Название: Aircraft Performance: An Engineering Approach, 2nd Edition
Автор: Mohammad H. Sadraey
Издательство: CRC Press
Год: 2024
Страниц: 693
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 21.7 MB

Aircraft Performance: An Engineering Approach, Second Edition introduces flight performance analysis techniques of fixed-wing air vehicles, particularly heavier-than-aircraft. It covers maximum speed, absolute ceiling, rate of climb, range, endurance, turn performance, and takeoff run.

Enabling the reader to analyze the performance and flight capabilities of an aircraft by utilizing only the aircraft weight data, geometry, and engine characteristics, this book covers the flight performance analysis for both propeller-driven and jet aircraft. The second edition features new content on vertical takeoff and landing, UAV launch, UAV recovery, use of rocket engine as the main engine, range for electric aircraft, electric engine, endurance for electric aircraft, gliding flight, pull-up, and climb-turn. In addition, this book includes end-of-chapter problems, MATLAB code and examples, and case studies to enhance and reinforce student understanding.

The performance of a military airplane is of high importance, since in an aerial mission, the fighter aircraft that has a high performance will always fulfill the mission’s purpose and will win a fight. The result of an air fight depends not only on aircraft weight, configuration, cost, pilot experience, and so on but also on its capabilities, that is, flight performance. This book presents techniques and methods that enable the reader to analyze the performance and flight capabilities of an aircraft by utilizing only aircraft weight data, geometry, aerodynamic characteristics, and engine data.

Chapter 1 is devoted to the atmosphere as the flight condition. The methods to calculate atmospheric variables such as pressure, temperature, and air density as a function of altitude are presented. In Chapter 2, the flight governing equations of motion and of an air vehicle are presented, and the concept of airspeed is defined. The four major forces acting on an aircraft are weight, engine thrust, lift, and drag (i.e., aerodynamic forces). Drag and engine thrust need detailed considerations, so the techniques to calculate these forces are presented in Chapters 3 and 4.

This book is intended for senior undergraduate aerospace students taking courses in Aircraft Performance, Flight Dynamics, and Flight Mechanics.

Instructors will be able to utilize an updated Solutions Manual and Figure Slides for their course.