| Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight Contributor(s): Etkin, Bernard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486445224 ISBN-13: 9780486445229 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: Geared toward upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals, this text concerns the dynamics of atmospheric flight, with focus on airplane stability and control. An extensive set of numerical examples covers STOL airplanes, subsonic jet transports, hypersonic flight, stability augmentation, and wind and density gradients. 260 illustrations .1972 edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Aeronautics & Astronautics - Science | Mechanics - Aerodynamics |
| Dewey: 629.132 |
| LCCN: 2005048479 |
| Series: Dover Books on Engineering |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 5.7" W x 8.5" (1.47 lbs) 608 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Geared toward upper-level undergrads, graduate students, and practicing engineers, this comprehensive treatment of the dynamics of atmospheric flight focuses especially on the stability and control of airplanes. An extensive set of numerical examples covers STOL airplanes, subsonic jet transports, hypersonic flight, stability augmentation, and wind and density gradients. The equations of motion receive a very full treatment, including the effects of the curvature and rotation of the Earth and distortional motion. Complete chapters are given to human pilots and handling qualities and to flight in turbulence, with numerical examples for a jet transport. Small-perturbation equations for longitudinal and lateral motion appear in convenient matrix forms, both in time-domain and Laplace transforms, dimensional and nondimensional. |