Introduction to Aeronautics, Third Edition (AIAA Education Series)

The most exciting moment for an aeronautical engineer is when his or her design becomes a working aircraft, the endpoint of a journey that begins in the classroom. A required textbook for all cadets at the United States Air Force Academy, Introduction to Aeronautics: A Design Perspective shows students the methods and thought processes involved in designing aircraft. They learn through the use of specific analytical principles, practical examples, and case studies, with corresponding problems to solve. The Third Edition includes new or revised material on: Stealth; Boundary Layer Equations; Maximum Trimmable Lift Coefficient; Drag Curves; Flight Test; Aircraft Mechanisms. "This textbook and the accompanying AeroDYNAMIC software were created for use as resources for teaching basic design methods in conjunction with an introductory course in aeronautics. That these two topics can coexist and reinforce each other in an introductory-level course has been proven by 20 years of experience with a course taught to the entire student body of the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). The book was written for use in teaching students in their first three years of post-secondary education, and so understanding the derivations and analysis methods is facilitated by prior knowledge of calculus, classical physics, and engineering mechanics. However, the material is presented at a level that should be understandable by advanced high school students."--Preface, page xvii « This textbook and the accompanying AeroDYNAMIC software were created for use as resources for teaching basic design methods in conjunction with an introductory course in aeronautics. That these two topics can coexist and reinforce each other in an introductory-level course has been proven by 20 years of experience with a course taught to the entire student body of the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). The book was written for use in teaching students in their first three years of post-secondary education, and so understanding the derivations and analysis methods is facilitated by prior knowledge of calculus, classical physics, and engineering mechanics. However, the material is presented at a level that should be understandable by advanced high school students. » -- Preface, xvii Revised editon of: Introduction to aeronautics: a design perspective / Steven A. Brandt ... [et al.]. 2004.