Steady Aircraft Flight and Performance

Content: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi  LIST OF MATLAB M-FILES xv  PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix      Chapter 1: Aircraft Components and Subsystems 1  1.1 Aircraft Subsystems for Conventional Fixed-Wing Aircraft 1  1.2 Aerodynamic Control Surfaces 2  1.3 Aircraft Propulsion Systems 3  1.4 Aircraft Structural Systems 4  1.5 Air Data and Flight Instrumentation 5  1.6 Guidance, Navigation, and Control 5  1.7 Flight Control Computers 6  1.8 Communication Systems 6  1.9 Aircraft Pilots 6  1.10 Autonomous Aircraft 7  1.11 Interconnection and Integration of Flight Systems 7      Chapter 2: Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics 9  2.1 Fundamental Properties of Air 9  2.2 Standard Atmosphere Model 10  2.3 Aerodynamics Fundamentals 15  2.4 Aerodynamics of Flow over a Wing 18  2.5 Wing Geometry 19  2.6 Problems 21      Chapter 3: Aircraft Translational Kinematics, Attitude, Aerodynamic Forces and Moments 24  3.1 Cartesian Frames 25  3.2 Aircraft Translational Kinematics 26  3.3 Aircraft Attitude and the Translational Kinematics 29  3.4 Translational Kinematics for Flight in a Fixed Vertical Plane 30  3.5 Translational Kinematics for Flight in a Fixed  Horizontal Plane 32  3.6 Small Angle Approximations 34  3.7 Coordinated Flight 34  3.8 Clarification of Bank Angles 35  3.9 Aerodynamic Forces 35  3.10 Aerodynamic Moments 39  3.11 Problems 41      Chapter 4: Propulsion Systems 47  4.1 Steady Thrust and Power Relations 47  4.2 Jet Engines 47  4.3 Propeller Driven by Internal Combustion Engine 50  4.4 Turboprop Engines 53  4.5 Throttle as a Pilot Input 53  4.6 Problems 53      Chapter 5: Prelude to Steady Flight Analysis 56  5.1 Aircraft Forces and Moments 57  5.2 Steady Flight Equations 58  5.3 Steady Longitudinal Flight 60  5.4 Steady Level Turning Flight 60  5.5 Flight Constraints 60  5.6 Aircraft Case Studies 61  5.7 Characteristics of an Executive Jet Aircraft 62  5.8 Characteristics of a Single Engine Propeller-Driven General Aviation Aircraft 63  5.9 Characteristics of an Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 64  5.10 Problems 66      Chapter 6: Aircraft Steady Gliding Longitudinal Flight 69  6.1 Steady Gliding Longitudinal Flight 69  6.2 Steady Gliding Longitudinal Flight Analysis 71  6.3 Minimum Glide Angle 74  6.4 Minimum Descent Rate 74  6.5 Maximum Glide Angle 75  6.6 Maximum Descent Rate 75  6.7 Steady Gliding Longitudinal Flight Envelopes 76  6.8 Steady Gliding Longitudinal Flight: Executive Jet  Aircraft 76  6.9 Steady Gliding Longitudinal Flight: General Aviation  Aircraft 81  6.10 Conclusions 85  6.11 Problems 86      Chapter 7: Aircraft Cruise in Steady Level Longitudinal  Flight 90  7.1 Steady Level Longitudinal Flight 90  7.2 Steady Level Longitudinal Flight Analysis 94  7.3 Jet Aircraft Steady Level Longitudinal Flight  Performance 99  7.4 General Aviation Aircraft Steady Level Longitudinal  Flight Performance 100  7.5 Steady Level Longitudinal Flight: Executive Jet Aircraft 102  7.6 Steady Level Longitudinal Flight Envelopes: Executive  Jet Aircraft 106  7.7 Steady Level Longitudinal Flight: General Aviation  Aircraft 109  7.8 Steady Level Longitudinal Flight Envelopes: General  Aviation Aircraft 113  7.9 Conclusions 116  7.10 Problems 116      Chapter 8: Aircraft Steady Longitudinal Flight 121  8.1 Steady Longitudinal Flight 121  8.2 Steady Longitudinal Flight Analysis 125  8.3 Jet Aircraft Steady Longitudinal Flight Performance 130  8.4 General Aviation Aircraft Steady Longitudinal Flight Performance 133  8.5 Steady Climbing Longitudinal Flight: Executive Jet Aircraft 136  8.6 Steady Descending Longitudinal Flight: Executive Jet Aircraft 143  8.7 Steady Longitudinal Flight Envelopes: Executive Jet Aircraft 149  8.8 Steady Climbing Longitudinal Flight: General Aviation  Aircraft 150  8.9 Steady Descending Longitudinal Flight: General  Aviation Aircraft 157  8.10 Steady longitudinal Flight Envelopes: General Aviation  Aircraft 162  8.11 Conclusions 164  8.12 Problems 165      Chapter 9: Aircraft Steady Level Turning Flight 171  9.1 Turns by Side-Slipping 171  9.2 Steady Level Banked Turning Flight 171  9.3 Steady Level Banked Turning Flight Analysis 175  9.4 Jet Aircraft Steady Level Turning Flight Performance 180  9.5 General Aviation Aircraft Steady Level Turning Flight Performance 183  9.6 Steady Level Turning Flight: Executive Jet Aircraft 186  9.7 Steady Level Turning Flight Envelopes: Executive Jet Aircraft 195  9.8 Steady Level Turning Flight: General Aviation Aircraft 196  9.9 Steady Level Turning Flight Envelopes: General Aviation Aircraft 207  9.10 Conclusions 209  9.11 Problems 209      Chapter 10: Aircraft Steady Turning Flight 214  10.1 Steady Banked Turns 214  10.2 Steady Banked Turning Flight Analysis 218  10.3 Jet Aircraft Steady Turning Flight Performance 225  10.4 General Aviation Aircraft Steady Turning Flight Performance 229  10.5 Steady Climbing and Turning Flight: Executive Jet Aircraft 233  10.6 Steady Descending and Turning Flight: Executive Jet Aircraft 244  10.7 Steady Turning Flight Envelopes: Executive Jet Aircraft 253  10.8 Steady Climbing and Turning Flight: General Aviation Aircraft 255  10.9 Steady Descending and Turning Flight: General  Aviation Aircraft 266  10.10 Steady Turning Flight Envelopes: General  Aviation Aircraft 276  10.11 Conclusions 278  10.12 Problems 279      Chapter 11: Aircraft Range and Endurance in  Steady Flight 285  11.1 Fuel Consumption 285  11.2 Steady Flight Background 286  11.3 Range and Endurance of a Jet Aircraft in Steady Level Longitudinal Flight 286  11.4 Range and Endurance of a General Aviation Aircraft in Steady Level Longitudinal Flight 291  11.5 Range and Endurance of a Jet Aircraft in a Steady Level Turn 297  11.6 Range and Endurance of a General Aviation Aircraft in a Steady Level Turn 298  11.7 Range and Endurance of a Jet Aircraft in a Steady Turn 299  11.8 Range and Endurance of a General Aviation Aircraft in a Steady Turn 300  11.9 Maximum Range and Maximum Endurance: Executive Jet Aircraft 301  11.10 Maximum Range and Maximum Endurance: General Aviation Aircraft 307  11.11 Conclusions 313  11.12 Problems 313      Chapter 12: Aircraft Maneuvers and Flight Planning 319  12.1 Static Flight Stability 319  12.2 Flight Maneuvers 321  12.3 Pilot Inputs That Achieve a Desired Flight Condition 324  12.4 Flight Plans Defined by a Sequence of Waypoints 325  12.5 A Flight Planning Problem: Executive Jet Aircraft 327  12.6 A Flight Planning Problem: General Aviation Aircraft 331  12.7 Conclusions 336  12.8 Problems 336      Chapter 13: From Steady Flight to Flight Dynamics 344  13.1 Flight Dynamics Assumptions 345  13.2 Differential Equations for the Translational Flight Dynamics 346  13.3 Including Engine Characteristics and Fuel Consumption 349  13.4 Differential Equations for Longitudinal Translational Flight Dynamics 351  13.5 Differential Equations for Takeoff and Landing 353  13.6 Steady Flight and the Translational Flight Dynamics 355  13.7 Dynamic Flight Stability 356  13.8 Computing Dynamic Flight Performance Measures and Flight Envelopes 357  13.9 Flight Simulations: Executive Jet Aircraft 359  13.10 Flight Simulations: General Aviation Aircraft 365  13.11 Conclusions 372  13.12 Problems 372      Appendix A The Standard Atmosphere Model 379  Appendix B End-of-Chapter Problems 382  B.1 Executive Jet Aircraft 382  B.2 Single Engine Propeller-Driven General Aviation Aircraft 383  B.3 Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 383      REFERENCES 385  INDEX 387