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Fundamentals of aircraft and airship design. Volume 1, Aircraft design
- Author / Creator
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Details
- Creator
- Leland M. Nicolai, Grant E. Carichner
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2010
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (931 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781600867521, 1600867529, 9781613440469, 1613440464, 1600867510
- OCLC
- ocn922978856
- Rev. and expanded ed. of: Fundamentals of aircraft design / Leland M. Nicolai. 1975.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- 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