"Flight Vehicle Performance and Aerodynamic Control is designed to serve as a text for either an 11-week or a 16-week course at the sophomore level. It explains typical methods used to estimate aircraft performance, the theoretical basis of these methods, and how various parameters derived from the aircraft geometry can be used to estimate the requirements of control surfaces and the aerodynamic forces required to actuate these surfaces. This book includes time-tested computer programs that perform the analyses in a manner that reduces student error and improves result accuracy. Because the source code is given, users with a FORTRAN compiler can modify the program to suit particular needs. The major advantage of the software is that more realistic problems may be treated and the effects of parametric programs are more accurate than calculators. The programs are available as executables for Windows machines as well as in ASCII source code versions that can be readily compiled and then executed on Unix, Linux, and Macintosh machines and on mainframes.
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Frederick O. Smetana is Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University. Prior to his 32-year academic career, he served as a flight test engineer for the Douglas Aircraft Co. and the United States Air Force, and as a research scientist at the University of Southern California Engineering Center conducting wind tunnel, flight test, and analytical research. Among his six books are two others published by AIAA.
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Figure 1.1a shows an elevation view of a typical light airplane with its major components identified. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
power into the airstream, activator disk, most economical climb, stability derivative values, static thrust rating, flight vehicle performance, dynamic performance equations, minimum level flight speed, maximum range flight, oncoming airstream, span efficiency factor, performance maxima, wing aerodynamic center, speed for maximum endurance, steady flight condition, piston props, power available curves, section lift coefficient, lift curve slope, propeller characteristics, static longitudinal stability, drag polar, stability axes, static stability parameters, horizontal tailplane Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World War, Air Force Museum, New York, North American, Los Angeles, Method Used, Length Height, Lift Increment Caused, Pan American, Kuala Lumpur, North Carolina, San Francisco, General Electric, George Dean of Newland, Hour Weight Altitude, Range Drag, Thompson Trophy New!
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Figure 1.1a shows an elevation view of a typical light airplane with its major components identified. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
power into the airstream, activator disk, most economical climb, stability derivative values, static thrust rating, flight vehicle performance, dynamic performance equations, minimum level flight speed, maximum range flight, oncoming airstream, span efficiency factor, performance maxima, wing aerodynamic center, speed for maximum endurance, steady flight condition, piston props, power available curves, section lift coefficient, lift curve slope, propeller characteristics, static longitudinal stability, drag polar, stability axes, static stability parameters, horizontal tailplane Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World War, Air Force Museum, New York, North American, Los Angeles, Method Used, Length Height, Lift Increment Caused, Pan American, Kuala Lumpur, North Carolina, San Francisco, General Electric, George Dean of Newland, Hour Weight Altitude, Range Drag, Thompson Trophy New!
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- Intake Aerodynamics (Aiaa Education Series) by J. Seddon in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine and Rocket Propulsion (Dias y Dias de Poesia) by G. Oates in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Fundamentals of Flight (2nd Edition) by Richard S. Shevell on page 208, and Index
- Spacecraft Mission Design, Second Edition (AIAA Education) by Charles D. Brown in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Re-Entry Aerodynamics (Aiaa Education Series) by W. Hankey in Back Matter
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- Dynamics, Control, and Flying Qualities of VSTOL Aircraft (Aiaa Education Series) by James A. Franklin in Back Matter
- Analytical Mechanics of Space Systems (AIAA Education) by Hanspeter Schaub in Back Matter
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