Aircraft Performance: An Engineering Approach [Hardcover]

Aircraft Performance: An Engineering Approach, Second Edition introduces flight performance analysis techniques of fixed-wing air vehicles, particularly heavier-than-air aircraft. It covers maximum speed, absolute ceiling, rate of climb, range, endurance, turn performance, and takeoff run.

1. Atmosphere. 2. Equations of Motion. 3. Drag Force and Drag Coefficient. 4. Engine Performance. 5. Straight-Level Flight  Jet Aircraft. 6. Straight-Level Flight: Propeller-Driven Aircraft. 7. Climb and Descent. 8. Takeoff and Landing. 9. Turn Performance and Flight Maneuvers. 10. Aircraft Performance Analysis Using Numerical Methods and MATLAB(R) Appendix A: Standard Atmosphere, SI Units. Appendix B: Standard Atmosphere, English Units. Appendix C: Performance Characteristics of Several Aircraft [9,65]. Appendix D: Flight Records.

Dr. Mohammad H. Sadraey is a Professor in the School of Engineering, Technology, and Aeronautics at the Southern New Hampshire University, and the national president of Sigma Gamma Tau honor society. Dr. Sadraeys main research interests are in aircraft design techniques, robust nonlinear control, autopilot, design and automatic control of unmanned air vehicles, and manned-unmanned aircraft teaming. He received his M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering in 1995 from RMIT, Australia, and his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas, USA in 2006. Dr. Sadraey is a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and is in Whos Who in America for many years. He has over 26 years of professional experience in academia and industry. Dr. Sadraey is the author of eight textbooks including Aircraft Design: A Systems Engineering Approach , Design of Unmanned Aerial Systems , published by Wiley Publications in 2012, and 2019, and Aircraft Performance Analysis by CRC in 2016.

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