Advanced Aircraft Flight Performance

This unique book deals with the aeroplane at several levels and aims to simulate its flight performance using computer software.

Antonio Filippone (Author)

9781107024007, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 17 December 2012

664 pages, 337 b/w illus. 69 tables
25.7 x 18 x 3.6 cm, 1.3 kg

'The book represents a useful reference for practising performance engineers and it would be a good starting point for anyone tasked with carrying out a performance analysis of an aircraft …' The Aeronautical Journal

This book discusses aircraft flight performance, focusing on commercial aircraft but also considering examples of high-performance military aircraft. The framework is a multidisciplinary engineering analysis, fully supported by flight simulation, with software validation at several levels. The book covers topics such as geometrical configurations, configuration aerodynamics and determination of aerodynamic derivatives, weight engineering, propulsion systems (gas turbine engines and propellers), aircraft trim, flight envelopes, mission analysis, trajectory optimisation, aircraft noise, noise trajectories and analysis of environmental performance. A unique feature of this book is the discussion and analysis of the environmental performance of the aircraft, focusing on topics such as aircraft noise and carbon dioxide emissions.

1. Prolegomena
2. Aircraft models
3. Weight and balance performance
4. Aerodynamic performance
5. Engine performance
6. Propeller performance
7. Aeroplane trim
8. Flight envelopes
9. Take-off and field performance
10. Climb performance
11. Descent and landing performance
12. Cruise performance
13. Manoeuvre performance
14. Thermo-structural performance
15. Mission analysis
16. Aircraft noise: noise sources
17. Aircraft noise: propagation
18. Aircraft noise: flight trajectories
19. Environmental performance
20. Epilogue.

Subject Areas: Aircraft: general interest [WGM], Aerospace & aviation technology [TRP], Transport technology & trades [TR], Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Optimization [PBU]