Commercial Airplane Design Principles
- 1st Edition - February 19, 2014
- Latest edition
- Author: Pasquale M. Sforza
- Language: English
Commercial Airplane Design Principles is a succinct, focused text covering all the information required at the preliminary stage of aircraft design: initial sizing and weight es… Read more
Commercial Airplane Design Principles is a succinct, focused text covering all the information required at the preliminary stage of aircraft design: initial sizing and weight estimation, fuselage design, engine selection, aerodynamic analysis, stability and control, drag estimation, performance analysis, and economic analysis.
The text places emphasis on making informed choices from an array of competing options, and developing the confidence to do so.
- Shows the use of standard, empirical, and classical methods in support of the design process
- Explains the preparation of a professional quality design report
- Provides a sample outline of a design report
- Can be used in conjunction with Sforza, Manned Spacecraft Design Principles to form a complete course in Aircraft/Spacecraft Design
Aircraft designers, aircraft maintenance and modification organizations, students in aerospace engineering.
Preface
Introduction and Outline of an Airplane Design Report
1: Market Survey and Mission Specification
1.1 A growing market for commercial aircraft
1.2 Technology drivers
1.3 Cargo aircraft
1.4 Design summary
2: Preliminary Weight Estimation
2.1 The mission specification
2.2 The mission profile
2.3 Weight components
2.4 Empty weight trends
2.5 Fuel characteristics
2.6 Estimation of the takeoff and empty weights
2.7 Weight estimation for turboprop-powered aircraft
2.8 Design summary
2.9 Nomenclature
3: Fuselage Design
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Commercial aircraft cabin volume and pressure
3.3 General cabin layout
3.4 Cabin cross-section
3.5 Estimation of fuselage width
3.6 Estimation of fuselage length
3.7 Influence of fuselage fineness ratio
3.8 Estimation of nose cone and tail cone length
3.9 Cargo containers
3.10 Emergency exits
3.11 Recent developments in fuselage design
3.12 Design summary
3.13 Nomenclature
4: Engine Selection
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Landing requirements
4.3 Wing loading in landing
4.4 Landing field length
4.5 Wing loading in takeoff
4.6 Takeoff distance
4.7 Cruise requirements
4.8 Construction of the engine selection design chart
4.9 Flight test data for landing and power approach
4.10 Turbojet and turbofan engines
4.11 Turboprops
4.12 Engine-out operation and balanced field length
4.13 Design summary
4.14 Nomenclature
5: Wing Design
5.1 General wing planform characteristics
5.2 General airfoil characteristics
5.3 Lifting characteristics of the wing
5.4 Determination of wing maximum lift in the cruise configuration
5.5 High lift devices
5.6 Determination of CL,max for the wing in takeoff and landing configurations
5.7 Development and layout of the preliminary wing design
5.8 Design summary
5.9 Nomenclature
6: Tail Design
6.1 Preliminary tail design
6.2 Refined horizontal tail design
6.3 Refined vertical tail design
6.4 Design summary
6.5 Nomenclature
7: Landing Gear Design
7.1 Introduction
7.2 General characteristics of commercial jet transport landing gear
7.3 Aircraft tires and wheels
7.4 Shock absorbing landing gear struts
7.5 Landing gear brake systems
7.6 Landing gear retraction
7.7 Design summary
7.8 Nomenclature
8: Refined Weight and Balance Estimate
8.1 Process for refining the weight estimate
8.2 Limit load factor
8.3 The design dive speed
8.4 Wing group weight
8.5 Fuselage group weight
8.6 Landing gear group weight
8.7 Tail group weight
8.8 Propulsion group weight
8.9 Nacelle group weight
8.10 Flight controls group weight
8.11 Auxiliary power unit group weight
8.12 Instrument group weight
8.13 Hydraulic and pneumatic group weight
8.14 Electrical group weight
8.15 Avionics group weight
8.16 Equipment and furnishing group weight
8.17 Air conditioning and anti-icing group weight
8.18 Wing group center of gravity
8.19 Fuselage group center of gravity
8.20 Landing gear group center of gravity
8.21 Tail group center of gravity
8.22 Propulsion group center of gravity
8.23 Aircraft center of gravity
8.24 Design summary
8.25 Nomenclature
9: Drag Estimation
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Skin friction drag
9.3 Form drag
9.4 Drag build-up by components
9.5 Wing and tail drag
9.6 Fuselage drag
9.7 Nacelle and pylon drag
9.8 Landing gear drag
9.9 Flap and slat drag
9.10 Other drag sources
9.11 Calculation of the zero-lift drag coefficient neglecting wave drag
9.12 Compressibility drag at high subsonic and low transonic speeds
9.13 The area rule
9.14 Calculation of the wave drag coefficient
9.15 Effects of sweepback
9.16 The drag coefficient of the airplane
9.17 Thrust available and thrust required
9.18 Design summary
9.19 Nomenclature
10: Aircraft Performance
10.1 The range equation
10.2 Takeoff performance
10.3 Climb
10.4 Descent
10.5 Landing
10.6 Turboprop-powered aircraft
10.7 The air data system
10.8 Design summary
10.9 Nomenclature
11: Aircraft Pricing and Economic Analysis
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Capital cost
11.3 Direct operating cost
11.4 Indirect operating cost
11.5 Breakeven load factor
11.6 Design project activity
11.7 Nomenclature
Appendix A: Airfoil Characteristics
Appendix B: 1976 US Standard Atmosphere Model
Appendix C: Airfoil and Wing Theory and Analysis
Appendix D: Graphs of Critical Mach Number
Appendix E: Units and Conversion Factors
Appendix F: General Database for Commercial Aircraft
Index
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: February 19, 2014
- Language: English
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Pasquale M. Sforza
Pasquale Sforza received his PhD from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1965. He has taught courses related to commercial airplane design at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and the University of Florida. His research interests include propulsion, gas dynamics, and air and space vehicle design. Dr. Sforza has also acted as Co-Editor of the Journal of Directed Energy and Book Review Editor for the AIAA Journal. His previous books include Theory of Aerospace Propulsion (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2011) and Commercial Airplane Design Principles, (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014)
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USARead Commercial Airplane Design Principles on ScienceDirect