Flight Performance of Fixed and Rotary Wing Aircraft

More comprehensive than any other title, this is the complete text and reference for aerospace professionals

Antonio Filippone (Author)

9780750668170, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 10 May 2006

600 pages, Approx. 150 illustrations
24.6 x 18.7 x 3.3 cm, 1.28 kg

Calculation and optimisation of flight performance is required to design or select new aircraft, efficiently operate existing aircraft, and upgrade aircraft. It provides critical data for aircraft certification, accident investigation, fleet management, flight regulations and safety. This book presents an unrivalled range of advanced flight performance models for both transport and military aircraft, including the unconventional ends of the envelopes. Topics covered include the numerical solution of supersonic acceleration, transient roll, optimal climb of propeller aircraft, propeller performance, long-range flight with en-route stop, fuel planning, zero-gravity flight in the atmosphere, VSTOL operations, ski jump from aircraft carrier, optimal flight paths at subsonic and supersonic speed, range-payload analysis of fixed- and rotary wing aircraft, performance of tandem helicopters, lower-bound noise estimation, sonic boom, and more.This book will be a valuable text for undergraduate and post-graduate level students of aerospace engineering. It will also be an essential reference and resource for practicing aircraft engineers, aircraft operations managers and organizations handling air traffic control, flight and flying regulations, standards, safety, environment, and the complex financial aspects of flying aircraft.

Introduction
The aircraft and its environment
Weight performance
Aerodynamic performance
Engine performance
Flight envelopes
Take-off and landing
Climb and gliding
Cruise performance
Maneuvre performance
Rotocraft performance
Rotorcraft in vertical flight
Rotorcraft in forward flight
Rotorcraft manoeuvre
Rotorcraft mission analysis
V/STOL performances
Noise performance
Appendices: Aircraft models, Noise data, Selected simulation programs

Subject Areas: Aerospace & aviation technology [TRP], Aviation manufacturing industry [KNDV]