Basic Flight Mechanics A Simple Approach Without Equations /

• Main Author: Tewari, Ashish (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Atmospheric sciences.; Fluids.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Atmospheric Sciences.

This book presents flight mechanics of aircraft, spacecraft, and rockets to technical and non-technical readers in simple terms and based purely on physical principles. Adapting an accessible and lucid writing style, the book retains the scientific authority and conceptual substance of an engineerin...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Aerodynamics
• Flight of Airplanes and Gliders: Vertical Plane
• Flight of Airplanes and Gliders: Horizontal Plane
• Flapping and Rotary Wing Flight
• Space Flight
• Rocket Flight
• Appendix A. Standard Atmosphere.