Introduction to Aircraft Flight Mechanics

Introduction to Aircraft Flight Mechanics
Author: Thomas R. Yechout
Publisher: AIAA
Total Pages: 666
Release: 2003
Genre: Aerodynamics
ISBN: 9781600860782

Based on a 15-year successful approach to teaching aircraft flight mechanics at the US Air Force Academy, this text explains the concepts and derivations of equations for aircraft flight mechanics. It covers aircraft performance, static stability, aircraft dynamics stability and feedback control.

Fundamentals of Airplane Flight Mechanics

Fundamentals of Airplane Flight Mechanics
Author: David G. Hull
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2007-01-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3540465731

Flight mechanics is the application of Newton's laws to the study of vehicle trajectories (performance), stability, and aerodynamic control. This volume details the derivation of analytical solutions of airplane flight mechanics problems associated with flight in a vertical plane. It covers trajectory analysis, stability, and control. In addition, the volume presents algorithms for calculating lift, drag, pitching moment, and stability derivatives. Throughout, a subsonic business jet is used as an example for the calculations presented in the book.

Atmospheric Re-Entry Vehicle Mechanics

Atmospheric Re-Entry Vehicle Mechanics
Author: Patrick Gallais
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2007-09-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3540736476

Based on a long engineering experience, this book offers a comprehensive and state-of-the-art analysis of aerodynamic and flight mechanic entry topics. This updated edition had new chapters on Re-entry on Mars mission, flight quality, rarefied aerodynamics and re-entry accuracy. In addition, it provides a large set of application exercises and solutions.

Selected Aerothermodynamic Design Problems of Hypersonic Flight Vehicles

Selected Aerothermodynamic Design Problems of Hypersonic Flight Vehicles
Author: Ernst Heinrich Hirschel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2009-11-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 354089974X

In this book selected aerothermodynamic design problems in hypersonic vehicles are treated. Where applicable, it emphasizes the fact that outer surfaces of hypersonic vehicles primarily are radiation-cooled, an interdisciplinary topic with many implications.