Elementary flight dynamics with an introduction to bifurcation and continuation methods. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nandan K. Sinha, N. Ananthkrishnan.
• Other Names: Sinha, Nandan K; Ananthkrishnan, N
• Contents: Introduction; What, Why and How?; Aircraft as a Rigid Body; Six Degrees of Freedom; Position, Velocity and Angles; Aircraft Motion in Wind; Longitudinal Flight Dynamics; Longitudinal Dynamics Equations; A Question of Timescales; Longitudinal Trim; Aerodynamic Coefficients CD, CL, Cm; Wing–Body Trim; ; Stability Concept; Linear First-Order System; Linear Second-Order System; Nonlinear Second-Order System; Pitch Dynamics about Level Flight Trim; Modelling Small-Perturbation Aerodynamics; Pitch Dynamics about Level Flight Trim (Contd.); Short-Period Frequency and Damping; Forced Response; Response to Pitch Control; ; Longitudinal Trim and Stability; Wing–Body Trim and Stability; Wing–Body Plus Tail: Physical Arguments; Wing–Body Plus Tail: Math Model; Role of Downwash; Neutral Point; Replacing VH with VH /; Effect of CG Movement; Rear CG Limit due to Airplane Loading and Configuration at Take-Off; Cm, CL Curves—Non-Linearities; ; Longitudinal Control; All-Moving Tail; Elevator; Tail Lift with Elevator; Airplane Lift Coefficient with Elevator; Airplane Pitching Moment Coefficient with Elevator; Elevator Influence on Trim and Stability; Longitudinal Manoeuvres with the Elevator; Most Forward CG Limit; NP Determination from Flight Tests; Effect of NP Shift with Mach Number; ; Long-Period (Phugoid) Dynamics; Phugoid Mode Equations; Energy; Phugoid Mode Physics; Phugoid Small-Perturbation Equations; Aerodynamic Modelling with Mach Number; Phugoid Dynamics; Phugoid Mode Frequency and Damping; Accurate Short-Period and Phugoid Approximations; Derivative CmMa; Derivative Cmq 1 in Pitching Motion; Derivative Cmq 1 in Phugoid Motion; Flow Curvature Effects; ; Lateral-Directional Motion; Review; Directional Disturbance Angles; Directional versus Longitudinal Flight; Lateral Disturbance Angles; Lateral-Directional Rate Variables; Small-Perturbation Lateral-Directional Equations; Lateral-Directional Timescales; Lateral-Directional Aerodynamic Derivatives; Lateral-Directional Small-Perturbation Equations (Contd.)........ 202; Lateral-Directional Dynamics Modes; ; Lateral-Directional Dynamic Modes; Roll (Rate) Mode; Roll Damping Derivative Clp 2; Roll Control; Aileron Control Derivative, Cl δa ; Yaw due to Roll Control; Aileron Input for a Bank Angle; Dutch Roll Mode; Directional Derivatives CY β and Cn β; Lateral Derivative: Cl β; Damping Derivatives: Cnr 1 and Clr 1; Rudder Control; Spiral Mode; Real-Life Airplane Data; ; Computational Flight Dynamics; Aircraft Equations of Motion; Derivation of Aircraft Equations of Motion; 3–2–1 Rule; Derivation of Aircraft Equations of Motion (Contd.); Numerical Analysis of Aircraft Motions; Standard Bifurcation Analysis; Extended Bifurcation Analysis
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 629.132/3; Aerodynamics; Bifurcation theory; Continuation methods; SCIENCE / Mechanics / General; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electrical; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482234886; 1482234882
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