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Flight Without Formulae A.C. Kermode

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Flight Without Formulae A.C. Kermode

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Zusammenfassung

This text is suitable for trainee pilots and all aeronautical engineering and aviation courses from NC/D to postgraduate. Explains the principles of flight in an simple yet informative way, without the need for complex mathematical formulae.

Flight Without Formulae Zusammenfassung

Flight Without Formulae A.C. Kermode

This fifth edition, updated by Bill Gunston, is an account of the basic principles of flight, explained as simply as possible and excluding all mathematical formulae. It contains a new section which sets out recent aeronautical developments and is intended to be of use as an introductory text for trainee pilots and students as well as for the general reader.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The argument; what is an aeroplane?; lighter than air; the atmosphere; lift and drag; air speed and ground speed; direction relative to the air and relative to the ground; wind and smoke tunnels; air and water; centre of pressure; stability and instability; the wing section; air flow over a wing section; pressure distribution round a wing section; the Venturi tube; why the centre of pressure moves; stalling or burbling; effects of speed, of size and of air density; lift/drag ratio; analysis of drag; induced and parasite drag; form drag; skin friction; the boundary layer; shape of wing section; variable camber; slots, slats and flaps; aspects ratio; biplanes; straight and level flight; the four forces; thrust; jet, propeller and rocket propulsion; balance of aeroplane; the tail plane; stability of aeroplane; degrees of stability; rolling, pitching and yawing; longitudinal, lateral and directional stability; directional and lateral; control; longitudinal, lateral and directional control; balanced controls; control tabs; control at low and high speeds; level flight - the speed range; economical flying; flying at low speeds; stalling; landing; reduction of landing speed; wing loading; STOL and VTOL; gliding; climbing; turning; nose-diving; taxying; taking off; aerobatics; the propeller; multi-engined aeroplanes; flying faults; instruments; the air-speed indicator; the altimeter; navigation instruments; flight measurements; high-speed flight; the speed of sound; Mach numbers; flight at transonic speeds; shock waves; the shock stall; wave drag; sweepback; vortex generators; wing and body shapes; through the barrier - and beyond; supersonic flows and shapes; sonic bangs; other problems of supersonic flight; the future; into space.

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9780582026988
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Flight Without Formulae A.C. Kermode
A.C. Kermode
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Broschiert
Pearson Education Limited
1989-02-27
320
N/A
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