Aircraft Performance & Design (Int'l Ed) - Softcover

Anderson, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071160108 ISBN 13: 9780071160100

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1999

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From the Publisher:

Written in a conversational style, with lots of motivating historical insight.
Emphasizes both the philosophy and methodology of design and integrates aircraft performance and design into one text.
Analytical and graphical presentations are introduced after a review of aerodynamic and propulsion fundamentals.
Balances technical material with important historical aspects of the invention and design of airplanes.

About the Author:

John D. Anderson, Jr., was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on October 1, 1937. He attended the University of Florida, graduating in 1959 with high honors and a Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering Degree. From 1959 to 1962, he was a Lieutenant and Task Scientist at the Aerospace Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. From 1962 to 1966, he attended the Ohio State University under the National Science Foundation and NASA Fellowships, graduating with a PhD in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. In 1966, he joined the U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory as Chief of the Hypersonics Group. In 1973, he became Chairman of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland, and since 1980 has been Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland. In 1982, he was designated a Distinguished Scholar/Teacher by the University. During 19861987, while on sabbatical from the University, Dr. Anderson occupied the Charles Lindbergh Chair at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. He continued with the Air and Space Museum one day each week as their Special Assistant for Aerodynamics, doing research and writing on the History of Aerodynamics. In addition to his position as Professor of Aerospace Engineering, in 1993, he was made a full faculty member of the Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science and in 1996 an affiliate member of the History Department at the University of Maryland. In 1996, he became the Glenn L. Martin Distinguished Professor for Education in Aerospace Engineering. In 1999, he retired from the University of Maryland and was appointed Professor Emeritus. He is currently the Curator for Aerodynamics at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0071160108
• ISBN 13: 9780071160100
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512