- Paperback: 396 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press (May 26 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0521478529
- ISBN-13: 978-0521478526
- Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 621 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,279,931 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"...written for the advanced undergraduate, beginning graduate student, and industry or academic researcher, that covers all aspects of flight performance of modern high-performance aircraft. This is a tall order, but the author delivers with 368 pages of equations, charts, discussions, and comprehensive exercises at the end of each of the eleven chapters....will be required reading for all serious students of aircraft performance." P.D. Bridges, Applied Mechanics Review
"...very well written and the material is presented very effectively, reflecting the experience of the author...there is a wealth of useful information and interesting discussions spread throughout the book with an abundance of equations...Overall, it was a pleasureable and professionally rewarding experience to read through this excellent book, and it is undoubtedly a welcome addition to the very limited 'textbook' type material available on this subject." Rama Yodavalli, Journal of Aerospace Engineering
"...is a text that opens the door to really understanding what affects the airplane as it maneuvers" PD Bridges, Applied Mechanics Review
"...the book is well written, the diagrams are simple and clear, the text and equations are easy....The book meets all the stated objectives and is certainly worth its price. I have no hesitation in recommending it before buying it I would also recommend comparison with its numerical neighbor in the Cambridge Aerospace Series. It is not often that a publisher offers two books on the same subject, at a similar time, at a similar price. Variety is the spice of life; look at both and choose the one that appeals to you most." Professor J.L.Stollery, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
"...very well written and the material is presented very effectively, reflecting the experience of the author...there is a wealth of useful information and interesting discussions spread throughout the book with an abundance of equations...Overall, it was a pleasureable and professionally rewarding experience to read through this excellent book, and it is undoubtedly a welcome addition to the very limited 'textbook' type material available on this subject." Rama Yodavalli, Journal of Aerospace Engineering
"...is a text that opens the door to really understanding what affects the airplane as it maneuvers" PD Bridges, Applied Mechanics Review
"...the book is well written, the diagrams are simple and clear, the text and equations are easy....The book meets all the stated objectives and is certainly worth its price. I have no hesitation in recommending it before buying it I would also recommend comparison with its numerical neighbor in the Cambridge Aerospace Series. It is not often that a publisher offers two books on the same subject, at a similar time, at a similar price. Variety is the spice of life; look at both and choose the one that appeals to you most." Professor J.L.Stollery, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
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This text, written at a level accessible to advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, covers all aspects of flight performance of modern day high-performance aircraft, from take-off to landing, through different phases of flight in climb, cruise, turning and descent. The book begins with an introduction to equations of motion, aerodynamic forces, and propulsion systems and then goes on to apply what has been learned to performance during descent and glide, cruising, climb, turning and take-off and landing. A final chapter discusses the performance of hypervelocity re-entry vehicles. Challenging exercises are included at the ends of chapters. These are designed to give readers a deeper understanding of the material covered in the text. This text will serve as an introductory text for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students. It will also be of value to researchers in universities and industry. The author is an internationally recognised teacher and researcher in this subject and has received the Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Research Awards from the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan.
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Good value for a small book, Jun 19 2001
By Claudio Bompadre - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Flight Mechanics of High-Performance Aircraft (Paperback)
This small book purpose is to cover the most important aspects of flight mechanics for advanced undergraduate students. To keep pace with this goal, the mathematical level is pretty accessible and never demanding ( just basic derivatives and almost no integral, the few ones have solutions described in the text ). The good facet is the analysis of supersonic cruise of airplanes and the perfomance of hypervelocity reentry vehicles. Since other textbooks are scanty on the matter, albeit more advanced in mathematical presentation, this volume is a good complement to a course textbook in those fields.If the reader is looking for a comprehensive text, this volume will provide many answers to his/her curiosity. If the student target is a particular suject, more specific treatise is needed. The reading will be of interest for professional pilots with a taste for theoretical insight of aircraft perfomance.
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