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Flight Physics

Essentials of Aeronautical Disciplines and Technology, with Historical Notes

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. E. Torenbeek

    1. Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

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  2. H. Wittenberg
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  • The essential interdependence of subjects from several disciplines has been emphasized;
  • study is simplified by a comprehensive index;
  • The book emphasises practical insight into of flight physics, though the authors have not sacrificed mathematical rigour in order to simplify;
  • Numerous graphical illustrations, diagrams and photographs are included for clarification;
  • The book contains a brief history of aviation technology, as well as many notes referring to those who founded the science of flight physics.

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. History of Aviation

    Pages 1-46

  3. Introduction to Atmospheric Flight

    Pages 47-85

  4. Low-Speed Aerodynamics

    Pages 87-123

  5. Lift and Drag at Low Speeds

    Pages 125-179

  6. Aircraft Engines and Propulsion

    Pages 181-252

  7. Aeroplane Performance

    Pages 253-325

  8. Stability and Control

    Pages 327-403

  9. Helicopter Flight Mechanics

    Pages 405-430

  10. High-Speed Flight

    Pages 431-510

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 511-535
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About this book

Knowledge is not merely everything we have come to know, but also ideas we have pondered long enough to know in which way they are related, and 1 how these ideas can be put to practical use. Modern aviation has been made possible as a result of much scienti c - search. However, the very rst useful results of this research became ava- able a considerable length of time after the aviation pioneers had made their rst ights. Apparently, researchers were not able to nd an adequate exp- nation for the occurrence of lift until the beginning of the 21st century. Also, for the fundamentals of stability and control, there was no theory available that the pioneers could rely on. Only after the rst motorized ights had been successfully made did researchers become more interested in the science of aviation, which from then on began to take shape. In modern day life, many millions of passengers are transported every year by air. People in the western societies take to the skies, on average, severaltimes a year. Especially in areas surrounding busy airports, travel by plane has been on the rise since the end of the Second World War. Despite becoming familiar with the sight of a jumbo jet commencing its ight once or twice a day, many nd it astonishing that such a colossus with a mass of several hundred thousands of kilograms can actually lift off from the ground.

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From the reviews: “This book was translated from the Dutch textbook Aeronautiek (2002) and then edited by the translators, one of whom is the senior author of the current work. It is an expansion of lecture material used by both Torenbeek and Wittenberg to instruct freshmen aerospace engineers at the Technical University of Delft from 1970 to 2000. … The work is useful to aeronautical engineering students as a good reference and as an adjunct to their course textbooks. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and graduate students.” (A. M. Strauss, Choice, Vol. 47 (5), January, 2010)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    E. Torenbeek

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