Aerodynamic Design of Transport Aircraft

Title page......Page 2
Table of contents......Page 10
Notations......Page 14
Introduction......Page 20
Introduction......Page 22
Classification of fixed-wing aircraft......Page 26
Design requirements and objectives of transport aircraft......Page 30
The aircraft design process......Page 32
Geometry......Page 48
Design of the external geometry......Page 50
Computing velocity and pressure distributions on fixed bodies in attached flow conditions......Page 54
The limitations of boundary layer theories......Page 56
Computations with separated flow......Page 58
Pressure distributions......Page 60
The relation between supervelocity and pressure coefficient......Page 62
The relation between geometry and pressure distribution......Page 66
Pressure distributions on components which are not required to generate aerodynamic forces......Page 68
Pressure distributions on components which are required to generate aerodynamic forces......Page 88
Pressure distributions on wings......Page 90
Airfoils......Page 92
The pressure distribution on airfoil sections......Page 94
The advantages of supercritical airfoil sections in comparison to sonic-rooftop sections......Page 124
The buffet onset boundary and beyond......Page 126
Reynolds number effects on section characteristics at high Mach numbers......Page 132
Low-speed stalling characteristics of airfoil sections......Page 138
Swept wings......Page 152
The development of the swept-wing concept......Page 154
The first generation of swept-wing aircraft......Page 186
Root and tip effects on swept wings......Page 196
Design considerations regarding the pressure distribution on finite wings......Page 212
Examples of actual wing designs for high-speed transport aircraft......Page 216
Low-speed aerodynamic limits......Page 294
The maximum lift coefficient of airfoil sections equipped with high-lift devices......Page 296
The maximum lift coefficient and the stalling characteristics of full-scale aircraft......Page 334
The lift-drag ratio in take-off and landing......Page 362
High-speed aerodynamic limits......Page 386
The buffet onset boundary......Page 388
Flight characteristics between MMO and MD......Page 396
Stability and control......Page 406
Tail surface design......Page 408
The horizontal tail surface......Page 412
The vertical tail surface......Page 432
Control surface design......Page 442
Lift spoiling control surfaces (spoiler panels)......Page 452
Control surface actuation......Page 460
Propeller slipstream effects......Page 472
Engine integration......Page 496
Engine intakes......Page 498
Engine exhausts......Page 518
Thrust reversers......Page 528
Aircraft performance......Page 538
Subsonic cruise drag......Page 540
Breguet’s range equation......Page 570
Aircraft weight......Page 576
Safety and regulations......Page 604
Certification regulations and design rules......Page 606
Take-off performance regulations......Page 614
Flight safety in civil aviation......Page 628
Sources......Page 640