Computational Flight Dynamics (Aiaa Education Series) [Paperback]

Malcolm J. Abzug (Author)

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Publication Date: June 1998 | ISBN-10: 1563472597 | ISBN-13: 978-1563472596 | Edition: Pap/Dskt

More than 100 illustrations and a five-program software package are combined in "Computational Flight Dynamics", a detailed instructional kit illustrating digital solutions to problems in aircraft dynamic stability, control and flight performance. Busy aerospace engineers, scientists and graduate students with a working knowledge of FORTRAN will learn - in a step-by-step format - several effective programming techniques in a range of flight dynamics areas. Of the five programmes included, FLIGHT and LOCUS - both previously used in flight control system designs for two production unmanned air vehicles - provide the necessary tools for studying uncontrolled aircraft motions, stability and the design of automatic flight control systems. A DOS or Windows environment is required for the FORTRAN programmes included on the 3.5-inch diskette, which contains source programmes, run (input) files and database files. Access to a compiler for FORTRAN 77 or 90 is also necessary.

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Dr. Abzug, an aeronautical consultant based in the Los Angeles area, holds a B.S. degree from MIT, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from UCLA. Formerly, an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California, he also held the post of chief engineer in advance flight mechanics for Douglas Aircraft's Missiles and Space Systems Division. Dr. Abzug is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and an AIAA fellow.

Product Details

• Paperback: 470 pages
• Publisher: Amer Inst of Aeronautics &; Pap/Dskt edition (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563472597
• ISBN-13: 978-1563472596
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,947,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Resource, March 20, 2010

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This book wastes no time in getting to the meat (math) of what it takes to understand how to create a realistic
flight simulation. It is shorn of the eloquent theory and therefore of great practical use for practitioners and
programmers. A rare gem that should not be overlooked. I only wish I could locate more of this sort of resource. The
only criticism is that the software is still supplied on floppy disk and unless you have a drive (rare these days),
you will need to fat finger all the code (very error prone). Also, I see no errata and cannot help but wonder if the
extensive software (FORTRAN) has any latent bugs.