Aircraft Dynamics
From Modeling to Simulation
1. Edition December 2011
720 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
Napolitano's Aircraft Dynamics is designed to help readers extrapolate from low level formulas, equations, and details to high level comprehensive views of the main concepts. The text also helps readers with fundamental skills of learning the "basic modeling" of the aircraft aerodynamics and dynamics. The main objective is to organize the topics in "modular blocks" each of them leading to the understanding of the inner mechanisms of the aircraft aerodynamics and dynamics, eventually leading to the development of simple flight simulations schemes.
Napolitano's Aircraft Dynamics is designed to help readers extrapolate from low level formulas, equations, and details to high level comprehensive views of the main concepts. The text also helps readers with fundamental skills of learning the "basic modeling" of the aircraft aerodynamics and dynamics. The main objective is to organize the topics in "modular blocks" each of them leading to the understanding of the inner mechanisms of the aircraft aerodynamics and dynamics, eventually leading to the development of simple flight simulations schemes.
Chapter 2: Review of Basic Concepts Of Aerodynamic Modeling
Chapter 3:Modeling of Longitudinal Aerodynamic Forces and Moments
Chapter 4: Modeling of Lateral Directional Aerodynamic Forces and Moments
Chapter 5: Review of Basic Aircraft Performance and Modeling of Thrust Forces and Moments
Chapter 6: Aircraft Static Stability and Design for Trimming Conditions
Chapter 7: Solution of the Aircraft Equations of Motion Based on Laplace Transformations and Transfer Functions
Chapter 8: State Variable Modeling of the Aircraft Dynamics
Chapter 9: Development of Aircraft Simulation Models
Chapter 10: Handling Qualities and Flying Requirements
Appendix A: Review of Math and Dynamics
Appendix B: Data for Different Aircraft (10)
Appendix C: Detailed Drawings for Different Aircraft (25)
