Aircraft performance and design /
Anderson, John David,
Aircraft performance and design / John D. Anderson, Jr. - xvi, 580 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 569-571) and index.
The evolution of the airplane and its performance : a short history --
Aerodynamics of the airplane : the drag polar --
Some propulsion characteristics --
The equations of motion --
Airplane performance : steady flight --
Airplane performance : accelerated flight --
The philosophy of airplane design --
Design of a propeller-driven airplane --
Design of jet-propelled airplanes.
Balancing technical material with important historical aspects of the invention and design of aeroplanes, this book develops aircraft performance techniques from first principles and applies them to real aeroplanes.
0070019711 (alk. paper)
98048481
Airplanes--Performance.
Airplanes--Design and construction.
TL671.4 / .A528 1999
629.1341 / A.J.A
Aircraft performance and design / John D. Anderson, Jr. - xvi, 580 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 569-571) and index.
The evolution of the airplane and its performance : a short history --
Aerodynamics of the airplane : the drag polar --
Some propulsion characteristics --
The equations of motion --
Airplane performance : steady flight --
Airplane performance : accelerated flight --
The philosophy of airplane design --
Design of a propeller-driven airplane --
Design of jet-propelled airplanes.
Balancing technical material with important historical aspects of the invention and design of aeroplanes, this book develops aircraft performance techniques from first principles and applies them to real aeroplanes.
0070019711 (alk. paper)
98048481
Airplanes--Performance.
Airplanes--Design and construction.
TL671.4 / .A528 1999
629.1341 / A.J.A