Aircraft systems : instruments, communications, navigation and control /: instruments, communications, navigation and control. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Chris Binns.
• Authors: Binns, Chris, 1954-
• Contents: Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Historical Developments 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The Advent of Instrument Flight 1.3 Development of Flight Instruments Based on Air Pressure 1.3.1 The Altimeter 1.3.2 The Vertical Speed Indicator (Variometer) 1.3.3 The Airspeed Indicator 1.4 Development of Flight Instruments Based on Gyroscopes 1.5 Development of Aircraft Voice Communications 1.6 Development of Aircraft Digital Communications 1.6.1 Communication via Satellite (SATCOM) 1.6.2 Secondary Surveillance Radar and Traffic Alert & Collision Avoidance System 1.6.3 Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) 1.7 Development of Radio Navigation 1.7.1 Radio Direction Finding 1.7.2 Guided Radio Beam Navigation 1.7.3 VHF/UHF Radio Navigation Systems 1.8 Area and Global Navigation Systems 1.8.1 Hyperbolic Navigation 1.8.2 Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) 1.8.3 Inertial Navigation (INS) 1.8.4 Combining Systems: Performance Based Navigation (PBN) and Required Navigation Performance (RNP) 1.9 Development of Auto Flight Control Systems Chapter 2. Pressure Instruments 2.1 Layers of the Atmosphere 2.2 The International Standard Atmosphere (ISA) 2.3 Non-Standard Atmospheres 2.4 Dynamic pressure and the Bernoulli Equation Interesting Diversion 2.1 Aviation on Mars 2.5 Definition of Sea Level and Elevation 2.6 Definition of Height, Altitude and Flight Level 2.7 Pitot and Static Sources 2.8 Pressure Altimeter 2.8.1 Basic Principles of the Pressure Altimeter 2.8.2 Altimeter Display 2.8.3 Servo Altimeter 2.8.4 Altimeter with Digital Encoder 2.9 Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) 2.9.1 Instantaneous Vertical Speed Indicator (IVSI) 2.10 Airspeed Indicator (ASI) 2.11 Machmeter 2.11.1 Critical Mach Number Interesting Diversion 2.2 World War 2 Aircraft at Transonic Speeds 2.11.2 Direct Reading Mach Meter 2.12 Outside Air Temperature (OAT) Probe 2.12.1 Ram Rise and Total Air Temperature 2.12.2 Direct Reading Thermometer for Low Airspeed 2.12.3 Resistance Thermometer Probes 2.13 Pitot-Static Systems 2.14 Air Data Computer ADC) 2.14.1 Altitude and Vertical Speed 2.14.2 TAS and Mach Number in Compressible Flow 2.14.3 ADC Inputs and Outputs References Problems Chapter 3. Gyroscopic and Magnetic Instruments 3.1 Mechanical Gyroscopes and Instruments 3.1.1 Basic Properties of Mechanical Gyroscopes 3.1.2 Gyroscope Wander 3.1.3 Labeling of Aircraft Axes and Rotations 3.1.4 Types of Gyroscope 3.1.5 Power for Gyro Instruments 3.1.6 Direction Indicator (DI) 3.1.7 Earth Rate 3.1.8 Transport Wander 3.1.9 Attitude Indicator (AI) 3.1.10 Turn and Slip Indicator and Turn Co-ordinator 3.2 Solid State Gyroscopes 3.2.1 The Advantages of Solid State Gyroscopes 3.2.2 Sagnac Effect 3.2.3 Fibre Optic Gyroscope 3.2.4 Ring Laser Gyro scope 3.2.5 Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Gyroscopes 3.2.6 MEMS Accelerometers 3.3 Magnetic Compass 3.3.1 Terrestrial Magnetism 3.3.2 Direct Indicating Magnetic Compass 3.3.3 Flux Gate Sensor 3.3.4 Miniature Magnetometers 3.4 Attitude Heading and Reference Systems (AHRS) 3.5 Sensor Fusion References Problems Chapter 4. Radio Propagation and Communication 4.1 Basic Properties of Radio Waves 4.2 Propagation Modes of Radio Waves 4.2.1 Attenuation 4.2.2 Non-Ionospheric Propagation 4.2.2.1 Surface (or Ground) Wave: 20 kHz – 50 MHz (LF – HF) 4.2.2.2 Space (or Direct) Wave: >50 MHz (VHF) 4.2.3 Ionospheric Propagation (Skywaves) 4.2.3.1 Origin of the Ionosphere 4.2.3.2 Reflection and Absorption of Radio Waves by the Ionosphere 4.2.3.3 Ducting Propagation of Very Low Frequency (VLF) Waves 4.3 Transmitters, Receivers and Signal Modulation 4.3.1 Basic Continuous Wave Morse Code Transmitter/Receiver 4.3.2 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation of Carrier 4.3.3 Superheterodyne Receivers and Demodulation of QAM Signals 4.3.4 Amplitude Modulated (AM) Transmission 4.3.5 Channel Spacing in the VHF Band for AM Voice Transmission 4.3.6 Frequency Modulation (FM) 4.3.7 Modulation for Digital Data Transmission 4.3.7.1 Pulsed Modulation 4.3.7.2 Binary Phase-Shift Keying (BPSK) 4.3.7.3 Binary Continuous Phase Frequency Shift Keying (BCPFSK) 4.3.8 ITU Codes for Radio Emissions 4.4 Antennas 4.4.1 Basic Antenna theory 4.4.2 Resonant Half-Wave Dipole & Quarter-Wave Monopole Antennas for VHF and UHF 4.4.3 Effect of Ground and Airframe on Radiation Pattern 4.4.4 Feeders, Transmission Lines, Impedance Matching and Standing Wave Ratio 4.4.5 HF Antennas for Skywave Communications 4.4.6 Low Frequency Small Loop Antenna 4.4.7 Directional Antennas in the VHF and UHF Bands 4.4.7.1 Yagi-Uda Antenna 4.4.7.2 Log periodic Antenna 4.4.8 Directional Antennas in the SHF band 4.4.8.1 Waveguides as Feeders 4.4.8.2 Horn Antenna Interesting Diversion 4.1 Horn Antennas and Microwaves from Space 4.4.8.3 Parabolic Dish Antenna 4.4.8.4 Slotted array 4.4.8.5 Patch or Microstrip Antenna 4.5 VHF Communications System 4.6 Long range HF Communication System 4.6.1 Coverage and Frequency Bands 4.6.2 Selective Calling (SELCAL) 4.6.3 HF Ground Station Network 4.6.4 HF Data Link (HFDL) 4.7 Satellite Communications 4.8 Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) References Problems Chapter 5. Primary and Secondary Radar 5.1 Primary Radar 5.2 Ground Radar 5.3 Airborne Weather Radar (AWR) Interesting Diversion 5.1 Mapping the Surface of Venus Using Synthetic Aperture Radar 5.4 Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) 5.4.1 Mode A and Mode C Interrogation Pulses 5.4.2 Mode A Reply From the Aircraft 5.4.3 Mode C Reply From the Aircraft 5.4.4 Conflicts Between Mode A and Mode C Replies from Different Aircraft 5.4.5 Mode S 5.4.6 Mode S All Call Interrogation 5.4.7 Mode S Selective Call Interrogation 5.4.8 Mode S Reply from Aircraft 5.4.9 Traffic Surveillance by Mode S 5.4.10 Squitters and Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) 5.4.11 Universal Access Tranceivers (UAT) and ADS-B 5.4.12 Surveillance by ADS-B 5.5 Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS) 5.6 Radio Altimeter References Problems Chapter 6. General Principles of Navigation 6.1 Co-ordinate Reference System for the Earth 6.1.1 Latitude and Longitude 6.1.2 Great Circle Routes, Rhumb Lines and Departure 6.2 Compass Heading, Variation and Deviation 6.3 Aviation Charts 6.3.1 General Chart Properties: Chart Scale, Orthomorphism and Conformality 6.3.2 Chart Projections 6.3.2.1 Mercator Projection 6.3.2.2 Conical Projection 6.3.2.3 Gnomic and Polar Stereographic Projection 6.4 Non-Sphericity of the Earth and the WGS84 Model 6.5 Navigation by Dead Reckoning 6.5.1 Calculating the True Airspeed 6.5.2 Calculating the Heading and Ground Speed in a Known Wind &l
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 629.135; Aeronautics -- Systems engineering
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119262350
• Related ISBNs: 9781119259862
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