Aircraft flight mechanics

About: Aircraft flight mechanics is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2356 publications have been published within this topic receiving 30852 citations.

Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach

Abstract: * Design - A Separate Discipline * Overview of the Design Process * Sizing from a Conceptual Sketch * Airfoil and Geometry Selection * Thrust-to-Weight Ratio and Wing Loading * Initial Sizing * Configuration Layout and Loft * Special Considerations in Configuration Layout * Crew Station, Passengers, and Payload * Propulsion and Fuel System Integration * Landing Gear and Subsystems * Intermission: Step-by-Step Development of a New Design * Aerodynamics * Propulsion * Structures and Loads * Weights * Stability, Control, and Handling Qualities * Performance and Flight Mechanics * Cost Analysis * Sizing and Trade Studies * Design of Unique Aircraft Concepts * Conceptual Design Examples * Appendix A: Unit Conversion * Appendix B: Standard Atmosphere.

Aerodynamics, Aeronautics, and Flight Mechanics

Abstract: Fluid Mechanics Lift Drag Lift and Drag at High Mach Numbers The Production of Thrust Airplane Performance Helicopters and V/STOL Aircraft Static Stability and Control Open-Loop Dynamic Stability and Control Controlled Motion and Automatic Stability.

Introduction to Aircraft Aeroelasticity and Loads

Abstract: Preface. Introduction. Abbreviations. Part I: Background Material. 1. Vibration of Single Degree of Freedom Systems. 2. Vibration of Multiple Degree of Freedom Systems. 3. Vibration of Continuous Systems - Assumed Shapes Approach. 4. Vibration of Continuous Systems - Discretization Approach. 5. Introduction to Steady Aerodynamics. 6. Introduction to Loads. 7. Introduction to Control. Part II: Introduction to Aeroelasticity and Loads. 8. Static Aeroelasticity - Effect of Wing Flexibility on Lift Distribution and Divergence. 9. Static Aeroelasticity - Effect of Wing Flexibility on Control Effectiveness. 10. Introduction to Unsteady Aerodynamics. 11. Dynamic Aeroelasticity - Flutter. 12. Aeroservoelasticity. 13. Equilibrium Manoeuvres. 14. Flight Mechanics Model for Dynamic Manoeuvres. 15. Dynamic Manoeuvres. 16. Gust and turbulence Encounters. 17. Ground Manoeuvres. 18. Aircraft Internal Loads. 19. Potential Flow Aerodynamics. 20. Coupling of Structural and Aerodynamic Computational Models. Part III: Introduction to Industrial Practice. 21. Aircraft Design and Certification. 22. Aeroelasticity and Loads Models. 23. Static Aeroelasticity and Flutter. 24. Flight Manoeuvre and Gust/Turbulence Loads. 25. Ground Manoeuvre Loads. 26. Testing relevant to Aeroelasticity and Loads. Appendices. A. Aircraft Rigid Body Modes. B. Table of Longitudinal Aerodynamic Derivatives. C. Aircraft Symmetric Flexible Modes. D. Model Condensation. E. Aerodynamic Derivatives in body Fixed Axes. F. Aircraft Antisymmetric Flexible Modes. References. Index. Programs Accessible (on the Companion Website) via the Internet. G. MATLAB/SIMULINK Programs for Vibration. H. MATLAB/SIMULINK Programs for Flutter. I. MATLAB/SIMULINK Programs for Flight/Ground Manoeuvres and Gust/Turbulence Encounters.

Modelling the Flying Bird

Abstract: This book outlines the principles of flight, of birds in particular. It describes a way of simplifying the mechanics of flight into a practical computer program, which will predict in some detail what any bird, real or hypothetical, can and cannot do. The Flight program, presented on the companion website, generates performance curves for flapping and gliding flight, and simulations of long-distance migration and accounts successfully for the consumption of muscles and other tissues during migratory flights. The program is effectively a working model of a flying bird (or bat or pterosaur) and is the skeleton around which the book is built. The book provides a wider background and then explains how Flight works and shows how to set up and test hypotheses generated by the program. The book and the program are based on adapting the conventional (and well-tested) thinking of aeronautical engineers to the biological problems of bird flight. Their primary aim is to convince biologists that this is the appropriate way to handle problems that involve flight, to make the engineering background accessible to biologists, and to provide a tool kit in the shape of the Flight program, which they can use to solve practical problems involving bird flight and migration. In addition, the book will be readily accessible to engineers who want to know how birds work, and should be of interest to the ever-growing community working on flapping 'micro air vehicles' (MAVs). The program can be used to predict the flight performance and capabilities of reconstructed fossil birds and pterosaurs, flying in ancient atmospheres that differ from present conditions, and also, of course, to predict and account for the results of experiments and observations on living birds and bats. This is an up-to-date work by the world's leading expert on bird flight. It examines the biology and biomechanics of bird flight with added reference to the flight of bats and pterosaurs. It uses proven aeronautical principles to help solve biological issues in understanding and predicting the flight capabilities of birds and other vertebrates. It provides insights into the evolution of flight and the likely capabilities of extinct birds and reptiles. It gives a detailed explanation of the science behind, and use of, the author's predictive bird flight simulation program - Flight - which is available on a companion website. It presents often difficult concepts in easily understood language.