Computational Flight Dynamics (AIAA Education)

More than 100 illustrations and a five-program software package are combined in ''Computational Flight Dynamics'', a detailed instructional kit illustrating digital solutions to problems in aircraft dynamic stability, control and flight performance. Busy aerospace engineers, scientists and graduate students with a working knowledge of FORTRAN will learn - in a step-by-step format - several effective programming techniques in a range of flight dynamics areas. Of the five programmes included, FLIGHT and LOCUS - both previously used in flight control system designs for two production unmanned air vehicles - provide the necessary tools for studying uncontrolled aircraft motions, stability and the design of automatic flight control systems. A DOS or Windows environment is required for the FORTRAN programmes included on the 3.5-inch diskette, which contains source programmes, run (input) files and database files. Access to a compiler for FORTRAN 77 or 90 is also necessary

More than 100 illustrations and a five-program software package are combined in Computational Flight Dynamics, a detailed instructional kit illustrating digital solutions to problems in aircraft dynamic stability, control, and flight performance.

Busy aerospace engineers, scientists, and graduate students with a working knowledge of FORTRAN will learn—in a step-by-step format—several effective programming techniques in a range of flight dynamics areas. Of the five programs included, FLIGHT and LOCUS-both previously used in flight control system designs for two production unmanned air vehicles-provide the necessary tools for studying uncontrolled aircraft motions, stability, and the design of automatic flight control systems.

A DOS or Windows environment is required for the FORTRAN programs included on the 3.5-inch diskette, which contains source programs, run (input) files, and database files. Access to a compiler for FORTRAN 77 or 90 is also necessary.

Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Foreword......Page 7 Table Of Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 12 Airframe and Atmosphere Modeling......Page 15 Control and Guidance System Modeling......Page 63 Program LOCUS: s-Plane Root Locus......Page 113 Program ZPLANE: z-Plane Root Locus......Page 145 Program FLIGHT: Transient Response......Page 165 Program PERFORM: Flight-Path Calculation......Page 211 Program COVAR: Covariance Propagation......Page 229 Utility Subroutines......Page 249 Aerodynamic Databases......Page 257 Symbols......Page 281 List of FORTRAN Files on the Program Disk......Page 287 FORTRAN Listings......Page 289 Windows 95 Example Session......Page 471 Problem Sets......Page 473 References......Page 477 Subject Index......Page 481 A detailed instructional kit illustrating digital solutions to problems in aircraft dynamic stability, control and flight performance. Busy aerospace engineers, scientists and graduate students with a working knowledge of FORTRAN should learn several effective programming techniques.