Author: William Letko Publisher: ISBN: Category : Airplanes Languages : en Pages : 34
Book Description
An investigation was made in the Langley stability tunnel to determine the effect of airfoil profile of symmetrical sections on the rolling derivatives of three untapered wings having 45 deg sweepback. The wings had the following profiles normal to the leading edge: biconvex (12% thick), NACA 65 sub 1 -012, and NACA 0012. The AR for each wing was 2.61. Calculations were made to determine the effect of different wing profiles on the stability boundaries and motions at subsonic speeds of a typical transonic airplane configuration. Results indicate that increasing the sharpness of the leading edge of the airfoil decreased the range of lift coefficients over which the derivatives maintained their initial trends and usually decreased the maximum values of the derivatives obtained in the unstalled range. Results of the calculations of the dynamic stability of the airplane configuration show only small changes in stability due to changes in airfoil profile.
Author: William Letko Publisher: ISBN: Category : Airplanes Languages : en Pages : 34
Book Description
An investigation was made in the Langley stability tunnel to determine the effect of airfoil profile of symmetrical sections on the rolling derivatives of three untapered wings having 45 deg sweepback. The wings had the following profiles normal to the leading edge: biconvex (12% thick), NACA 65 sub 1 -012, and NACA 0012. The AR for each wing was 2.61. Calculations were made to determine the effect of different wing profiles on the stability boundaries and motions at subsonic speeds of a typical transonic airplane configuration. Results indicate that increasing the sharpness of the leading edge of the airfoil decreased the range of lift coefficients over which the derivatives maintained their initial trends and usually decreased the maximum values of the derivatives obtained in the unstalled range. Results of the calculations of the dynamic stability of the airplane configuration show only small changes in stability due to changes in airfoil profile.
Author: E.H. Dowell Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9401104999 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 724
Book Description
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.
Author: Florian Holzapfel Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 3642198171 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 465
Book Description
Over the last few decades, both the aeronautics and space disciplines have greatly influenced advances in controls, sensors, data fusion and navigation. Many of those achievements that made the word “aerospace” synonymous with “high–tech” were enabled by innovations in guidance, navigation and control. Europe has seen a strong trans-national consolidation process in aerospace over the last few decades. Most of the visible products, like commercial aircraft, fighters, helicopters, satellites, launchers or missiles, are not made by a single country – they are the fruits of cooperation. No European country by itself hosts a specialized guidance, navigation and controls community large enough to cover the whole spectrum of disciplines. However, on a European scale, mutual exchange of ideas, concepts and solutions is enriching for all. The 1st CEAS Specialist Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control is an attempt to bring this community together. This book is a selection of papers presented at the conference. All submitted papers have gone through a formal review process in compliance with good journal practices. The best papers have been recommended by the reviewers to be published in this book.
Author: Ahmed F. El-Sayed Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1447167961 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 1025
Book Description
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.
Author: Robert Clark Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9781402020391 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 788
Book Description
In this new edition, the fundamental material on classical linear aeroelasticity has been revised. Also new material has been added describing recent results on the research frontiers dealing with nonlinear aeroelasticity as well as major advances in the modelling of unsteady aerodynamic flows using the methods of computational fluid dynamics and reduced order modeling techniques. New chapters on aeroelasticity in turbomachinery and aeroelasticity and the latter chapters for a more advanced course, a graduate seminar or as a reference source for an entrée to the research literature.
Author: Malcolm J. Abzug Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107320194 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 417
Book Description
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.
Author: Jack Fischel Publisher: ISBN: Category : Ailerons Languages : en Pages : 44
Book Description
Results and discussion are presented of a low-speed lateral-control investigation of three untapered unswept wings of aspect ratio 1.13, 2.13, and 4.13 and an untapered 45 degrees sweptback wing of aspect ratio 2.09 equipped with 0.60-semispan retractable ailerons having various projections. Continuous-span ailerons were tested at outboard stations on the unswept wings, and plain (continuous span) and stepped (segmented) ailerons were tested at various spanwise stations with and without simulated actuating arms on the sweptback wing.
Author: Holt Ashley Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486648990 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 306
Book Description
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.
Author: William Letko
Author: William Letko
Author: E.H. Dowell
Author: Florian Holzapfel
Author: Ahmed F. El-Sayed
Author: Robert Clark
Author: James A. Blackwell (Jr.)
Author: Malcolm J. Abzug
Author: Richard J. Margason
Author: Jack Fischel
Author: Holt Ashley