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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Overview of Aerodynamics | |
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| Introduction and Notation | |
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| Fluid Statics and the Atmosphere | |
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| The Boundary Layer Concept | |
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| Inviscid Aerodynamics | |
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| Review of Elementary Potential Flows | |
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| Incompressible Flow over Airfoils | |
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| Trailing-Edge Flaps and Section Flap Effectiveness | |
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| Incompressible Flow over Finite Wings | |
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| Flow over Multiple Lifting Surfaces | |
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| Wing Stall and Maximum Lift Coefficient | |
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| Wing Aerodynamic Center and Pitching Moment | |
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| Inviscid Compressible Aerodynamics | |
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| Compressible Subsonic Flow | |
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| Supersonic Flow | |
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| Problems | |
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| Overview of Propulsion | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Propeller | |
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| Propeller Blade Theory | |
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| Propeller Momentum Theory | |
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| Off-Axis Forces and Moments Developed by a Propeller | |
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| Turbojet Engines: The Thrust Equation | |
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| Turbojet Engines: Cycle Analysis | |
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| The Turbojet Engine with Afterburner | |
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| Turbofan Engines | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Problems | |
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| Aircraft Performance | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Thrust Required | |
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| Power Required | |
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| Rate of Climb and Power Available | |
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| Fuel Consumption and Endurance | |
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| Fuel Consumption and Range | |
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| Power Failure and Gliding Flight | |
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| Airspeed, Wing Loading, and Stall | |
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| The Steady Coordinated Turn | |
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| Takeoff and Landing Performance | |
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| Accelerating Climb and Balanced Field Length | |
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| Problems | |
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| Longitudinal Static Stability and Trim | |
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| Fundamentals of Static Equilibrium and Stability | |
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| Pitch Stability of a Cambered Wing | |
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| Simplified Pitch Stability Analysis for a Wing-Tail Combination | |
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| Stick-Fixed Neutral Point and Static Margin | |
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| Estimating the Downwash Angle on an Aft Tail | |
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| Simplified Pitch Stability Analysis for a Wing-Canard Combination | |
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| Effects of Drag and Vertical Offset | |
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| Effects of Nonlinearities on the Aerodynamic Center | |
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| Effect of the Fuselage, Nacelles, and External Stores | |
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| Contribution of Running Propellers | |
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| Contribution of Jet Engines | |
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| Problems | |
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| Lateral Static Stability and Trim | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Yaw Stability and Trim | |
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| Estimating the Sidewash Gradient on a Vertical Tail | |
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| Estimating the Lift Slope for a Vertical Tail | |
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| Effects of Tail Dihedral on Yaw Stability | |
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| Roll Stability and Dihedral Effect | |
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| Roll Control and Trim Requirements | |
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| The Generalized Small-Angle Lateral Trim Requirements | |
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| Steady-Heading Sideslip | |
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| Engine Failure and Minimum-Control Airspeed | |
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| Longitudinal-Lateral Coupling | |
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| Control Surface Sign Conventions | |
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| Problems | |
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| Aircraft Controls and Maneuverability | |
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| Longitudinal Control and Maneuverability | |
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| Effects of Structural Flexibility | |
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| Control Force and Trim Tabs | |
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| Stick-Free Neutral and Maneuver Points | |
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| Ground Effect, Elevator Sizing, and CG Limits | |
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| Stall Recovery | |
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| Lateral Control and Maneuverability | |
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| Aileron Reversal | |
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| Other Control Surface Configurations | |
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| Airplane Spin | |
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| Problems | |
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| Aircraft Equations of Motion | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Newtons Second Law for Rigid-Body Dynamics | |
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| Position and Orientation: The Euler Angle Formulation | |
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| Rigid-Body 6-DOF Equations of Motion | |
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| Linearized Equations of Motion | |
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| Force and Moment Derivatives | |
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| Nondimensional Linearized Equations of Motion | |
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| Transformation of Stability Axes | |
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| Inertial and Gyroscopic Coupling | |
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| Problems | |
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| Linearized Longitudinal Dynamics | |
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| Fundamentals of Dynamics: Eigenproblems | |
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| Longitudinal Motion: The Linearized Coupled Equations | |
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| Short-Period Approximation | |
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| Long-Period Approximation | |
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| Pure Pitching Motion | |
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| Summary | |
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| Problems | |
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| Linearized Lateral Dynamics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Lateral Motion: The Linearized Coupled Equations | |
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| Roll Approximation | |
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| Spiral Approximation | |
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| Dutch Roll Approximation | |
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| Pure Rolling Motion | |
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| Pure Yawing Motion | |
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| Longitudinal-Lateral Coupling | |
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| Nonlinear Effects | |
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| Summary | |
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| Problems | |
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| Aircraft Handling Qualities and Control Response | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Pilot Opinion | |
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| Dynamic Handling Quality Prediction | |
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| Response to Control Inputs | |
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| Nonlinear Effects and Longitudinal-Lateral Coupling | |
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| Problems | |
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| Aircraft Flight Simulation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Euler Angle Formulations | |
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| Direction-Cosine Formulation | |
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| Euler Axis Formulation | |
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| The Euler-Rodrigues Quaternion Formulation | |
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| Quaternion Algebra | |
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| Relations between the Quaternion and Other Attitude Descriptors | |
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| Applying Rotational Constraints to the Quaternion Formulation | |
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| Closed-Form Quaternion Solution for Constant Rotation | |
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| Numerical Integration of the Quaternion Formulation | |
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| Summary of the Flat-Earth Quaternion Formulation | |
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| Aircraft Position in Geographic Coordinates | |
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| Problems | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Standard Atmosphere, SI Units | |
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| Standard Atmosphere, English Units | |
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| Aircraft Moments of Inertia | |
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| Nomenclature | |
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| Index | |