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Aircraft performance and sizing. Volume II, Applied aerodynamic design / Timothy Takahashi

Author
Takahashi, Timothy, 1966-
Additional Titles
Applied aerodynamic design
Published
New York [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2016.
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 PDF (xvii, 250 pages)) : illustrations
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Contents
1. Systems engineering and the design process -- 1.1 The systems engineering vee, a plan for success -- 1.2 Conceptual design -- 1.3 Multidisciplinary trade studies -- 1.4 Model fidelity -- 1.5 Detail design -- 1.6 Risk reduction and mitigation., 2. Weight and volume estimation -- 2.1 A self referential problem: how much an aircraft weighs at takeoff is a function of how much it weighs empty -- 2.2 Approaches to aircraft sizing -- 2.3 Empirical methods to estimate empty weight -- 2.4 Modeling and simulation methods to estimate empty weight -- 2.5 Estimating mass moments of inertia., 3. Stability and controllability -- 3.1 Aerodynamic database generation -- 3.2 Aerodynamic database presentation -- 3.3 Empirical methods to size the vertical and horizontal tail -- 3.4 Modeling and simulation approach to stability and control -- 3.5 Longitudinal trim -- 3.6 Longitudinal stability -- 3.7 CG placement, horizontal tail, and elevator sizing -- 3.8 Lateral-directional trim -- 3.9 Lateral-directional stability -- 3.10 Lateral-directional control., 4. Field performance principles -- 4.1 Takeoff in a nutshell -- 4.2 Simplified statistical method for takeoff -- 4.3 Computing takeoff cue speeds -- 4.4 Modeling and simulation methods for takeoff -- 4.5 Takeoff noise, certification and abatement procedures -- 4.6 Approach and landing in a nutshell -- 4.7 Computing landing cue speeds -- 4.8 Simplified statistical model for landing -- 4.9 Modeling and simulation methods for landing., 5. The aerodynamic design of wings -- 5.1 Planform geometry -- 5.2 Three-dimensional flow effects -- 5.3 Transonic flow over two-dimensional airfoils -- 5.4 Selecting an appropriate airfoil for transonic flight -- 5.5 Sweep effects -- 5.6 Nonplanarity -- 5.7 Designing a wing for optimal performance., and 6. Aircraft sizing and synthesis, putting it all together -- 6.1 Aircraft sizing in a nutshell -- 6.2 Simple sizing using Breguet's equation -- 6.3 Sizing using a multidisciplinary optimization approach -- 6.4 Systems design examples -- 6.5 Afterword -- Index.
Summary
This book is a concise practical treatise for the student or experienced professional aircraft designer. This volume comprises key applied subjects for performance based aircraft design: systems engineering principles; aircraft mass properties estimation; the aerodynamic design of transonic wings; aircraft stability and control; takeoff and landing runway performance. This book may serve as a textbook for an undergraduate aircraft design course or as a reference for the classically trained practicing engineer.
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ISBN
9781606509463 (electronic bk.)
1606509462 (electronic bk.)
1606509454 (Trade Paper)
9781606509456
9781606509456 (print)
Note
Title from PDF title page (viewed on March 17, 2016).
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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