Winner of the AIAA Summerfield Book Award and the Aviation/Space Writers Association Award of Excellence, this best-selling textbook presents the entire process of aircraft conceptual design-from requirements definition to initial sizing, configuration layout, analysis, sizing, optimization, and trade studies. Widely used in industry and government aircraft design groups, Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach is also the design text at major universities around the world. A virtual encyclopedia of engineering, it is known for its completeness, easy-to-read style, and real-world approach to the process of design. In this sixth edition Dr. Raymer has expanded and updated his presentation of fast-moving technologies, added lots of new material, and re-written introductory material to make it even more “user-friendly.” Given the ever-growing importance of electric propulsion, Raymer has added a whole new chapter entitled Electric Aircraft. This presents technologies, design-to guidance, and rules of thumb, and offers electric aircraft performance and sizing equations derived in a format familiar to those designing conventionally-powered airplanes. This encyclopedic book covers every topic necessary to the understanding of aircraft design. Preliminary sizing, aerodynamics, structures, stability and control, propulsion, configuration layout, performance, cost analysis, and much more are all presented starting from first principles and building to a set of tools allowing the reader to actually do a realistic job of aircraft conceptual design. All topics are presented from the point of view of the aircraft designer, not the specialist in any given topic area. After 19 Chapters detailing the way to design “normal” aircraft, Raymer concludes with four more chapters describing the design of more-exotic flight vehicles including electric aircraft, helicopters, vertical takeoff jets, hypersonic aircraft, launch vehicles, airships, flying wings, forward-swept wings, asymmetric airplanes, and much more. Enjoy! ABOUT THE AUTHOR AIAA Fellow Daniel Raymer is a world-renowned expert in aerospace vehicle design. President of Conceptual Research Corporation, he received the 2010 AIAA Aircraft Design Award, the AIAA Summerfield Book Award, the Rockwell Engineer of the Year Award, and the Purdue University Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Award. He received B.S. and M.S. engineering degrees in Astronautics and Aeronautics from Purdue, an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California, and a Doctorate of Engineering (Ph.D.) from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology. Table of Contents Chapter 1 – Design – A Separate Discipline Chapter 2 – Overview of the Design Process Chapter 3 – Sizing from a Conceptual Sketch Chapter 4 – Airfoil and Wing/Tail Geometry Selection Chapter 5 – Thrust-to-Weight Ratio and Wing Loading Chapter 6 – Initial Sizing Chapter 7 – Configuration Layout and Loft Chapter 8 – Special Considerations in Configuration Layout Chapter 9 – Crew Station, Passengers, and Payload Chapter 10 – Propulsion and Fuel System Integration Chapter 11 – Landing Gear and Subsystems Intermission: Step-by-Step Development of a New Design Chapter 12 – Aerodynamics Chapter 13 – Propulsion Chapter 14 – Structures and Loads Chapter 15 – Weights Chapter 16 – Stability, Control, and Handling Qualities Chapter 17 – Performance and Flight Mechanics Chapter 18 – Cost Analysis Chapter 19 – Sizing and Trade Studies Chapter 20 – Electric Aircraft Chapter 21 – Vertical Flight – Jet and Prop Chapter 22 – Extremes of Flight Chapter 23 – Design of Unique Aircraft Concepts Chapter 24 – Conceptual Design Examples Appendix A – Unit Conversion Appendix B – Standard Atmosphere Appendix C – Airspeed Appendix D – Airfoil Data Appendix E – Typical Engine Performance Curves Appendix F – Design Requirements and Specifications
- ISBN: 9781624104909
- Editorial: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Encuadernacion: Tela
- Páginas: 1062
- Fecha Publicación: 30/09/2018
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