Flight Mechanics, Volume 1 |
Contents
Introduction to Part I | 3 |
ELEMENTS OF KINEMATICS 1 Introduction 558424 | 5 |
Motion of a point with respect to a reference frame | 8 |
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aerodynamic aerodynamic efficiency aircraft altitude angle of attack atmosphere ballistic factor ballistic missile best endurance best range Chapter Consequently considered Const constant angle constant thrust corrected rotor speed decrease denotes differential dimensionless speed dimensionless wing loading drag coefficient Emax engine equations of motion evolutory velocity fastest climb flight path flown with constant Furthermore given gravity heat transfer Hence induced drag initial thrust-to-weight ratio integral kinetic energy level flight lift coefficient lift-to-drag ratio load factor Mach number maximum multistage rocket number of stages optimum parameter path inclination payload ratio performance plane plotted in Fig propellant mass ratio radius of curvature rate of climb reentry relationship respect rewritten simplified solutions specific fuel consumption stagnation point subsonic supersonic tangent thrust program thrust-to-weight ratio trajectory tropopause turbojet values variables weight zero zero-lift drag zero-lift drag coefficient αμ