MECHANICS OF FLIGHT
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Characteristics
| ISBN-10 | 0273316230 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( round back binding ) |
| Condition | VG |
| Author(s) | A C Kermode |
| Publisher | Pitman Publishing Limited |
| Number of pages | 508 |
| Published date | 1972 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Collection / Series | Introduction to Aeronautical Engineering Series |
| Size | 14 x 22 x 3 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • DIDACTIQUE - TECHNIQUE |
Description
What is scale effect?
What is induced drag?
What is inherent stability?
Does the flattest glide give the longest time in the air?
These are but a few of the hundreds of questions posed – and answered – in this book, which has been fully revised and brought right up-to-date for the Eighth edition. The simple mathematics and mechanics and the numerous examples have been converted to SI units although the nautical mile, the knot and flight levels in feet, which are likely to be used for some years to come, are retained.
The first chapter gives a summary of mechanics, then follow chapters on air and airflow, on aerofoils, thrust, level flight, gliding and landing, performance, manoeuvres and stability and control. After this the reader is taken on a simulated test flight in his imagination as subsonic speeds are practically demonstrated. Then the author deals with flight at transonic speeds, at supersonic speeds and finally with missiles, satellites and spaceships.
With this book as his guide the student or engineering apprentice will find that he can learn the fundamentals upon which flight depends without the need for delving into higher mathematics; the cadet learning to fly, and even the experienced pilot, will find the answers to his queries and a new interest in the problems that he meets with in flight.