make this a valuable student resource, and the provision of a downloadable solutions manual will be of further benefit for course instructors.


Aircraft Loading and Structural Layout

Aircraft Loading and Structural Layout

Author: Denis Howe

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13:

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In this latest contribution to the conceptual design of an aircraft Denis Howe presents comprehensive coverage of all aspects of loading action analysis, together with the logical extension to the conceptual design of the airframe. He thereby meets two perceived needs which are not currently addressed by existing aircraft design texts, where loading analysis tends to be dealt with somewhat superficially, treating only the basic symmetric flight envelope, and where structural analysis often assumes that a certain level of design detail has already been established. Graduate and post-graduate level aeronautical students will welcome the approach offered by Aircraft Loading and Structural Layout. Practising engineers in the aircraft industry will find a useful loading action reference, providing a simple method for the derivation of initial structural data for input to advance analysis programs and the interpretation of the output from them.


A Modern Course in Aeroelasticity

A Modern Course in Aeroelasticity

Author: E.H. Dowell

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 724

ISBN-13: 9401104999

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Aeroelasticity is the study of flexible structures situated in a flowing fluid. Its modern origins are in the field of aerospace engineering, but it has now expanded to include phenomena arising in other fields such as bioengineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering and nuclear engineering. The present volume is a teaching text for a first, and possibly second, course in aeroelasticity. It will also be useful as a reference source on the fundamentals of the subject for practitioners. In this third edition, several chapters have been revised and three new chapters added. The latter include a brief introduction to `Experimental Aeroelasticity', an overview of a frontier of research `Nonlinear Aeroelasticity', and the first connected, authoritative account of `Aeroelastic Control' in book form. The authors are drawn from a range of fields including aerospace engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, rotorcraft and turbomachinery. Each author is a leading expert in the subject of his chapter and has many years of experience in consulting, research and teaching.


The Proper Combination of Lift Loadings for Least Drag on a Supersonic Wing

The Proper Combination of Lift Loadings for Least Drag on a Supersonic Wing

Author: Frederick C. Grant

Publisher:

Published: 1955

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13:

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The best combination of four loadings on a delta wing with subsonic leading edges is calculated for several Mach numbers as a numerical example. The loadings considered have finite pressures everywhere on the plan form. At each Mach number the optimum combination of the four non-singular loadings has about the same drag coefficient as a flat plate with leading-edge thrust.


A Supersonic Area Rule and an Application to the Design of a Wing-body Combination with High Lift-drag Ratios

A Supersonic Area Rule and an Application to the Design of a Wing-body Combination with High Lift-drag Ratios

Author: Richard T. Whitcomb

Publisher:

Published: 1960

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13:

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Summary: As an extension of the transonic area rule, a concept for interrelating the wave drags of wing-body combinations at moderate supersonic speeds with axial developments of cross-sectional area has been derived. The wave drag of a combination at a given supersonic speed is related to a number of developments of cross-sectional areas as intersected by Mach planes. On the basis of this concept and other design procedures, a structurally feasible, swept-wing--indented-body combination has been designed to have relatively high maximum lift-drag ratios over a range of transonic and moderate supersonic Mach numbers. The wing of the combination has been designed to have reduced drag associated with lift and, when used with an indented body, to have low zero-lift wave drag. Experimental results have been obtained for this configuration at Mach numbers from 0.80 to 2.01. Maximum lift-drag ratios of approximately 14 and 9 were measured at Mach numbers of 1.15 and 1.41, respectively.


Airplane Stability and Control

Airplane Stability and Control

Author: Malcolm J. Abzug

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-09-23

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1107320194

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From the early machines to today's sophisticated aircraft, stability and control have always been crucial considerations. In this second edition, Abzug and Larrabee again forge through the history of aviation technologies to present an informal history of the personalities and the events, the art and the science of airplane stability and control. The book includes never-before-available impressions of those active in the field, from pre-Wright brothers airplane and glider builders through to contemporary aircraft designers. Arranged thematically, the book deals with early developments, research centers, the effects of power on stability and control, the discovery of inertial coupling, the challenge of stealth aerodynamics, a look toward the future, and much more. It is profusely illustrated with photographs and figures, and includes brief biographies of noted stability and control figures along with a core bibliography. Professionals, students, and aviation enthusiasts alike will appreciate this readable history of airplane stability and control.