Author: Publisher:
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Category : Aerodynamics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Classical Aerodynamic Theory
Author: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
Author: The Aerodynamic Design of Aircraft
Author: Dietrich KüchemannPublisher: AIAA Education
ISBN: 9781600869228
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dietrich Kuchemann's The Aerodynamic Design of Aircraft is as relevant and as forward looking today as it was when it was first published in 1978. It comprises the philosophy and life's work of a unique and visionary intellect. Based upon material taught in a course at Imperial College London, the insight and intuition conveyed by this text are timeless. With its republication, Kuchemann's influence will extend to the next generation of aerospace industry students and practitioners and the vehicles they will produce. Kuchemann establishes three classes of aircraft based on the character of flow involved. Each class is suitable for a distinct cruise speed regime: classical and swept aircraft for subsonic and transonic cruise, slender-wing aircraft for supersonic cruise, and wave-rider aircraft for hypersonic cruise. Unlike most engineering texts, which focus on a set of tools, Kuchemann's approach is to focus on the problem and its solution - what kind of flow is best for a given class of aircraft and how to achieve it.With this approach, Kuchemann fully embraces the true inverse nature of design; rather than answer what flow given the shape, he strives to answer what flow given the purpose and then what shape given the flow.
Aerodynamics of Wings and Bodies
Author: Holt AshleyPublisher: 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.
Rotary-Wing Aerodynamics
Author: W. Z. StepniewskiPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486318516
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
DIVClear, concise text covers aerodynamic phenomena of the rotor and offers guidelines for helicopter performance evaluation. Originally prepared for NASA. Prefaces. New Indexes. 10 black-and-white photos. 537 figures. /div
The Bookseller
Author: Engineering and Metallurgical Books, 1907-1911
Author: Robert Alexander PeddiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Bibliography of Aeronautics
Author: Paul BrockettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description
Small Unmanned Aircraft
Author: Randal W. BeardPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400840600
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Autonomous unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are critical to current and future military, civil, and commercial operations. Despite their importance, no previous textbook has accessibly introduced UAVs to students in the engineering, computer, and science disciplines--until now. Small Unmanned Aircraft provides a concise but comprehensive description of the key concepts and technologies underlying the dynamics, control, and guidance of fixed-wing unmanned aircraft, and enables all students with an introductory-level background in controls or robotics to enter this exciting and important area. The authors explore the essential underlying physics and sensors of UAV problems, including low-level autopilot for stability and higher-level autopilot functions of path planning. The textbook leads the student from rigid-body dynamics through aerodynamics, stability augmentation, and state estimation using onboard sensors, to maneuvering through obstacles. To facilitate understanding, the authors have replaced traditional homework assignments with a simulation project using the MATLAB/Simulink environment. Students begin by modeling rigid-body dynamics, then add aerodynamics and sensor models. They develop low-level autopilot code, extended Kalman filters for state estimation, path-following routines, and high-level path-planning algorithms. The final chapter of the book focuses on UAV guidance using machine vision. Designed for advanced undergraduate or graduate students in engineering or the sciences, this book offers a bridge to the aerodynamics and control of UAV flight.
Aerodynamics of V/STOL Flight
Author: Barnes Warnock McCormickPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486404608
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
An extremely practical overview of V/STOL (vertical/short takeoff and landing) aerodynamics, this volume offers a presentation of general theoretical and applied aerodynamic principles, covering propeller and helicopter rotor theory for both the static and forward flight cases. Both a text for students and a reference for professionals, the book can be used for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses. Numerous detailed figures, plus exercises. 1967 edition. Preface. Appendix. Index.