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The airplane design series has been
internationally acclaimed as a practical reference that covers the
methodology and decision making involved in the process of
designing airplanes. This is an essential reference set for any
enterprise intending to design airplanes. Educators and industry
practitioners across the globe rely on this compilation as both a
textbook and a key reference.
Airplane Design Part I
Preliminary Sizing of Airplanes familiarizes the reader with the
following fundamentals:
- Estimating take-off gross weight, empty weight and mission fuel
weight
- Sensitivity studies and growth factors
- Estimating wing area
- Take-off thrust and maximum clean, take-off and landing
lift
- Sizing to stall speed, take-off distance, landing distance,
climb, maneuvering and cruise speed requirements
- Matching of all performance requirements via performance
matching diagrams
Airplane Design Part II
Preliminary Configuration Design and Integration of the Propulsion
System is the second book in a series of eight volumes on airplane
design. The airplane design series has been internationally
acclaimed as a practical reference that covers the methodology and
decision making involved in the process of designing airplanes.
Educators and industry practitioners across the globe rely on this
compilation as both a textbook and a key reference. Airplane Design
Part II: Preliminary Configuration Design and Integration of the
Propulsion System familiarizes the reader with the following
fundamentals:
- Selection of the overall configuration
- Design of cockpit and fuselage layouts
- Selection and integration of the propulsion system
- Class I method for wing planform design
- Class I method for verifying clean airplane maximum lift
coefficient and for sizing high lift devices
- Class I method for empennage sizing and disposition, control
surface sizing and disposition, landing gear sizing and
disposition, weight and balance analysis, stability and control
analysis and drag polar determination
Airplane Design Part III
Layout Design of Cockpit, Fuselage, Wing and Empennage: Cutaways
and Inboard Profiles, familiarizes the reader with the following
fundamental:
- Cockpit (or flight deck) layout design
- Aerodynamic design considerations for the fuselage layout
- Interior layout design of the fuselage
- Fuselage structural design considerations
- Wing aerodynamic and operational design considerations
- Wing structural design considerations
- Empennage aerodynamic and operational design
considerations
- Empennage structural and integration design consideration
- Integration of propulsion system
- Preliminary structural arrangement, material selection and
manufacturing breakdown
Airplane Design Part IV
Layout Design of Landing Gear and Systems familiarizes the reader
with the following fundamentals:
- Landing gear layout design
- Weapons integration and weapons data
- Flight control system layout data
- Fuel system layout design
- Hydraulic system design
- Electrical system layout design
- Environmental control system layout design
- Cockpit instrumentation, flight management and avionics system
layout design
- De-icing and anti-icing system layout design
- Escape system layout design
- Water and waste systems layout design
- Safety and survivability considerations
Airplane Design Part V
Component Weight Estimation familiarizes the reader with the
following fundamentals:
- Class I method for estimating airplane component weights
- Class I method for estimating airplane moments of inertia
- Class II methods for detailed airplane component and grouping
weights V-n diagram methods
- Class II method for structure weight
- Class II method for powerplant weight
- Class II method for fixed equipment weight
- Data and methods for center of gravity location of individual
components
- Class II method for airplane moments and products of
inertia
- Data base for airplane component weights
- Data base for airplane non-dimensional radii of gyration
Airplane Design Part VI
Preliminary Calculation of Aerodynamic, Thrust and Power
Characteristics, familiarizes the reader with the following
fundamentals:
- Methods for estimating airplane drag with and without
flaps
- Methods for estimating airplane lift with and without
flaps
- Methods for estimating airplane pitching moment with and
without flaps
- Methods for estimating installed thrust and power data
- Methods for estimating stability derivatives
- Methods for estimating control derivatives
- Methods for estimating hingemoment derivatives
Airplane Design Part VII
Determination of Stability, Control and Performance Characteristics
familiarizes the reader with the following fundamentals:
- Controllability, maneuverability and trim
- Static and dynamic stability
- Ride and comfort characteristics
- Performance prediction methods
- Civil and military airworthiness regulations for airplane
performance and stability and control
- The airworthiness code and the relationship between failure
states, levels of performance and levels of flying qualities
Airplane Design Part VIII
Airplane Cost Estimation: Design, Development, Manufacturing and
Operating, familiarizes the reader with the following fundamentals:
- Cost definitions and concepts
- Method for estimating research, development, test and
evaluation cost
- Method for estimating prototyping cost
- Method for estimating manufacturing and acquisition cost
- Method for estimating operating cost
- Example of life cycle cost calculation for a military
airplane
- Airplane design optimization and design-to-cost
considerations
- Factors in airplane program decision making
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