Aircraft Systems Classifications: A Handbook of Characteristics and Design Guidelines

Enables aerospace professionals to quickly and accurately reference key information about all types of aircraft systems

Aircraft Systems Classifications: A Handbook of Characteristics and Design Guidelines provides comprehensive information on aircraft systems delivered in a concise, direct, and standardized way, allowing readers to easily find the information they need. The book presents a full set of characteristics and requirements for all types of aircraft systems, including avionic, mission, and supporting ground systems, in a single volume. Readers can delve further into specific topics by referencing the detailed glossary and bibliography.

To aid in reader comprehension, each aircraft system is broken down according to various criteria, such as:

• Purpose, description, and safety
• Integration with other systems
• Key interfaces and design drivers
• Modeling and simulation
• Best practices and future trends

Written for aerospace professionals, researchers, and advanced students with some existing knowledge of the aircraft industry, this book allows readers to quickly reference information on every aspect of aircraft systems.

Allan Seabridge is a member of the BAE Systems Heritage Department at Warton and retired as Head of Flight Systems Engineering after a long career with BAE Systems. He has over 50 years' experience in aerospace systems engineering, business development, and research & development, working on major projects including Canberra, Jaguar, Tornado, EAP, Typhoon, and Nimrod. Since retiring he has developed an interest in engineering education leading to the design and delivery of systems and engineering courses at a number of UK universities at the undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Mohammad Radaei has a PhD from Cranfield University in aerospace engineering, specializing in avionics systems integration. He obtained a BSc in aeronautical engineering from Air University, and MSc in aerospace engineering from National University of Iran in Tehran. He also holds a commercial pilot's license. His research interests include aircraft systems design, avionics systems integration, systems architecting, aircraft and systems flight testing, applied mathematics, flight dynamics and control of manned and unmanned aircraft, as well as human machine interactions. He is currently lecturing in avionics systems at a number of universities.