Aircraft Design Concepts - An Introductory Course

Aircraft Design Concepts: An Introductory Course introduces the principles of aircraft design through a quantitative approach developed from the author's extensive teaching experience. Building on prerequisite courses, the text develops basic design skills and methodologies, while also explaining the underlying physics.

List of contents

1. Introduction. 2. Aerodynamic Review. 3. Propeller Analysis. 4. Flying Wing (or Tailless Airplanes). 5. Canard Airplanes and Biplanes. 6. Flight Dynamics. 7. Performance. 8. Balloons and Airships. Appendix A. Multhropp Body-Moment Equation. Appendix B. Alternative Swept-Wing Analysis. Appendix C. Rigid-Body Equations of Motion. Appendix D. Apparent-Mass Effects. Appendix E. Lift of Finite Wings Due to Oscillatory Plunging Acceleration.

About the author

James DeLaurier has worked as an aerospace engineer, consultant, and professor. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and has worked at McDonnell Aircraft, the NASA Ames Research Center, the Sheldahl Corporation, and the Battelle Memorial Foundation. Until his retirement in 2006, Dr. DeLaurier was a professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Toronto. His specialties include aircraft design, lighter-than-air aerial vehicles, flapping-wing flying machines, and remote-piloted/microwave-powered aircraft.

Product details

• Authors: James Delaurier
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032111049
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3211104-9
• No. of pages: 565
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical, Technical design, Fluid mechanics, Aerospace & aviation technology, Aerospace and aviation technology, Physics: Fluid mechanics