Fundamentals of aircraft and airship design
Subtitle: Aircraft design
By: Leland M. Nicolai, Grant E. Carichner
Contributors: Carichner, Grant; Nicolai, Leland M. (Leland Malcolm)
Series: AIAA education series; AIAA education series
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Reston, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 883
ISBN-13: 9781613440469
Subjects: Airplanes; Design and construction; History; Airships; Aeronautics; Pictorial works
Other titles: Aircraft design
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Aircraft design. Introduction ; Review of practical aerodynamics ; Aircraft performance methods ; Aircraft operating envelope ; Preliminary estimate of takeoff weight ; Estimating the takeoff wing loading ; Selecting the planform and airfoil section ; Preliminary fuselage sizing and design ; High-lift devices ; Takeoff and landing analysis ; Preliminary sizing of the vertical and horizontal tails ; Designing for survivability (stealth) ; Estimating wing-body aerodynamics ; Propulsion system fundamentals ; Turbine engine inlet design ; Corrections for turbine engine installation ; Propeller propulsion systems ; Propulsion system thrust sizing ; Structures and materials ; Refined weight estimate ; Static stability and control ; Trim drag and maneuvering flight ; Control surface sizing criteria ; Life cycle cost ; Trade studies and sizing; title: Appendix A : Conversions; title: Appendix B : Atmospheric data; title: Appendix C : Isentropic compressible flow functions; title: Appendix D : Normal shock functions for a perfect gas; title: Appendix E : Plane oblique and conical shocks; title: Appendix F : NACA airfoil nomenclature and data; title: Appendix G : Aerodynamic data of real aircraft; title: Appendix H : Aerodynamics of wing-body combinations; title: Appendix I : Aircraft weights data; title: Appendix J : Propulsion data; title: Appendix K : Miscellaneous data.