AIRCRAFT FLIGHT: A DESCRIPTION OF THE PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES OF AIRCRAFT FLIGHT

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DESCRIPTION

Aircraft Flight provides accurate physical, rather than mathematical, descriptions of the principles of aircraft flight. This popular text gives mechanical engineering and aeronautical engineering students a useful introduction to the subject. The fourth edition has been updated to include important recent developments such as unmanned air vehicles and the low orbit space-plane.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Lift 2 Wings 3 The boundary layer and its control 4 Drag 5 High speed flow 6 Thrust and propulsion 7 Performance 8 Supersonic aircraft 9 Transonic aircraft 10 Aircraft control 11 Static stability 12 Dynamic stability 13 Take-off and landing 14 Structural influences Appendix: Some aerofoil characteristics References Index