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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465014803321

Autore

Nicolai Leland M (Leland Malcolm)

Titolo

Fundamentals of aircraft and airship design . Volume 1 Aircraft design [[electronic resource] /] / Leland M. Nicolai, Grant E. Carichner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Va., : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2010

ISBN

1-60086-752-9

1-61344-046-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (931 p.)

Collana

AIAA educational series

Altri autori (Persone)

CarichnerGrant

NicolaiLeland M (Leland Malcolm)

Disciplina

629.134/1

Soggetti

Airplanes - Design and construction - History

Airships - Design and construction - History

Aeronautics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. and expanded ed. of: Fundamentals of aircraft design / Leland M. Nicolai. 1975.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; FOREWORD; CONTENTS; LIST OF COLOR PLATES; PREFACE; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Review of Practical Aerodynamics; Chapter 3: Aircraft Performance Methods; Chapter 4: Aircraft Operating Envelope; Chapter 5: Preliminary Estimate of Takeoff Weight; Chapter 6: Estimating theTakeoff Wing Loading; Chapter 7: Selecting the Planform and Airfoil Section; Chapter 8: Preliminary Fuselage Sizing and Design; Chapter 9: High-Lift Devices; Chapter 10: Takeoff and Landing Analysis; Chapter 11: Preliminary Sizing of the Vertical and Horizontal Tails

Chapter 12: Designing for Survivability (Stealth)Chapter 13: Estimating Wing-Body Aerodynamics; Chapter 14: Propulsion System Fundamentals; Chapter 15: Turbine Engine Inlet Design; Chapter 16: Corrections forTurbine Engine Installation; Chapter 17: Propeller Propulsion Systems; Chapter 18: Propulsion System Thrust Sizing; Chapter 19: Structures and Materials; Chapter 20: Refined Weight Estimate; Chapter 21 Static Stability and Control; Chapter 22: Trim Drag and Maneuvering Flight; Chapter 23: Control Surface Sizing Criteria;



Chapter 24: Life Cycle Cost; Chapter 25: Trade Studies and Sizing

Appendix A: ConversionsAppendix B: Atmospheric Data; Appendix C: Isentropic Compressible Flow Functions; Appendix D: Normal Shock Functions for a Perfect Gas; Appendix E: Plane Oblique and Conical Shocks; Appendix F: NACA Airfoil Nomenclature and Data; Appendix G: Aerodynamic Data of Real Aircraft; Appendix H: Aerodynamics of Wing-Body Combinations; Appendix I: Aircraft Weights Data; Appendix J: Propulsion Data; Appendix K: Miscellaneous Data; INDEX; SUPPORTING MATERIALS