TY - BOOK AU - Anderson,John David TI - Aircraft performance and design SN - 0070019711 (alk. paper) AV - TL671.4 .A528 1999 U1 - 629.1341 21 PY - 2010/// CY - New Delhi PB - Tata McGraw-Hill KW - Airplanes KW - Performance KW - Design and construction N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh023/98048481.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh022/98048481.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/98048481-b.html ER -