Aircraft Instrumentation and Systems - Hardcover

S. Nagabhushana; L.K. Sudha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9380578350 ISBN 13: 9789380578354

Publisher: I K International Publishing House, 2010

Synopsis

Aircraft Instrumentation and Systems has the adequate coverage to deal generally the topics for undergraduate course on Aircraft Instrumentation. It covers: An introduction to aircraft instruments and systems, Air data systems and air data computers, Navigation systems, Gyroscopic flight instruments, Engine instruments, Electronics flight instrument systems, Safety and warning systems. Every effort has been done to update the contents of the book to the present-day technology used in modern transport category aircraft manufactured by Boeing and Airbus industry. The text is profusely illustrated with block diagrams, schematic diagrams and a number of tables and glossary. Review questions have been included at the end of the each chapter for practice and self-study.

The book is intended for teaching and study the topic for students of B.E., M.E. and students in Instrumentation Technology and Aircraft Engineering. It also introduces the subject to practising engineers and readers interested in aircraft instrumentation and to the flight crew.

Contents:

• Advanced Flight Instruments
• Engine Instruments-Power and Thrust
• Engine Fuel Indicators
• Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS)
• Aircraft Navigation Systems
• Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS)
• Airborne Radars
• Flight Management Systems (FMS)
• Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS/ATN) and Future Air Navigation (FAN)
• Black Boxes (Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight data Recorder)
• Aircraft Safety and warning Systems
• Electronic Warfare (EW)
• Appendices
• Index
  

About this title

About the Author:

S.Nagabhushana received his Ph.D from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1976, and he is a Fellow of Aeronautical Society of India. He has over 40 years of experience in research and development in the area of instrumentation and data systems, mostly at the National Aerospace Laboratories Bangalore, India. He was heading the aerospace electronics and systems division at N.A.L till 2002. Later he became professor and Head of the Department, Instrumentation Technology, at R.N. Shetty Institute of Technology (RNSIT) till 2007. Subsequently he became the formerly Professor and Head of Instrumentation Technology Department, Bangalore Institute of Technology (BIT), Bangalore till 2008. He participated in framing the new syllabus for V.T.U's instrumentation technology courses. He has taught aircraft instrumentation for B.E. degree students for several years both at RNSIT and B.I.T. He has over 40 publications in national and international journals. L.K.Sudha received her bachelor's degree in instrumentation (Distinction) from Kuvempu University in 1995. She got her M.Tech in electronics in 2002 from Visveswaraya Technological University. She is teaching faculty in Bangalore Institute of Technology, Bangalore. She is currently doing her Ph.D on nanaotechnology at Jawahar lal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad.

About this edition

• Publisher: I K International Publishing House
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 9380578350
• ISBN 13: 9789380578354
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 410