Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight

    Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight

    By Bernard Etkin

    $24.95

    Publication Date: 20th September 2005

    Geared toward upper-level undergrads, graduate students, and practicing engineers, this comprehensive treatment of the dynamics of atmospheric flight focuses especially on the stability and control of airplanes. An extensive set of numerical examples covers STOL airplanes, subsonic jet transports, hypersonic flight, stability augmentation, and wind and density gradients.
    The equations of motion receive a very full treatment, including the effects of the curvature and rotation of the Earth and distortional motion. Complete chapters are given to human pilots and handling qualities and t... Read More
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    Geared toward upper-level undergrads, graduate students, and practicing engineers, this comprehensive treatment of the dynamics of atmospheric flight focuses especially on the stability and control of airplanes. An extensive set of numerical examples covers STOL airplanes, subsonic jet transports, hypersonic flight, stability augmentation, and wind and density gradients.
    The equations of motion receive a very full treatment, including the effects of the curvature and rotation of the Earth and distortional motion. Complete chapters are given to human pilots and handling qualities and t... Read More
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    Geared toward upper-level undergrads, graduate students, and practicing engineers, this comprehensive treatment of the dynamics of atmospheric flight focuses especially on the stability and control of airplanes. An extensive set of numerical examples covers STOL airplanes, subsonic jet transports, hypersonic flight, stability augmentation, and wind and density gradients.
    The equations of motion receive a very full treatment, including the effects of the curvature and rotation of the Earth and distortional motion. Complete chapters are given to human pilots and handling qualities and to flight in turbulence, with numerical examples for a jet transport. Small-perturbation equations for longitudinal and lateral motion appear in convenient matrix forms, both in time-domain and Laplace transforms, dimensional and nondimensional.

    Reprint of the New York, 1972 edition.
    Details
    • Price: $24.95
    • Pages: 608
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Series: Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering
    • Publication Date: 20th September 2005
    • Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
    • Illustration Note: 260
    • ISBN: 9780486445229
    • Format: Paperback
    • BISACs:
      SCIENCE / Mechanics / Aerodynamics
      TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics
    Table of Contents
    1. Introduction
    2. Analytical Tools
    3. System Theory
    4. Reference Frames and Transformations
    5. General Equations of Unsteady Motion
    6. Longitudinal Aerodynamic Characteristics—Part 1
    7. Longitudinal Aerodynamic Characteristics—Part 2
    8. Lateral Aerodynamic Characteristics
    9. Stability of Steady Flight
    10. Response to Actuation of the Controls (Open Loop)
    11. Closed-Loop Control
    12. Human Pilots and Handling Qualities
    13. Flight in a Turbulent Atmosphere
    Bibliography
    Index
    Errata
    Geared toward upper-level undergrads, graduate students, and practicing engineers, this comprehensive treatment of the dynamics of atmospheric flight focuses especially on the stability and control of airplanes. An extensive set of numerical examples covers STOL airplanes, subsonic jet transports, hypersonic flight, stability augmentation, and wind and density gradients.
    The equations of motion receive a very full treatment, including the effects of the curvature and rotation of the Earth and distortional motion. Complete chapters are given to human pilots and handling qualities and to flight in turbulence, with numerical examples for a jet transport. Small-perturbation equations for longitudinal and lateral motion appear in convenient matrix forms, both in time-domain and Laplace transforms, dimensional and nondimensional.

    Reprint of the New York, 1972 edition.
    • Price: $24.95
    • Pages: 608
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Series: Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering
    • Publication Date: 20th September 2005
    • Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
    • Illustrations Note: 260
    • ISBN: 9780486445229
    • Format: Paperback
    • BISACs:
      SCIENCE / Mechanics / Aerodynamics
      TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics
    1. Introduction
    2. Analytical Tools
    3. System Theory
    4. Reference Frames and Transformations
    5. General Equations of Unsteady Motion
    6. Longitudinal Aerodynamic Characteristics—Part 1
    7. Longitudinal Aerodynamic Characteristics—Part 2
    8. Lateral Aerodynamic Characteristics
    9. Stability of Steady Flight
    10. Response to Actuation of the Controls (Open Loop)
    11. Closed-Loop Control
    12. Human Pilots and Handling Qualities
    13. Flight in a Turbulent Atmosphere
    Bibliography
    Index
    Errata