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General Aviation Aircraft Design
Applied Methods and Procedures
- 2nd Edition - October 31, 2021
- Author: Snorri Gudmundsson
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 4 6 5 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 6 4 7 - 6
General Aviation Aircraft Design, Second Edition, continues to be the engineer’s best source for answers to realistic aircraft design questions. The book has been expanded… Read more
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Request a sales quoteGeneral Aviation Aircraft Design, Second Edition, continues to be the engineer’s best source for answers to realistic aircraft design questions. The book has been expanded to provide design guidance for additional classes of aircraft, including seaplanes, biplanes, UAS, high-speed business jets, and electric airplanes. In addition to conventional powerplants, design guidance for battery systems, electric motors, and complete electric powertrains is offered. The second edition contains new chapters:
- Thrust Modeling for Gas Turbines
- Longitudinal Stability and Control
- Lateral and Directional Stability and Control
These new chapters offer multiple practical methods to simplify the estimation of stability derivatives and introduce hinge moments and basic control system design. Furthermore, all chapters have been reorganized and feature updated material with additional analysis methods. This edition also provides an introduction to design optimization using a wing optimization as an example for the beginner.
Written by an engineer with more than 25 years of design experience, professional engineers, aircraft designers, aerodynamicists, structural analysts, performance analysts, researchers, and aerospace engineering students will value the book as the classic go-to for aircraft design.
- The printed book is now in color, with 1011 figures and illustrations!
- Presents the most common methods for conceptual aircraft design
- Clear presentation splits text into shaded regions, separating engineering topics from mathematical derivations and examples
- Design topics range from the "new" 14 CFR Part 23 to analysis of ducted fans. All chapters feature updated material with additional analysis methods. Many chapters have been reorganized for further help. Introduction to design optimization is provided using a wing optimization as an example for the beginner
- Three new chapters are offered, two of which focus on stability and control. These offer multiple practical methods to simplify the estimation of stability derivatives. The chapters introduce hinge moments and basic control system design
- Real-world examples using aircraft such as the Cirrus SR-22 and Learjet 45
Professional engineers in the aircraft industry, aircraft manufacturers, aircraft maintenance and modification organizations, researchers, universities and students of aerospace engineering
CHAPTER 1 – AIRCRAFT DESIGN PROCESS
CHAPTER 2 – AIRCRAFT COST ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 3 – INITIAL SIZING
CHAPTER 4 – AIRCRAFT CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT
CHAPTER 5 – AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL LAYOUT
CHAPTER 6 – AIRCRAFT WEIGHT ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 7 – SELECTING THE POWER PLANT
CHAPTER 8 – THE ANATOMY OF THE AIRFOIL
CHAPTER 9 – THE ANATOMY OF THE WING
CHAPTER 10 – THE ANATOMY OF LIFT ENHANCEMENT
CHAPTER 11 – THE ANATOMY OF THE TAIL
CHAPTER 12 – THE ANATOMY OF THE FUSELAGE
CHAPTER 13 – THE ANATOMY OF THE LANDING GEAR
CHAPTER 14 – THRUST MODELING FOR GAS TURBINES
CHAPTER 15 – THRUST MODELING FOR PROPELLERS
CHAPTER 16 – AIRCRAFT DRAG ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 17 – PERFORMANCE – INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 18 – PERFORMANCE – TAKE-OFF
CHAPTER 19 – PERFORMANCE – CLIMB
CHAPTER 20 – PERFORMANCE – CRUISE
CHAPTER 21 – PERFORMANCE – RANGE ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 22 – PERFORMANCE – DESCENT
CHAPTER 23 – PERFORMANCE – LANDING
CHAPTER 24 – LONGITUDINAL STABILITY AND CONTROL
CHAPTER 25 – LAT-DIR STABILITY AND CONTROL
CHAPTER 26 – MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN NOTES
APPENDIX A: ATMOSPHERIC MODELING
APPENDIX B: AEROSPACE ENGINEER'S FORMULA SHEET
APPENDIX C: DESIGN OF BIPLANES AND SEAPLANES
APPENDIX D: DERIVATION OF LANDING SIDE-CONSTRAINT
- No. of pages: 1142
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: October 31, 2021
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128184653
- eBook ISBN: 9780128226476
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Snorri Gudmundsson
Dr. Snorri Gudmundsson served from 1995-2009 at Cirrus Aircraft. He served in various engineering roles in the development of several aircraft, including the Cirrus SR20 and SR22 aircraft. From 2005-2009, he served as the Chief Aerodynamicist, where he was responsible for the aerodynamics of the SF50 Vision jet (recipient of the 2017 Collier Trophy). He had two appointments a Designated Engineering Representative (DER) for the FAA, as a Structural and Flight Analyst. He has contributed to the certification of several aircraft. This includes development and certification flight and structural testing. He has conducted load analysis, stability and control evaluation, and performance analysis on a variety of single and multi-engine aircraft. In 2010, Dr. Gudmundsson joined the faculty at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, where he is currently an Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering, teaching aircraft design and aerodynamics.
Dr. Snorri has a Youtube channel on Aircraft Design: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS0O5jdhFrdYBFC5YJP6axg/
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, FL, USARead General Aviation Aircraft Design on ScienceDirect