Aircraft Performance and Sizing, Volume II
Applied Aerodynamic Design

Timothy Takahashi (Author)

9781606509456

Paperback / softback, published 15 December 2017

274 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.395 kg

This book is a concise practical treatise for the student or experienced professional aircraft designer.

This volume comprises key applied subjects for performance based aircraft design: systems engineering principles; aircraft mass properties estimation; the aerodynamic design of transonic wings; aircraft stability and control; takeoff and landing runway performance.

This book may serve as a textbook for an undergraduate aircraft design course or as a reference for the classically trained practicing engineer.