Flight dynamics /
Robert F. Stengel.
- 1 online resource (xviii, 845 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 818-829) and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Chapter One: Introduction; Preface; 1.1 ELEMENTS OF THE AIRPLANE ; Airframe Components; Propulsion Systems; 1.2 REPRESENTATIVE FLIGHT VEHICLES; Light General Aviation Aircraft; Variable-Stability Research Aircraft; Sailplane; Business Jet Aircraft; Turboprop Commuter Aircraft; Small Commercial Transport Aircraft; Large Commercial Transport Aircraft; Supersonic Transport Aircraft; Fighter/Attack Aircraft; Bomber Aircraft; Space Shuttle; Uninhabited Air Vehicle; 1.3 THE MECHANICS OF FLIGHT; REFERENCES; Chapter Two: Exploring the Flight Envelope. 2.1 THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHEREPressure, Density, and the Speed of Sound; Viscosity, Humidity, and Rain; Wind Fields and Atmospheric Turbulence; 2.2 KINEMATIC EQUATIONS; Translational Position and Velocity; Angular Orientation and Rate; Airflow Angles; Summary of Axis Systems and Transformations; 2.3 FORCES AND MOMENTS; Alternative Axis Systems; Aerodynamic Forces and Moments; 2.4 STATIC AERODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS; Lift; Drag; Pitching Moment; Side Force; Yawing Moment; Rolling Moment; Ground Effect; 2.5 THRUSTING CHARACTERISTICS OF AIRCRAFT POWERPLANTS; Propellers; Reciprocating Engines. Turboprop, Turbofan, and Turbojet EnginesRamjet and Scramjet Engines; General Thrust Models; 2.6 STEADY FLIGHT PERFORMANCE; Straight and Level Flight; Steady Flight Envelope; Cruising Range; Gliding Flight; Climbing Flight; Maneuvering Envelope; Steady Turning Flight; REFERENCES; Chapter Three: Dynamics of Aircraft Motion; 3.1 MOMENTUM AND ENERGY; Translational Momentum, Work, Energy, and Power; Energy-Changing Maneuvers; Angular Momentum and Energy; 3.2 DYNAMIC EQUATIONS FOR A FLAT EARTH; Rigid-Body Dynamic Equations; Scalar Equations for a Symmetric Aircraft; Alternative Frames of Reference. Inertial Reference FramesBody-Axis Reference Frames; Velocity- and Wind-Axis Reference Frames; Air-Mass-Relative Reference Frame; Direction Cosines and Quaternions; Acceleration Sensed at an Arbitrary Point; 3.3 DYNAMIC EQUATIONS FOR A ROUND, ROTATING EARTH; Geometry and Gravity Field of the Earth; Rigid-Body Dynamic Equations; 3.4 AERODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF ROTATIONAL AND UNSTEADY MOTION; Pitch-Rate Effects; Angle-of-Attack-Rate Effects; Yaw-Rate Effects; Roll-Rate Effects; Effects of Wind Shear and Wake Vortices; 3.5 AERODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF CONTROL; Elevators, Stabilators, Elevons, and Canards. RuddersAilerons; Spoilers and Wing Flaps; Other Control Devices; Isolated Control Surfaces; Trailing-Edge Flaps; 3.6 SOLUTION OF NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; Numerical Algorithms for Integration; Equations of Motion; Representation of Data; Trimmed Solution of the Equations of Motion; REFERENCES; Chapter Four: Methods of Analysis and Design ; 4.1 LOCAL LINEARIZATION OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; Stability and Control Derivatives; Incorporating Unsteady Aerodynamic Effects; Symmetric Aircraft in Wings-Level Flight; Longitudinal Equations of Motion; Lateral-Directional Equations of Motion.
Flight Dynamics takes a new approach to the science and mathematics of aircraft flight, unifying principles of aeronautics with contemporary systems analysis. While presenting traditional material that is critical to understanding aircraft motions, it does so in the context of modern computational tools and multivariable methods. Robert Stengel devotes particular attention to models and techniques that are appropriate for analysis, simulation, evaluation of flying qualities, and control system design. He establishes bridges to classical analysis and results, and explores new territory that w.