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About this book
General Aviation Aircraft Design, Second Edition, continues to be the engineer's best source for answers to realistic aircraft design questions. The book has been expanded to provide design guidance for additional classes of aircraft, including seaplanes, biplanes, UAS, high-speed business jets, and electric airplanes. In addition to conventional powerplants, design guidance for battery systems, electric motors, and complete electric powertrains is offered. The second edition contains new chapters:
- Thrust Modeling for Gas Turbines
- Longitudinal Stability and Control
- Lateral and Directional Stability and Control
These new chapters offer multiple practical methods to simplify the estimation of stability derivatives and introduce hinge moments and basic control system design. Furthermore, all chapters have been reorganized and feature updated material with additional analysis methods. This edition also provides an introduction to design optimization using a wing optimization as an example for the beginner.
Written by an engineer with more than 25 years of design experience, professional engineers, aircraft designers, aerodynamicists, structural analysts, performance analysts, researchers, and aerospace engineering students will value the book as the classic go-to for aircraft design.
- The printed book is now in color, with 1011 figures and illustrations!
- Presents the most common methods for conceptual aircraft design
- Clear presentation splits text into shaded regions, separating engineering topics from mathematical derivations and examples
- Design topics range from the "new" 14 CFR Part 23 to analysis of ducted fans. All chapters feature updated material with additional analysis methods. Many chapters have been reorganized for further help. Introduction to design optimization is provided using a wing optimization as an example for the beginner
- Three new chapters are offered, two of which focus on stability and control. These offer multiple practical methods to simplify the estimation of stability derivatives. The chapters introduce hinge moments and basic control system design
- Real-world examples using aircraft such as the Cirrus SR-22 and Learjet 45
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Table of contents
- Title of Book
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface to the 1st Edition
- Preface to the 2nd Edition
- Acknowledgments for the 1st Edition
- Acknowledgments for the 2nd Edition
- Helpful Notes
- Chapter 1 The Aircraft Design Process
- Chapter 2 Aircraft Cost Analysis
- Chapter 3 Initial Sizing
- Chapter 4 Aircraft Configuration Layout
- Chapter 5 Aircraft Structural Layout
- Chapter 6 Aircraft Weight Analysis
- Chapter 7 Selecting the Powerplant
- Chapter 8 The Anatomy of the Airfoil
- Chapter 9 The Anatomy of the Wing
- Chapter 10 The Anatomy of Lift Enhancement
- Chapter 11 The Anatomy of the Tail
- Chapter 12 The Anatomy of the Fuselage
- Chapter 13 The Anatomy of the Landing Gear
- Chapter 14 Thrust Modeling for Gas Turbines
- Chapter 15 Thrust Modeling for Propellers
- Chapter 16 Aircraft Drag Analysis
- Chapter 17 Performance—Introduction
- Chapter 18 Performance—Take-Off
- Chapter 19 Performance—Climb
- Chapter 20 Performance—Cruise
- Chapter 21 Performance—Range and Endurance
- Chapter 22 Performance—Descent
- Chapter 23 Performance—Landing
- Chapter 24 Longitudinal Stability and Control
- Chapter 25 LAT-DIR Stability and Control
- Chapter 26 Miscellaneous Design Notes
- Appendix A. Atmospheric Modeling
- Appendix B. The Aerospace Engineer’s Formula Sheet
- Appendix C. Design of Biplanes and Seaplanes
- Appendix D. Derivation of Landing Side-Constraint
- Index