Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, Seventh Edition

Daniel P. Raymer

ISBN 10: 162410715X / ISBN 13: 9781624107153

Published by American Institute of Aeronautic, 2024

Seller Inventory # mon0003981663

Synopsis:

Winner of the AIAA Summerfield Book Award and the Aviation/Space Writers Association Award of Excellence, this best-selling textbook presents the entire process of aircraft conceptual design-from requirements definition to initial sizing, configuration layout, analysis, sizing, optimization, and trade studies. Widely used in industry and government aircraft design groups, Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach is also the design text at major universities around the world. A virtual encyclopedia of engineering, it is known for its completeness, easy-to-read style, and real-world approach to the process of design. In this seventh edition Dan Raymer has expanded and updated his presentation of fast-moving technologies, added new sub-sections on low Reynolds number flight and Mars aircraft, and comprehensively refreshed and supplemented graphs and illustrations. This encyclopedic book covers every topic necessary to the understanding of aircraft design. Preliminary sizing, aerodynamics, structures, stability and control, propulsion, configuration layout, performance, cost analysis, and much more are all presented starting from first principles and building to a set of tools allowing the reader to actually do a realistic job of aircraft conceptual design. All topics are presented from the point of view of the aircraft designer, not the specialist in any given topic area. After 19 chapters detailing the way to design “normal” aircraft, Raymer concludes with four more chapters describing the design of more-exotic flight vehicles including electric aircraft, helicopters, vertical takeoff jets, hypersonic aircraft, launch vehicles, airships, flying wings, forward-swept wings, asymmetric airplanes, and much more. Enjoy!

About the Author: AIAA Fellow DAN RAYMERis a world-renowned expert in aerospace vehicle design. President of Conceptual Research Corporation, he received the 2010 AIAA Aircraft Design Award; the AIAA Summerfield Book Award; the Rockwell Engineer of the Year award; and the Purdue University Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Award. Dr. Raymer received B.S. and M.S. engineering degrees in Astronautics and Aeronautics from Purdue, an MBA from the University of Southern California, and a Doctorate of Engineering (Ph.D.) from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, ...
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautic
Publication Date: 2024
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Very Good