Flight Vehicle Performance and Aerodynamic Control (AIAA Education Series)

Annotation "Flight Vehicle Performance and Aerodynamic Control is designed to serve as a text for either an 11-week or a 16-week course at the sophomore level. It explains typical methods used to estimate aircraft performance, the theoretical basis of these methods, and how various parameters derived from the aircraft geometry can be used to estimate the requirements of control surfaces and the aerodynamic forces required to actuate these surfaces. This book includes time-tested computer programs that perform the analyses in a manner that reduces student error and improves result accuracy. Because the source code is given, users with a FORTRAN compiler can modify the program to suit particular needs. The major advantage of the software is that more realistic problems may be treated and the effects of parametric programs are more accurate than calculators. The programs are available as executables for Windows machines as well as in ASCII source code versions that can be readily compiled and then executed on Unix, Linux, and Macintosh machines and on mainframes Read more... Abstract: Annotation "Flight Vehicle Performance and Aerodynamic Control is designed to serve as a text for either an 11-week or a 16-week course at the sophomore level. It explains typical methods used to estimate aircraft performance, the theoretical basis of these methods, and how various parameters derived from the aircraft geometry can be used to estimate the requirements of control surfaces and the aerodynamic forces required to actuate these surfaces. This book includes time-tested computer programs that perform the analyses in a manner that reduces student error and improves result accuracy. Because the source code is given, users with a FORTRAN compiler can modify the program to suit particular needs. The major advantage of the software is that more realistic problems may be treated and the effects of parametric programs are more accurate than calculators. The programs are available as executables for Windows machines as well as in ASCII source code versions that can be readily compiled and then executed on Unix, Linux, and Macintosh machines and on mainframes

Flight Vehicle Performance and Aerodynamic Control is designed to serve as a text for either an 11-week or a 16-week course at the sophomore level. It explains typical methods used to estimate aircraft performance, the theoretical basis of these methods, and how various parameters derived from the aircraft geometry can be used to estimate the requirements of control surfaces and the aerodynamic forces required to actuate these surfaces.

This book includes time-tested computer programs that perform the analyses in a manner that reduces student error and improves result accuracy. Because the source code is given, users with a FORTRAN compiler can modify the program to suit particular needs. The major advantage of the software is that more realistic problems may be treated and the effects of parametric programs are more accurate than calculators. The programs are available as executables for Windows machines as well as in ASCII source code versions that can be readily compiled and then executed on Unix, Linux, and Macintosh machines, and on mainframes.

Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Table of Contents 8 Preface 12 Why Another Performance Book? 18 The Included Software 20 Chapter 1. Basic Nomenclature 22 Chapter 2. The Atmosphere 60 Chapter 3. Characteristics of Power Plants 74 Chapter 4. Flight Vehicle Lift-Drag Characteristics 96 Chapter 5. Equations of Motion 124 Chapter 6. Determination of Aerodynamic Characteristics 148 Chapter 7. Flight Vehicle Performance 166 Chapter 8. Aerodynamic Control Forces and Static Stability 272 Chapter 9. Flight Vehicle Aerodynamic Control 340 Appendix A. Pressure, Density, and Temperature Variations with Altitude 360 Appendix B. Octane Ratings 364 Appendix C. Description and Use of Program TRAJECT 366 Glossary 368 References 376 Subject Index 378 An explanation of typical methods used to estimate aspects of the performance of aircraft and the theoretical basis of these methods. The accompanying CD-ROM features self-contained programs that can perform analyses in a manner which reduces student error and improves result accuracy. Figure 1.1a shows an elevation view of a typical light airplane with its major components identified.