Aircraft Performance
Saarlas, Maido
Aircraft Performance - New Delhi Wiley India 2007 - 282p.
1 The General Performance Problem.
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Performance Characteristics.
1.3 The Approach.
2 Equations of Motion.
2.1 General Information.
2.2 The Energy Approach.
3 The Basics.
3.1 Fundamental Performance Equation.
3.2 Stalling Speed.
3.3 Maximum Velocity and Ceiling.
3.4 Gliding Flight.
4 Climbing Flight.
4.1 General.
4.2 Rate of Climb, Climb Angle.
4.3 Time to Climb.
4.4 Other Methods.
5 Range and Endurance.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Approximate, But Most Used, Methods.
5.3 Range Integration Method.
5.4 Other Considerations.
5.5 Endurance.
5.6 Additional Range and Endurance Topics.
6 Nonsteady Flight in the Vertical Plane.
6.1 Take-off and Landing.
6.2 Take-off Analysis.
6.3 Landing.
6.4 Accelerating Flight.
7 Maneuvering Flight.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Turns in Vertical Plane: Pull-Ups or Push-Overs.
7.3 V--n Diagram.
7.4 Turning Flight in Horizontal Plane.
7.5 Maximum Sustained Turning Performance.
7.6 The Maneuvering Diagram.
7.7 Spiral Flight.
8 Additional Topics.
8.1 Constraint Plot.
8.2 Energy Methods.
A Properties of Standard Atmosphere.
B On the Drag Coefficient.
C Selected Aircraft Data.
D Thrust Data for Performance Calculations.
E Some Useful Conversion Factors.
Index.
9788126537815
Water, air, space transportation
387.73 SAA-A
Aircraft Performance - New Delhi Wiley India 2007 - 282p.
1 The General Performance Problem.
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Performance Characteristics.
1.3 The Approach.
2 Equations of Motion.
2.1 General Information.
2.2 The Energy Approach.
3 The Basics.
3.1 Fundamental Performance Equation.
3.2 Stalling Speed.
3.3 Maximum Velocity and Ceiling.
3.4 Gliding Flight.
4 Climbing Flight.
4.1 General.
4.2 Rate of Climb, Climb Angle.
4.3 Time to Climb.
4.4 Other Methods.
5 Range and Endurance.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Approximate, But Most Used, Methods.
5.3 Range Integration Method.
5.4 Other Considerations.
5.5 Endurance.
5.6 Additional Range and Endurance Topics.
6 Nonsteady Flight in the Vertical Plane.
6.1 Take-off and Landing.
6.2 Take-off Analysis.
6.3 Landing.
6.4 Accelerating Flight.
7 Maneuvering Flight.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Turns in Vertical Plane: Pull-Ups or Push-Overs.
7.3 V--n Diagram.
7.4 Turning Flight in Horizontal Plane.
7.5 Maximum Sustained Turning Performance.
7.6 The Maneuvering Diagram.
7.7 Spiral Flight.
8 Additional Topics.
8.1 Constraint Plot.
8.2 Energy Methods.
A Properties of Standard Atmosphere.
B On the Drag Coefficient.
C Selected Aircraft Data.
D Thrust Data for Performance Calculations.
E Some Useful Conversion Factors.
Index.
9788126537815
Water, air, space transportation
387.73 SAA-A