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Aircraft Flight provides accurate physical, rather than mathematical, descriptions of the principles of aircraft flight. This popular text gives mechanical engineering and aeronautical engineering students a useful introduction to the subject. The 4th Edition has been updated to include important recent developments such as unmanned air vehicles and the low orbit space-plane.



Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 Lift
  • 2 Wings
  • 3 The boundary layer and its control
  • 4 Drag
  • 5 High speed flow
  • 6 Thrust and propulsion
  • 7 Performance
  • 8 Supersonic aircraft
  • 9 Transonic aircraft
  • 10 Aircraft control
  • 11 Static stability
  • 12 Dynamic stability
  • 13 Take-off and landing
  • 14 Structural influences
  • Appendix: Some aerofoil characteristics
  • References
  • Index

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A Paperback by R.H. Barnard, D.R. Philpott

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    Publisher: Pearson Education
    Publication Date: 12/3/2009 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780273730989, 978-0273730989
    ISBN10: 0273730983
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    Technology, Engineering & Agriculture Aerodynamics Aerospace and aviation technology

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    Aircraft Flight provides accurate physical, rather than mathematical, descriptions of the principles of aircraft flight. This popular text gives mechanical engineering and aeronautical engineering students a useful introduction to the subject. The 4th Edition has been updated to include important recent developments such as unmanned air vehicles and the low orbit space-plane.



    Table of Contents
    • Acknowledgements
    • Introduction
    • 1 Lift
    • 2 Wings
    • 3 The boundary layer and its control
    • 4 Drag
    • 5 High speed flow
    • 6 Thrust and propulsion
    • 7 Performance
    • 8 Supersonic aircraft
    • 9 Transonic aircraft
    • 10 Aircraft control
    • 11 Static stability
    • 12 Dynamic stability
    • 13 Take-off and landing
    • 14 Structural influences
    • Appendix: Some aerofoil characteristics
    • References
    • Index

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