Aircraft design: a conceptual approach (4^th Ed.)

This highly regarded textbook presents the entire process of aircraft conceptual design—from requirements definition to initial sizing, configuration layout, analysis, sizing, and trade studies—in the same manner seen in industry aircraft design groups. Interesting and easy to read, the book has more than 900 pages of design methods, illustrations, tips, explanations, and equations, and extensive appendices with key data essential to design. It is the required design text at numerous universities around the world, and is a favorite of practicing design engineers. The new fourth edition is enhanced in many areas, with improvements and reworking of the text, expanded sizing and analysis methods, and up-to-date treatments of emerging technologies and concepts. A new section provides an introduction to spaceflight and rockets, including thrust analysis and vehicle sizing for launch and planetary missions. Appendices are revised and additional exam questions are provided.

Design-A Separate Discipline. Overview of the Design Process. Sizing from a Conceptual Sketch. Airfoil and Geometry Selection. Thrust-to-Weight Ratio and Wing Loading. Initial Sizing . Configuration Layout and Loft. Special Considerations in Configuration Layout. Crew Station, Passengers, and Payload. Propulsion and Fuel System Integration. Landing Gear and Subsystems. Intermission: Step-by-Step Development of a New Design. Aerodynamics. Propulsion. Structures and Loads. Weights. Stability, Control, and Handling Qualities. Performance and Flight Mechanics. Cost Analysis. Sizing and Trade Studies. Vertical Flight--Jet and Prop . Extremes of Flight. Design of Unique Aircraft Concepts. Conceptual Design Examples.