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AdaptiveAeroservoelasticControl Tewari March2016
TheoryandPracticeofAircraftPerformance Kundu,PriceandRiordan November2015
TheGlobalAirlineIndustry,SecondEdition Belobaba,OdoniandBarnhart July2015
ModelingtheEffectofDamageinCompositeStructures: Kassapoglou March2015
SimplifiedApproaches
IntroductiontoAircraftAeroelasticityandLoads,2ndEdition WrightandCooper December2014
AircraftAerodynamicDesign:GeometryandOptimization SóbesterandForrester October2014
TheoreticalandComputationalAerodynamics Sengupta September2014
AerospacePropulsion Lee October2013
AircraftFlightDynamicsandControl Durham August2013
CivilAvionicsSystems,2ndEdition Moir,SeabridgeandJukes August2013
ModellingandManagingAirportPerformance Zografos,AndreattaandOdoni July2013
AdvancedAircraftDesign:ConceptualDesign,Analysisand Torenbeek June2013
OptimizationofSubsonicCivilAirplanes
DesignandAnalysisofCompositeStructures:With Kassapoglou April2013
ApplicationstoAerospaceStructures,2ndEdition
AircraftSystemsIntegrationofAir-LaunchedWeapons Rigby April2013
DesignandDevelopmentofAircraftSystems,2ndEdition MoirandSeabridge November2012
UnderstandingAerodynamics:ArguingfromtheRealPhysics McLean November2012
AircraftDesign:ASystemsEngineeringApproach Sadraey October2012
IntroductiontoUAVSystems4e FahlstromandGleason August2012
TheoryofLift:IntroductoryComputationalAerodynamicswith McBain August2012
MATLABandOctave
SenseandAvoidinUAS:ResearchandApplications Angelov April2012
MorphingAerospaceVehiclesandStructures Valasek April2012
GasTurbinePropulsionSystems MacIsaacandLangton July2011
(cid:2) BasicHelicopterAerodynamics,3rdEdition SeddonandNewman July2011 (cid:2)
AdvancedControlofAircraft,SpacecraftandRockets Tewari July2011
CooperativePathPlanningofUnmannedAerialVehicles Tsourdosetal November2010
PrinciplesofFlightforPilots Swatton October2010
AirTravelandHealth:ASystemsPerspective Seabridgeetal September2010
DesignandAnalysisofCompositeStructures:With Kassapoglou September2010
applicationstoaerospaceStructures
UnmannedAircraftSystems:UAVSDesign,Developmentand April2010
DeploymentAustin
IntroductiontoAntennaPlacement&Installations Macnamara April2010
PrinciplesofFlightSimulation Allerton October2009
AircraftFuelSystems Langtonetal May2009
TheGlobalAirlineIndustry Belobaba April2009
ComputationalModellingandSimulationofAircraftandthe Diston April2009
Environment:Volume1-PlatformKinematicsandSynthetic
Environment
HandbookofSpaceTechnology Ley,WittmannHallmann April2009
AircraftPerformanceTheoryandPracticeforPilots Swatton August2008
AircraftSystems,3rdEdition Moir&Seabridge March2008
IntroductiontoAircraftAeroelasticityAndLoads Wright&Cooper December2007
StabilityandControlofAircraftSystems Langton September2006
MilitaryAvionicsSystems Moir&Seabridge February2006
DesignandDevelopmentofAircraftSystems Moir&Seabridge June2004
AircraftLoadingandStructuralLayout Howe May2004
AircraftDisplaySystems Jukes December2003
CivilAvionicsSystems Moir&Seabridge December2002
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INTRODUCTION TO
AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING
WITH A FLIGHT TEST
PERSPECTIVE
StephenCorda
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Table of Contents
AbouttheAuthor xv
SeriesPreface xvii
Preface xix
AbouttheCompanionwebsite xxi
1 FirstFlights 1
1.1 Introduction 2
1.1.1 OrganizationoftheBook 3
1.1.2 FTT:YourFamiliarizationFlight 4
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1.2 Aircraft 12
1.2.1 ClassificationofAircraft 12
1.2.2 TheAirplane 13
1.2.3 Rotorcraft:theHelicopter 26
1.2.4 Lighter-Than-AirAircraft:BalloonandAirship 35
1.2.5 TheUnmannedAerialVehicle 43
1.3 Spacecraft 45
1.3.1 ClassificationofSpacecraft 46
1.3.2 PartsofaSpacecraft 52
1.3.3 UnmannedSpacecraft 57
1.3.4 MannedSpacecraft 69
1.3.5 SpaceAccessSystemsandVehicles 77
References 96
2 IntroductoryConcepts 98
2.1 Introduction 98
2.2 IntroductoryMathematicalConcepts 99
2.2.1 UnitsandUnitSystems 99
2.2.2 MeasurementandNumericalUncertainty 107
2.2.3 ScalarsandVectors 113
2.3 IntroductoryAerospaceEngineeringConcepts 114
2.3.1 AircraftBodyAxes 115
2.3.2 Angle-of-AttackandAngle-of-Sideslip 116
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2.3.3 AircraftStabilityAxes 118
2.3.4 AircraftLocationNumberingSystem 119
2.3.5 TheFree-BodyDiagramandtheFourForces 120
2.3.6 FTT:theTrimShot 125
2.3.7 MachNumberandtheRegimesofFlight 129
2.3.8 TheFlightEnvelope 132
2.3.9 TheV-nDiagram 144
2.3.10 AircraftWeightandBalance 150
2.3.11 AerospaceVehicleDesignationsandNaming 157
2.4 IntroductoryFlightTestConcepts 161
2.4.1 WhatisaFlightTest? 161
2.4.2 TheFlightTestProcess 165
2.4.3 FlightTestTechniques 169
2.4.4 RolesofTestPilot,FlightTestEngineer,andFlightTestAnalyst 173
2.4.5 FlightTestSafetyandRiskAssessment 174
References 177
Problems 178
3 Aerodynamics 181
3.1 Introduction 182
3.2 FundamentalPhysicalPropertiesofaFluid 183
3.2.1 TheFluidElement 183
3.2.2 ThermodynamicPropertiesofaFluid 184
3.2.3 KinematicPropertiesofaFlow 186
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3.2.4 Streamlines,Pathlines,andFlowVisualization 187
3.2.5 FTT:In-FlightFlowVisualization 188
3.2.6 TransportPropertiesofaFluid 192
3.3 TypesofAerodynamicFlows 195
3.3.1 ContinuumandNon-ContinuumFlows 195
3.3.2 SteadyandUnsteadyFlows 196
3.3.3 IncompressibleandCompressibleFlows 197
3.3.4 InviscidandViscousFlows 198
3.4 SimilarityParameters 201
3.4.1 MachNumber 202
3.4.2 ReynoldsNumber 203
3.4.3 PressureCoefficient 205
3.4.4 ForceandMomentCoefficients 205
3.4.5 RatioofSpecificHeats 206
3.4.6 PrandtlNumber 206
3.4.7 OtherSimilarityParameters 206
3.4.8 SummaryofSimilarityParameters 212
3.5 ABriefReviewofThermodynamics 213
3.5.1 ThermodynamicSystemandState 213
3.5.2 ConnectingtheThermodynamicState:TheEquationofState 215
3.5.3 AdditionalThermodynamicProperties:InternalEnergy,Enthalpy,
andEntropy 223
3.5.4 WorkandHeat 224
3.5.5 TheLawsofThermodynamics 229
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