Aircraft performance and sizing. Volume I, Fundamentals of aircraft performance
(eBook)

1. Introduction -- 1.1 Defining a clean-sheet design -- 1.2 Aircraft purpose, the explicit requirements -- 1.3 Certification, the implied requirements --

2. Flight mechanics basics -- 2.1 Reference units -- 2.2 Coordinate frames -- 2.3 Standard atmosphere -- 2.4 How pilots actually fly airplanes --

3. Propulsion system design drivers and performance -- 3.1 Gas turbine fundamentals -- 3.2 Calculating thrust and fuel flow -- 3.3 Propulsion system components and design drivers -- 3.4 Example engine performance data --

4. Aerodynamic analysis fundamentals: lift and drag -- 4.1 Full configuration drag estimation -- 4.2 Zero-lift drag at incompressible speeds -- 4.3 Zero-lift drag due to compressibility -- 4.4 Drag due to lift at incompressible speeds -- 4.5 Drag due to lift arising from compressibility -- 4.6 "Crud drag," the drag of real versus idealized aerostructures -- 4.7 Maximum lift coefficient/buffet boundary -- 4.8 Angle of attack -- 4.9 Take-off, approach, and landing aerodynamics --

5. Kinematic "point-performance" principles -- 5.1 Standard atmosphere revisited -- 5.2 Computing stall speed -- 5.3 Minimum and maximum permissible flight speeds -- 5.4 The energy-maneuverability skymap plot -- 5.5 Inferring lift and drag in an E-M plot -- 5.6 Aerodynamic efficiency (L/D) and performance efficiency (M(L/D)) -- 5.7 Dimensionalizing drag -- 5.8 Propulsive performance -- 5.9 Specific excess thrust and linear acceleration capability -- 5.10 Specific excess power, rate of climb (R.O.C.), and ceiling -- 5.11 Specific range -- 5.12 Loiter -- 5.13 Induced drag fraction of total drag for level flight limited by aerodynamics and propulsion -- 5.14 Maximum load factor, instantaneous turn rate and stall speed ratio -- 5.15 Combat agility, maximum sustained turn rate --

6. Mission performance principles

6.1 Breguet range equation

6.2 Time-step integrating simulations

6.3 Creating missions using a mission simulation code

6.4 Observations examining the output of a mission simulation code

6.5 Creating trade studies using a mission simulation code

6.6 Creating payload/range charts using a mission simulation code

Index.