Performance, Stability, Dynamics, and Control of Airplanes, Third Edition (AIAA Education Series) - Hardcover

Bandu N. Pamadi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1624102743 ISBN 13: 9781624102745

Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast, 2015

Synopsis

A comprehensive and integrated exposure to airplane performance, stability, dynamics, and flight control featuring basic aerodynamics, dynamics, and linear control systems. Chapters 1 through 3 present basic principles of aerodynamics, aircraft performance, and static equilibrium and control in steady flight. Chapter 4 deals with aircraft dynamics and decoupled equations for longitudinal and lateral motion, and it introduces the concept of stability derivatives. Chapter 5 discusses design of stability augmentation systems and autopilots. Chapter 6 discusses aircraft response and methods of closed-loop control of aircraft, while Chapters 7 and 8 discuss problems of inertial coupling, aircraft spin, and high angle of attack. The third edition features updates throughout along with a new chapter 9 on stability, control issues, and challenges of unmanned aerial vehicles.

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About the Author

Bandu N. Pamadi is a senior aerospace engineer at NASA Langley Research Center. He was a German academic exchange fellow at the University of Stuttgart from 1973-1975 and an NRC-NASA Research Associate at NASA Langley from 1981-1983. Before returning to NASA Langley in 1986, he was a professor of aeronautical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He holds degrees from Karnatak University, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Edition details

• Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1624102743
• ISBN 13: 9781624102745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 708
• Editor: Bandu N. Pamadi