Название: Aircraft Performance: An Engineering Approach, 2nd Edition
Автор: Mohammad H. Sadraey
Издательство: CRC Press
Год: 2024
Страниц: 693
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 21.7 MB
Aircraft Performance: An Engineering Approach, Second Edition introduces flight performance analysis techniques of fixed-wing air vehicles, particularly heavier-than-aircraft. It covers maximum speed, absolute ceiling, rate of climb, range, endurance, turn performance, and takeoff run. Enabling the reader to analyze the performance and flight capabilities of an aircraft by utilizing only the aircraft weight data, geometry, and engine characteristics, this book covers the flight performance analysis for both propeller-driven and jet aircraft. The second edition features new content on vertical takeoff and landing, UAV launch, UAV recovery, use of rocket engine as the main engine, range for electric aircraft, electric engine, endurance for electric aircraft, gliding flight, pull-up, and climb-turn. In addition, this book includes end-of-chapter problems, MATLAB code and examples, and case studies to enhance and reinforce student understanding. The performance of a military airplane is of high importance, since in an aerial mission, the fighter aircraft that has a high performance will always fulfill the mission’s purpose and will win a fight. The result of an air fight depends not only on aircraft weight, configuration, cost, pilot experience, and so on but also on its capabilities, that is, flight performance. This book presents techniques and methods that enable the reader to analyze the performance and flight capabilities of an aircraft by utilizing only aircraft weight data, geometry, aerodynamic characteristics, and engine data.