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Author Smetana, Frederick O., 1928-

Title Flight vehicle performance and aerodynamic control / Frederick O. Smetana
Published Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 359 pages) : illustrations
Series AIAA education series
AIAA education series.
Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Why Another Performance Book? -- The Included Software -- Chapter 1. Basic Nomenclature -- Chapter 2. The Atmosphere -- Chapter 3. Characteristics of Power Plants -- Chapter 4. Flight Vehicle Lift-Drag Characteristics -- Chapter 5. Equations of Motion -- Chapter 6. Determination of Aerodynamic Characteristics -- Chapter 7. Flight Vehicle Performance -- Chapter 8. Aerodynamic Control Forces and Static Stability -- Chapter 9. Flight Vehicle Aerodynamic Control
Appendix A. Pressure, Density, and Temperature Variations with AltitudeAppendix B. Octane Ratings -- Appendix C. Description and Use of Program TRAJECT -- Glossary -- References -- Subject Index
Summary Annotation "Flight Vehicle Performance and Aerodynamic Control is designed to serve as a text for either an 11-week or a 16-week course at the sophomore level. It explains typical methods used to estimate aircraft performance, the theoretical basis of these methods, and how various parameters derived from the aircraft geometry can be used to estimate the requirements of control surfaces and the aerodynamic forces required to actuate these surfaces. This book includes time-tested computer programs that perform the analyses in a manner that reduces student error and improves result accuracy. Because the source code is given, users with a FORTRAN compiler can modify the program to suit particular needs. The major advantage of the software is that more realistic problems may be treated and the effects of parametric programs are more accurate than calculators. The programs are available as executables for Windows machines as well as in ASCII source code versions that can be readily compiled and then executed on Unix, Linux, and Macintosh machines and on mainframes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-356) and index
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Subject Airplanes -- Performance.
Airplanes -- Control surfaces.
Aerodynamics.
aerodynamics.
Aerodynamics
Airplanes -- Control surfaces
Airplanes -- Performance
Flugzeugaerodynamik
Regelung
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2001022681
ISBN 9781600860577
1600860575
1563474638
9781563474637
9781600861857
1600861857