Aircraft Flight: A Description of the Physical Principles of Aircraft FlightThis book is intended to provide a description on the principles of aircraft flight in physical rather than mathematical terms. The authors have included some of the more important practical aspects of aircraft flight plus examples of innovations, descriptions of which are generally only found scattered in assorted technical journals. two simple formulae as a means of defining important terms such as lift coefficient and Reynolds number, which are essential to the understanding of aeronautics. important, or interesting. They have also restricted coverage to the aerodynamics and mechanics of flight, with only a brief consideration of other aspects such as structural influences. interested in aircraft or contemplating a career in aeronautics. Students of aeronautical engineering should find it helpful as introductory and background reading. It should also be useful to employees in the industry such as flight crew and ground staff. physical science and is at least vaguely familiar with concepts such as energy and momentum. |
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aerodynamic aerofoil ailerons air flow aircraft airliners airspeed airstream altitude angle of attack blades boundary layer camber centre of gravity centre of lift Chapter chord climb component compressor configuration control surfaces conventional cruise density dihedral downwash drag coefficient duct Dutch roll effect efficiency flap flow separation flying fuselage high speed illustrated in Fig inboard increase intake laminar landing leading edge lift coefficient lift force low speed Mach cone Mach number Mach wave manoeuvre maximum minimum drag motion normally operating pilot piston engine pitch pitching moment planform pressure gradient problem produce propeller propulsion reduced relative result Reynolds number roll rotating rotor rudder runway shock wave shown in Fig sideslip speed of sound stability stall subsonic supersonic supersonic flow sweep swept wing tail tailplane take-off temperature thrust trailing edge trailing vortices transonic turbine turbo-jet velocity vortex vortices wave drag weight wing section