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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150241503321

Autore

Barnard R. H.

Titolo

Aircraft flight : a description of the physical principles of aircraft flight / / R. H. Barnard, D. R. Philpott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , 2010

ISBN

1-282-52997-8

9786612529979

0-273-73099-1

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

629.1323

Soggetti

Aerodynamics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Aircraft Flight -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Lift -- Wings -- The boundary layerand its control -- Drag -- High speed flow -- Thrust and propulsion -- Performance -- Supersonic aircraft -- Transonic aircraft -- Aircraft control -- Static stability -- Dynamic stability -- Take-off and landing -- Structural influences -- Appendix Some Aerofoil Characteristics -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Aircraft Flight provides accurate physical, rather than mathematical, descriptions of the principles of aircraft flight. This popular text gives mechanical engineering and aeronautical engineering students a useful introduction to the subject. The fourth edition has been updated to include important recent developments such as unmanned air vehicles and the low orbit space-plane.