Introduction to Aircraft Flight Dynamics

Citation

(1998), "Introduction to Aircraft Flight Dynamics", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 70 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.1998.12770eae.009

Introduction to Aircraft Flight Dynamics

Introduction to Aircraft Flight Dynamics

L.V. SchmidtAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics1998ISBN 1 56347 226 0450 pp.£68.50

Keywords Aircraft, Dynamics, Publication, Software, Software dynamics

This text is aimed at the senior undergraduate engineering student as well as beginning graduate students. The author uses linear algebraic principles and notations to establish airframe equations of motion. The use of this dimensional approach to stability derivatives when describing aerodynamic forces and moments in the six governing relations ensures that the solutions to problems remain in real time and frequency.

In addition, the textbook uses modern control theory concepts to introduce the airframe as a plant matrix operation. Consistent reference is made to matrix algebra-oriented software, MATLAB, as a tool for solving aircraft-related problems in both the linear and nonlinear forms. Contemporary analytical methods are also employed to describe the aerodynamics involved in flight vehicle motion and to develop a rationale for modelling and solving related problems in aircraft dynamics. The author also discusses modern control theory methods.

Contents: Introduction; Aerodynamics Principles; Static Stability and Control; Airframe Equations of Motion; Dynamic System Principles; Longitudinal Dynamics; Lateral-Directional Dynamics; Nonlinear Dynamics; Atmospheric Turbulence; Atmospheric Table; Aircraft Stability Derivatives; Spanload Program; Linear Algebra Principles; Usage of MATLAB Programs; Index.

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