Fundamentals of Aircraft and Airship Design (AIAA Education Series)

This book is revision and expansion of the classic 1975 aircraft design textbook that has been used worldwide for more than 30 years. Completely updated with the latest industry processes and techniques, it will benefit graduate and upper-level undergraduate students as well as practicing engineers. The aircraft is only a transport mechanism for the payload, and all design decisions must consider payload first. Simply stated, the aircraft is a dust cover. Fundamentals of Aircraft and Airship Design, Volume 1: Aircraft Design; emphasizes that the science and art of the aircraft design process is a compromise and that there is no right answer; however, there is always a best answer based on existing requirements and available technologies.

CONTENTS
Preface
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Review of Practical Aerodynamics
Chapter 3 - Aircraft Performance Methods
Chapter 4 - Aircraft Operating Envelope
Chapter 5 - Preliminary Estimate of Takeoff Weight
Chapter 6 - Estimating the Takeoff Wing Loading
Chapter 7 - Selecting the Planform and Airfoil Section
Chapter 8 - Preliminary Fuselage Sizing and Design
Chapter 9 - High-Life Devices
Chapter 10 - Takeoff and Landing Analysis
Chapter 11 - Preliminary Sizing of the Vertical and Horizontal Tails
Chapter 12 - Designing for Survivability (Stealth)
Chapter 13 - Estimating Wing-Body Aerodynamics
Chapter 14 - Propulsion System Fundamentals
Chapter 15 - Turbine Engine Inlet Design
Chapter 16 - Corrections for Turbine Engine Installation
Chapter 17 - Propeller Propulsion Systems
Chapter 18 - Propulsion System Thrust Sizing
Chapter 19 - Structures and Materials
Chapter 20 - Refined Weight Estimate
Chapter 21 - Static Stability and Control
Chapter 22 - Trim Drag and Maneuvering Flight
Chapter 23 - Control Surface Sizing Criteria
Chapter 24 - Life Cycle Cost
Chapter 25 - Trade Studies and Sizing
Appendix A - Conversions
Appendix B - Atmospheric Data
Appendix C - Isentropic Compressible Flow Functions
Appendix D - Normal Shock Functions for a Perfect Gas
Appendix E - Plane Oblique and Conical Shocks
Appendix F - NACA Airfoil Nomenclature and Data
Appendix G - Aerodynamic Data of Real Aircraft
Appendix H - Aerodynamics of Wing Body Combinations
Appendix I - Aircraft Weights Data
Appendix J - Propulsion Data
Appendix K - Miscellaneous Data