General aviation aircraft design : applied methods and procedures / Snorri Gudmundsson, BScAE, MScAE, FAA DER(ret.), Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gudmundsson, Snorri.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airplanes--Design and construction.

Airplanes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 1034 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Find the right answer the first time with this useful handbook of preliminary aircraft design. Written by an engineer with close to 20 years of design experience, General Aviation Aircraft Design: Applied Methods and Procedures provides the practicing engineer with a versatile handbook that serves as the first source for finding answers to realistic aircraft design questions. The book is structured in an ""equation/derivation/solved example"" format for easy access to content. Readers will find it a valuable guide to topics such as sizing of horizontal and vertical tails to minimize

Contents:

Front Cover; Dedication; GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT DESIGN: APPLIED METHODS AND PROCEDURES; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1 - The Aircraft Design Process; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 GENERAL PROCESS OF AIRCRAFT DESIGN; 1.3 AIRCRAFT DESIGN ALGORITHM; 1.4 ELEMENTS OF PROJECT ENGINEERING; 1.5 PRESENTING THE DESIGN PROJECT; VARIABLES; References; Chapter 2 - Aircraft Cost Analysis; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 ESTIMATING PROJECT DEVELOPMENT COSTS; 2.3 ESTIMATING AIRCRAFT OPERATIONAL COSTS; EXERCISES; VARIABLES; References; Chapter 3 - Initial Sizing; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 CONSTRAINT ANALYSIS

3.3 INTRODUCTION TO TRADE STUDIESEXERCISES; VARIABLES; Chapter 4 - Aircraft Conceptual Layout; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE CONFIGURATION LAYOUT; VARIABLES; References; Chapter 5 - Aircraft Structural Layout; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 AIRCRAFT FABRICATION AND MATERIALS; 5.3 AIRFRAME STRUCTURAL LAYOUT; VARIABLES; References; Chapter 6 - Aircraft Weight Analysis; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 INITIAL WEIGHT ANALYSIS METHODS; 6.3 DETAILED WEIGHT ANALYSIS METHODS; 6.4 STATISTICAL WEIGHT ESTIMATION METHODS; 6.5 DIRECT WEIGHT ESTIMATION METHODS; 6.6 INERTIA PROPERTIES; EXERCISES; VARIABLES

ReferencesChapter 7 - Selecting the Power Plant; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 THE PROPERTIES OF SELECTED ENGINE TYPES; 7.3 AIRCRAFT POWER PLANT INSTALLATION; 7.4 SPECIAL TOPICS; EXERCISES; VARIABLES; References; Chapter 8 - The Anatomy of the Airfoil; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 THE GEOMETRY OF THE AIRFOIL; 8.3 THE FORCE AND MOMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AIRFOIL; EXERCISES; VARIABLES; References; Chapter 9 - The Anatomy of the Wing; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 THE TRAPEZOIDAL WING PLANFORM; 9.3 THE GEOMETRIC LAYOUT OF THE WING; 9.4 PLANFORM SELECTION; 9.5 LIFT AND MOMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF A 3D WING

9.6 WING STALL CHARACTERISTICS9.7 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THE WING; EXERCISES; VARIABLES; References; Chapter 10 - The Anatomy of Lift Enhancement; 10.1 INTRODUCTION; 10.2 LEADING-EDGE HIGH-LIFT DEVICES; 10.3 TRAILING EDGE HIGH-LIFT DEVICES; 10.4 EFFECT OF DEPLOYING HIGH-LIFT DEVICES ON WINGS; 10.5 WINGTIP DESIGN; VARIABLES; References; Chapter 11 - The Anatomy of the Tail; 11.1 INTRODUCTION; 11.2 FUNDAMENTALS OF STATIC STABILITY AND CONTROL; 11.3 ON THE PROS AND CONS OF TAIL CONFIGURATIONS; 11.4 THE GEOMETRY OF THE TAIL; 11.5 INITIAL TAIL SIZING METHODS; EXERCISES; VARIABLES; References

Chapter 12 - The Anatomy of the Fuselage12.1 INTRODUCTION; 12.2 FUNDAMENTALS OF FUSELAGE SHAPES; 12.3 SIZING THE FUSELAGE; 12.4 ESTIMATING THE GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE FUSELAGE; 12.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION; VARIABLES; References; Chapter 13 - The Anatomy of the Landing Gear; 13.1 INTRODUCTION; 13.2 TIRES, WHEELS, AND BRAKES; 13.3 GEOMETRIC LAYOUT OF THE LANDING GEAR; VARIABLES; References; Chapter 14 - The Anatomy of the Propeller; 14.1 INTRODUCTION; 14.2 PROPELLER EFFECTS; 14.3 PROPERTIES AND SELECTION OF THE PROPELLER; 14.4 DETERMINATION OF PROPELLER THRUST

14.5 RANKINE-FROUDE MOMENTUM THEORY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 17, 2013).

ISBN:

9780128099988

0128099984

9780123973290

0123973295

OCLC:

857971279