Airplane Stability and Control - A History of the Technologies that Made Aviation Possible

From early machines to today's sophisticated aircraft, stability and control have always been crucial considerations in aircraft design. This new edition includes new insights of those active in the field, from pre-Wright airplane builders through to contemporary aircraft designers. Professionals, students, and enthusiasts will appreciate this history of the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Early developments in stability and control; 2. Research centers and texts; 3. Flying qualities becomes a science; 4. Power effects on stability and control; 5. Managing control forces; 6. Stability and control at the design stage; 7. The jets at an awkward age; 8. The discovery of inertial coupling; 9. Spinning and recovery; 10. Tactical airplane maneuverability; 11. High mach number difficulties; 12. Naval aircraft problems; 13. Ultra-light and human-powered airplanes; 14. Fuel slosh, deep stall, and more; 15. Safe personal airplanes; 16. Stability and control issues with variable sweep; 17. Modern canard configurations; 18. Evolution of the equations of motion; 19. The elastic airplane; 20. Stability augmentation; 21. Flying qualities research moves with the times; 22. Challenge of stealth aerodynamics; 23. Very large aircraft; 24. Work still to be done; Short biographies of some stability and control figures; References and core bibliography.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Malcolm Abzug, Malcolm J. Abzug, E. Eugene Larrabee
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 23.09.2002
• EAN: 9780521809924
• ISBN: 978-0-521-80992-4
• Abmessung: 182 mm x 262 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Cambridge Aerospace
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Technik > Sonstiges; Schule und Lernen > Unterrichtsvorbereitung > Berufliche Bildung