- TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Introduction
- quantities, force, moments, equilibrium, Newton's laws,
- mass, work, energy, power, friction
- Airflow & Airspeed
- properties of the atmosphere, continuity equation,
- Bernoulli's equation, airspeed measurement
- Forces of Airfoils
- airfoils, aerodynamic force, pitching moments,
- aerodynamic center
- Lift & Stall
- force equation, lift equation, angle of attack,
- boundary layer theory, adverse pressure gradient,
- airflow separation, high lift devices
- Drag
- drag equation, laminar flow airfoils, lift/drag ratio,
- induced drag, ground effect, parasite drag, total drag
- Jet Aircraft Performance
- thrust required curve, thrust available aircraft,
- specific fuel consumption, specific range, total range
- Jet Aircraft Applied Performance
- variations of thrust curves,
- variations in aircraft performance
- Prop Aircraft Basic Performance
- power required curve, power available,
- items of performance
- Prop Aircraft Applied Performance
- variations in power, variations in performance,
- Helicopter Aerodynamics
- momentum theory of lift, airfoil selection,
- forces on rotors, thrust development, hovering flight,
- rotor construction,forward flight, control,
- power required curves, settling with power, autorotation
- Hazards of Slow Speed Flight
- stall patterns, reverse command, wind shear, rain,
- ice and frost, wake turbulence, spins
- Takeoff Performance
- linear motion, factors affecting takeoff,
- aborted takeoffs
- Landing Performance
- pre-landing, landing deceleration, landing equations,
- hydroplaning
- Maneuvering Performance
- turning performance, radius of turns, rate of turns
- Longitudinal Stability
- oscillatory motion, reference axes, static stability,
- dynamic stability, longitudinal control
- Lateral Stability
- directional stability, static stability,
- directional control, lateral control,
- dynamic and lateral coupled effects
- High Speed Flight
- speed of sound, high subsonic flight, transonic flight,
- supersonic flight
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