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Conceptual aircraft design : an industrial approach
Title
Conceptual aircraft design : an industrial approach / Ajoy Kumar Kundu, Mark A Price, David Riordan.
ISBN
1119500265
1119500273
9781119500261
9781119500278
9781119500285
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019.
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
1 online resource.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 14, 2019).
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Summary
"Textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to aircraft design with an industrial perspective - Includes worked out design examples for several different classes of aircraft, including Learjet 45, Tucano Turboprop Trainer, BAe Hawk, Airbus A320 - Includes a chapter on electric aircraft design - Includes a full range of industry standard aircraft sizing analyses - Considers performance substantiation and compliance to certification requirements and market specifications of take-off/landing field lengths, initial climb/high speed cruise, turning capability and payload/range - Discusses the military requirements covering some aspects of combat Market description: Primary: Senior undergraduate and graduate students in aerospace engineering. Secondary: Engineers in aerospace industry"-- Provided by publisher.
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Other formats
Print version: Kundu, Ajoy Kumar, 1934- Conceptual aircraft design. First edition. Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2019
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 08, 2024
Series
Aerospace series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Road map of the book
PART I: Prerequisites
Introduction
Aircraft familiarity, aircraft design process, market study
Aerodynamic fundamentals, definitions and aerofoils
Wings
Bodies-fuselages, nacelle pods, intakes and the associated systems
Empennage and other planar surfaces
Aircraft statistics, configuration choices and layout
PART II: Aircraft design
Configuring aircraft-concept definition
Undercarriage
Aircraft weight and centre of gravity estimation
Aircraft drag
Aircraft power plant and integration
Aircraft power plant performance
Aircraft sizing, engine matching and variant derivatives
Aircraft performance
Aircraft cost considerations
PART III: Further design considerations
Aircraft load
Stability considerations affecting aircraft design
Materials and structures
Aircraft manufacturing considerations
Miscellaneous design considerations
Aircraft systems
Computational fluid dynamics
Electric aircraft
Appendix A: Conversions and important equations
Appendix B: International standard atmosphere table data from hydrostatic equations
Appendix C: Fundamental equations (see table of contents for symbols and nomenclature)
Appendix D: Some case studies-aircraft data
Appendix E: Aerofoil data
Appendix F: Wheels and tyres
Index
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