Introduction to Aircraft Design
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The new edition of this popular textbook provides a modern, accessible introduction to the whole process of aircraft design from requirements to conceptual design, manufacture and in-service issues. Highly illustrated descriptions of the full spectrum of aircraft types, their aerodynamics, structures and systems, allow students to appreciate good and poor design and understand how to improve their own designs. Cost data is considerably updated, many new images have been added and new sections are included on the emerging fields of…
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Key features
- Cost data is considerably updated, many new images have been added, and new sections are included on the emerging fields of uninhabited aerial vehicles and environmentally friendly airlines
- Three appendices and a bibliography provide a wealth of information and data, much not published elsewhere, providing students and practitioners with the essential information they need to help them do their jobs
- Examples from real aircraft projects are presented throughout and an appendix includes a case study of the conceptual design of a large airliner, demonstrating to students the applications of the theory
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139542418
- Series Cambridge Aerospace Series (11)
- Subjects Aerospace Engineering,Engineering,Engineering Design, Kinematics, and Robotics,Thermal-Fluids Engineering
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 03 April 2017
- ISBN: 9781107680791
- Dimensions (mm): 253 x 177 mm
- Weight: 0.65kg
- Contains: 227 b/w illus.
- Page extent: 302 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 28 May 2018
- ISBN: 9781139542418
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