Aircraft Performance and Sizing, Volume I : Fundamentals of Aircraft Performance.

Cover -- AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND SIZING, VOLUME I: FUNDAMENTALS OF AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 DEFINING A CLEAN-SHEET DESIGN -- 1.2 AIRCRAFT PURPOSE-THE EXPLICIT REQUIREMENTS -- 1.3 CERTIFICATION-THE IMPLIED REQUIREMENTS -- CHAPTER 2: FLIGHT MECHANICS BASICS -- 2.1 REFERENCE UNITS -- 2.2 COORDINATE FRAMES -- 2.3 STANDARD ATMOSPHERE -- 2.4 HOW PILOTS ACTUALLY FLY AIRPLANES -- CHAPTER 3: PROPULSION SYSTEM DESIGN DRIVERS AND PERFORMANCE -- 3.1 GAS TURBINE FUNDAMENTALS -- 3.2 CALCULATING THRUST AND FUEL FLOW -- 3.3 PROPULSION SYSTEM COMPONENTS AND DESIGN DRIVERS -- 3.4 EXAMPLE ENGINE PERFORMANCE DATA -- CHAPTER 4: AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS FUNDAMENTALS-LIFT AND DRAG -- 4.1 FULL CONFIGURATION DRAG ESTIMATION -- 4.2 ZERO-LIFT DRAG AT INCOMPRESSIBLE SPEEDS -- 4.3 ZERO-LIFT DRAG DUE TO COMPRESSIBILITY -- 4.4 DRAG DUE TO LIFT AT INCOMPRESSIBLE SPEEDS -- 4.5 DRAG DUE TO LIFT ARISING FROM COMPRESSIBILITY -- 4.6 "CRUD DRAG"-THE DRAG OF REAL VERSUS IDEALIZED AEROSTRUCTURES -- 4.7 MAXIMUM LIFT COEFFICIENT/BUFFET BOUNDARY -- 4.8 ANGLE OF ATTACK -- 4.9 TAKE-OFF, APPROACH, AND LANDING AERODYNAMICS -- CHAPTER 5: KINEMATIC "POINT-PERFORMANCE" PRINCIPLES -- 5.1 STANDARD ATMOSPHERE REVISITED -- 5.2 COMPUTING STALL SPEED -- 5.3 MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE FLIGHT SPEEDS -- 5.4 THE ENERGY-MANEUVERABILITY SKYMAP PLOT -- 5.5 INFERRING LIFT AND DRAG IN AN E-M PLOT -- 5.6 AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY (L/D) AND PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY (M(L/D)) -- 5.7 DIMENSIONALIZING DRAG -- 5.8 PROPULSIVE PERFORMANCE -- 5.9 SPECIFIC EXCESS THRUST AND LINEAR ACCELERATION CAPABILITY -- 5.10 SPECIFIC EXCESS POWER, RATE OF CLIMB (R.O.C.), AND CEILING -- 5.11 SPECIFIC RANGE -- 5.12 LOITER -- 5.13 INDUCED DRAG FRACTION OF TOTAL DRAG FOR LEVEL FLIGHT LIMITED BY AERODYNAMICS AND PROPULSION.

5.14 MAXIMUM LOAD FACTOR, INSTANTANEOUS TURN RATE AND STALL SPEED RATIO -- 5.15 COMBAT AGILITY-MAXIMUM SUSTAINED TURN RATE -- CHAPTER 6: MISSION PERFORMANCE PRINCIPLES -- 6.1 BREGUET RANGE EQUATION -- 6.2 TIME-STEP INTEGRATING SIMULATIONS -- 6.3 CREATING MISSIONS USING A MISSION SIMULATION CODE -- 6.4 OBSERVATIONS EXAMINING THE OUTPUT OF A MISSION SIMULATION CODE -- 6.5 CREATING TRADE STUDIES USING A MISSION SIMULATION CODE -- 6.6 CREATING PAYLOAD/RANGE CHARTS USING A MISSION SIMULATION CODE -- INDEX -- Ad Page -- Back Cover.

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