Mach 1 and Beyond: the Illustrated Guide to High-Speed Flight

Name: Mach 1 and Beyond: the Illustrated Guide to High-Speed Flight
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ISBN: 9780070520219

ISBN-10: 0070520216

ISBN-13: 9780070520219

Edition: 1994

Authors: Larry Reithmaier

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This compelling book opens up the world of high-speed flight to readers who do not have extensive technical backgrounds. Covering both subsonic and supersonic flight, it demystifies the world of high-speed aerodynamics, flight principles, gas turbine jets, and more. You'll learn why there are no supersonic airliners, what problems confront designers of 2,000-mph aircraft, and whether or not a hypersonic, or Mach 5, airplane is likely to be built.

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date: 8/22/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Larry Reithmaier is a retired mechanical engineer who, while at Rockwell International, helped design and develop the F2H, F3, F86H, F100, F101, and F4 jet fighters, the B-1B bomber, and Apollo and Skylab spacecrafts. The author of several technical books on aviation, he also wrote the Standard Aircraft Handbook for Mechanics and Technicians, Sixth Edition; the Aviation and Space Dictionary; Mach I and Beyond; Private Pilot's Guide; and Aircraft Repair Manual.



Preface



Introduction



The atmosphere


The standard atmosphere


The real atmosphere


Air as fluid


Airspeed measurement



The basic airplane



Aerodynamic concepts for high-speed flight


Lift


Drag


Effects of high-speed flight


Speed of sound, aircraft velocity, and Mach number


Compressibility drag, wave drag, and transonic flight


Supersonic flight


Performance


Straight and level flight


Sonic boom


Hypersonic flight



The high-speed airplane at low speeds


Lift of a wing


Development of lift by a wing


Slowing down the high-speed airplane



The jet engine (gas turbine engine)


Development of the gas turbine engine


The basic jet engine


How a turbojet operates


Types of gas turbine engines


The gas turbine


Basic engine components and their operation


Compressor stall


Combustors


Turbines


The high-bypass turbofan engine


Aircraft engines for short takeoff and vertical takeoff and landing


Thrust reversers


Air inlet duct


Jet fuels


Engine instrumentation and controls


Typical gas turbine engines



Stability and control


Stability characteristics



Trade-offs for design


Compressibility


Typical supersonic flow patterns


Airfoil sections in supersonic flow


Configuration effects


Characteristics of transonic flight


Characteristics of supersonic flight


Transonic and supersonic configurations


Aerodynamic heating



Supersonic transports


High-speed civil transport


Conclusion



Beyond supersonic toward hypersonic flight


Lifting bodies--the shape of hypersonics


Propulsion systems


Temperature environment


Materials selection criteria


Structural design requirements


Interior environment requirements


Structural concepts


Structural configuration


National Aero Space Plane (NASP)


Judgment



Quest for the fuel-efficient airliner


Benefits of airframe-related technologies


Composite structures


Active controls/control-configured vehicles


Longitudinal stability augmentation


Aerodynamic improvements


Propulsion system improvements


Appendices



High-speed airplanes



Development of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird



Evolution of Lockheed's SST design


Glossary


Bibliography


Index