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Provides readers with a thorough understanding of the physical principles behind flight mechanics without the need of complicated mathematics
Encompasses all types of flight covered in one book from the biomechanics of birds to airplanes and rockets
Illustrates key properties of flight with many schematic diagrams and examples to highlight important principles
Includes appendices on atmospheric properties as well as basic flight equations for more mathematically inclined readers
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kan, Kanpur, India
Ashish Tewari
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Basic Flight Mechanics
Book Subtitle: A Simple Approach Without Equations
Authors: Ashish Tewari
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30022-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30020-7Published: 27 May 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80706-5Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30022-1Published: 22 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 136
Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Atmospheric Sciences