Commercial Airplane Design Principles

Informationen zum Autor Pasquale Sforza received his PhD from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1965. He has taught courses related to commercial airplane design at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and the University of Florida. His research interests include propulsion, gas dynamics, and air and space vehicle design. Dr. Sforza has also acted as Co-Editor of the Journal of Directed Energy and Book Review Editor for the AIAA Journal. His previous books include Theory of Aerospace Propulsion (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2011) and Commercial Airplane Design Principles, (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014) Klappentext Commercial Airplane Design Principles is a succinct! focused text covering all the information required at the preliminary stage of aircraft design: initial sizing and weight estimation! fuselage design! engine selection! aerodynamic analysis! stability and control! drag estimation! performance analysis! and economic analysis.The text places emphasis on making informed choices from an array of competing options! and developing the confidence to do so. Zusammenfassung Covers all the information required at the preliminary stage of aircraft design: initial sizing and weight estimation! fuselage design! engine selection! aerodynamic analysis! stability and control! drag estimation! performance analysis! and economic analysis.

Autorentext
Pasquale Sforza received his PhD from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1965. He has taught courses related to commercial airplane design at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and the University of Florida. His research interests include propulsion, gas dynamics, and air and space vehicle design. Dr. Sforza has also acted as Co-Editor of the Journal of Directed Energy and Book Review Editor for the AIAA Journal. His previous books include Theory of Aerospace Propulsion (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2011) and Commercial Airplane Design Principles, (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014)

Klappentext

Commercial Airplane Design Principles is a succinct, focused text covering all the information required at the preliminary stage of aircraft design: initial sizing and weight estimation, fuselage design, engine selection, aerodynamic analysis, stability and control, drag estimation, performance analysis, and economic analysis.

The text places emphasis on making informed choices from an array of competing options, and developing the confidence to do so.

Zusammenfassung
Covers all the information required at the preliminary stage of aircraft design: initial sizing and weight estimation, fuselage design, engine selection, aerodynamic analysis, stability and control, drag estimation, performance analysis, and economic analysis.

Inhalt

1. Market Survey and Mission Specification
2. Preliminary Weight Estimation
3. Fuselage Design
4. Engine Selection
5. Wing Design
6. Tail Design
7. Landing Gear Design
8. Refined Weight and Balance Estimate
9. Drag Estimation
10. Aircraft Performance

11. Aircraft Pricing and Economics Appendix A: Airfoil Characteristics

    Appendix B: Atmospheric Properties

    Appendix C: Airfoil and Wing Theory and Analysis

    Appendix D: Critical Mach Number Curves

    Appendix E: Units and Conversion Factors

    Appendix F: General Database for Commercial Aircraft