Airplane
Design Vol.I-VIII
The airplane design series has
been internationally acclaimed as a practical reference that covers the methodology
and decision making involved in the process of designing airplanes.
Educators and industry practitioners
across the globe rely on this compilation as both a textbook and a key reference.
Airplane Design Part
I: Preliminary Sizing of Airplanes familiarizes the reader with the following
fundamentals:
- Estimating take-off gross
weight, empty weight and mission fuel weight
- Sensitivity studies and growth
factors
- Estimating wing area
- Take-off thrust and maximum
clean, take-off and landing lift
- Sizing to stall speed, take-off
distance, landing distance, climb, maneuvering and cruise speed requirements
- Matching of all performance
requirements via performance matching diagrams
Airplane Design Part
II: Preliminary Configuration Design and Integration of the Propulsion System
familiarizes the reader with the following fundamentals:
- Selection of the overall
configuration
- Design of cockpit and fuselage
layouts
- Selection and integration
of the propulsion system
- Class I method for wing planform
design
- Class I method for verifying
clean airplane maximum lift coefficient and for sizing high lift devices
- Class I method for empennage
sizing and disposition, control surface sizing and disposition, landing gear
sizing and disposition, weight and balance analysis, stability and control
analysis and drag polar determination
Airplane Design Part
III: Layout Design of Cockpit, Fuselage, Wing and Empennage: Cutaways and Inboard
Profiles, familiarizes the reader with the following fundamental:
- Cockpit (or flight deck)
layout design
- Aerodynamic design considerations
for the fuselage layout
- Interior layout design of
the fuselage
- Fuselage structural design
considerations
- Wing aerodynamic and operational
design considerations
- Wing structural design considerations
- Empennage aerodynamic and
operational design considerations
- Empennage structural and integration
design consideration
- Integration of propulsion
system
- Preliminary structural arrangement,
material selection and manufacturing breakdown
Airplane Design Part
IV: Layout Design of Landing Gear and Systems familiarizes the reader with the
following fundamentals:
- Landing gear layout design
- Weapons integration and weapons
data
- Flight control system layout
data
- Fuel system layout design
- Hydraulic system design
- Electrical system layout design
- Environmental control system
layout design
- Cockpit instrumentation, flight
management and avionics system layout design
- De-icing and anti-icing system
layout design
- Escape system layout design
- Water and waste systems layout
design
- Safety and survivability considerations
Airplane Design Part
V: Component Weight Estimation familiarizes the reader with the following fundamentals:
- Class I method for estimating
airplane component weights
- Class I method for estimating
airplane moments of inertia
- Class II methods for detailed
airplane component and grouping weights
- V-n diagram methods
- Class II method for structure
weight
- Class II method for powerplant
weight
- Class II method for fixed
equipment weight
- Data and methods for center
of gravity location of individual components
- Class II method for airplane
moments and products of inertia
- Data base for airplane component
weights
- Data base for airplane non-dimensional
radii of gyration
Airplane Design Part
VI: Preliminary Calculation of Aerodynamic, Thrust and Power Characteristics,
familiarizes the reader with the following fundamentals:
- Methods for estimating airplane
drag with and without flaps
- Methods for estimating airplane
lift with and without flaps
- Methods for estimating airplane
pitching moment with and without flaps
- Methods for estimating installed
thrust and power data
- Methods for estimating stability
derivatives
- Methods for estimating control
derivatives
- Methods for estimating hingemoment
derivatives
Airplane Design Part VII:
Determination of Stability, Control and Performance Characteristics familiarizes
the reader with the following fundamentals:
- Controllability, maneuverability
and trim
- Static and dynamic stability
- Ride and comfort characteristics
- Performance prediction
methods
- Civil and military airworthiness
regulations for airplane performance and stability and control
- The airworthiness code
and the relationship between failure states, levels of performance and levels
of flying qualities
Airplane Design Part
VIII: Airplane Cost Estimation: Design, Development, Manufacturing and Operating,
familiarizes the reader with the following fundamentals:
- Cost definitions
and concepts
- Method for estimating
research, development, test and evaluation cost
- Method for estimating
prototyping cost
- Method for estimating
manufacturing and acquisition cost
- Method for estimating
operating cost
- Example of life
cycle cost calculation for a military airplane
- Airplane design
optimization and design-to-cost considerations
- Factors in airplane
program decision making