Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering) - Softcover

Etkin, Bernard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486445224 ISBN 13: 9780486445229

Publisher: Dover Publications, 2005

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486445224
• ISBN 13: 9780486445229
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608