Introduction to Flight

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

Noted for its highly readable style, the new edition of this bestseller provides an updated overview of aeronautical and aerospace engineering. "Introduction to Flight" blends history and biography with discussion of engineering concepts, and shows the development of flight through this perspective. Anderson covers new developments in flight, including unmanned aerial vehicles, uninhabited combat aerial vehicles, and applications of CFD in aircraft design. Many new and revised problems have been added in this edition. Chapter learning features help readers follow the text discussion while highlighting key engineering and industry applications.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-06-01
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:925
Upplaga:7
Förlag:McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
ISBN:9780071314497

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Flyg- och rymdteknik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

John D. Anderson, Jr. is the Curator of Aerodynamics at the National Air & Space Museum Smithsonian Institute and Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction to Flight 7e 1: The First Aeronautical Engineers 2: Fundamental Thoughts 3: The Standard Atmosphere 4: Basic Aerodynamics 5: Airfoils, Wings, and Other Aerodynamics Shapes 6: Elements of Airplane Performance 7: Principles of Stability and Control 8: Space Flight (Astronautics) 9: Propulsion 10: Hypersonic Vehicles Appendix A Standard Atmosphere, SI Units Appendix B Standard Atmosphere, English Engineering Units Appendix C Symbols and Conversion Factors Appendix D Airfoil Data