This text provides a comprehensive and integrated exposure to airplane performance, stability, dynamics and flight control. It supports a two semester course for senior undergraduate or first year graduate students in aerospace engineering. Basic aerodynamics, dynamics and linear control systems are presented to help the reader grasp the main subject matter. In this text, the airplane is assumed to be a rigid body - elastic deformations and their effects on airplane motion are not considered. Numerous solved examples illustrate theory and design methods. Several exercise problems with answers are included in each chapter to help the reader acquire problem solving skills. In addition, Matlab tools are used for the control design.
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Bandu N. Pamadi is a Senior Aerospace Engineer at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. He taught for about 15 years at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and at the Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va. He earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Karnatak University, M.S. in aeronautical engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and Ph.D. in aeronautical engineering (aerodynamics) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He is an associate fellow of AIAA and a fellow of Aeronautical Society of India.
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This review is from: Performance, Stability, Dynamics, and Control of Airplanes, Second Edition (AIAA Education) (Hardcover)
As a fellow Aerospace Engineering student in Flight Dynamics and Controls, this book has been the best I've found yet. Not only does it provide detailed examples of THE MOST CONFUSING AND DIFFICULT topic in the field (Analysis and Design of Flight Controls) it also provides a great reference for Performance, Static Stability, Dynamic Stability, and Flight Dynamic Equations of Motion without Roskam's errors in copying the USAF Datcom (which is $250) and more examples than you can shake a flight stick at. Pamadi deserves a medal for this text. If you are currently pursuing a B.S. in Aerospace engineering and any one of the topics listed is causing you trouble, this text should explain things very clearly.
I highly recommend it over Etkin and Reid's book, Roskam's Flight Dynamics books (though this doesn't cover Digital Controls in as much detail), and Yechout's book ("Intro to Aircraft Flight Mechanics") though it's a close second and if you can afford it too (~$80), it's a valuable resource (it also won an AIAA Award). Though I wouldn't recommend you buy it unless you want to start collecting books on flight dynamics and controls.
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This review is from: Performance, Stability, Dynamics, and Control of Airplanes, Second Edition (AIAA Education) (Hardcover)
Great book! I use this book practically everyday. If you don't have a copy of the USAF Stability and Control DATCOM, this book is probably the next best thing. He presents the DATCOM techniques for estimating aircraft stability derivatives. One of the most used books in my library!
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The performance, stability, and control characteristics of an airplane depend on the aerodynamic forces and moments acting on it that, in turn, depend on the shape and size of the body, the attitude of the body relative to the airstream, the density and viscosity of the air, velocity of the body V, and the speed of sound a in air. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pitch displacement autopilot, velocity vector roll, body axes system, vertical tail contribution, moving axes system, moving axes theorem, dynamic stability derivatives, exposed aspect ratio, restoring rolling moment, strip theory analysis, vortex asymmetry, wing root chord, forebody vortices, longitudinal frequency response, resultant force coefficient, delta wing model, crossflow angle, structural limit load factor, asymmetric vortex pattern, forebody blowing, total yawing moment, dynamic pressure conditions, strake height, tail aerodynamic center, flattest glide Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Journal of Aircraft, United States, Deg Rudder Input, Dutch Roll Approximation, World War, Fairey Delta, Aerospace America, Euler Rate Equation New!
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The performance, stability, and control characteristics of an airplane depend on the aerodynamic forces and moments acting on it that, in turn, depend on the shape and size of the body, the attitude of the body relative to the airstream, the density and viscosity of the air, velocity of the body V, and the speed of sound a in air. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pitch displacement autopilot, velocity vector roll, body axes system, vertical tail contribution, moving axes system, moving axes theorem, dynamic stability derivatives, exposed aspect ratio, restoring rolling moment, strip theory analysis, vortex asymmetry, wing root chord, forebody vortices, longitudinal frequency response, resultant force coefficient, delta wing model, crossflow angle, structural limit load factor, asymmetric vortex pattern, forebody blowing, total yawing moment, dynamic pressure conditions, strake height, tail aerodynamic center, flattest glide Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Journal of Aircraft, United States, Deg Rudder Input, Dutch Roll Approximation, World War, Fairey Delta, Aerospace America, Euler Rate Equation New!
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- Aerodynamics, Aeronautics, and Flight Mechanics by Barnes W. McCormick on page 665, page 571, and Back Matter
- Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine and Rocket Propulsion (Dias y Dias de Poesia) by G. Oates in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Intake Aerodynamics (Aiaa Education Series) by J. Seddon in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach (Aiaa Education Series) by Daniel P. Raymer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Automatic Control of Aircraft and Missiles by John H. Blakelock on page 103, and Back Matter
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- Modeling and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicle Dynamics (AIAA Education) by Peter H. Zipfel on page 253, page 361, and Back Matter
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- Structural Dynamics in Aeronautical Engineering (Aiaa Education Series) by Maher N. Bismarck-Nasr in Back Matter
- Applied Mathematics in Integrated Navigation Systems (AIAA Education Series) by Robert M. Rogers in Back Matter
- Introduction to Aircraft Flight Mechanics: Performance, Static Stability, Dynamic Stability, and Classical Feedback Control (Aiaa Education Series) by Thomas R. Yechout in Back Matter
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