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  • Modern Flexible Multi-Body Dynamics Modeling Methodology for Flapping Wing Vehicles

    by Cornelia Altenbuchner, James E Hubbard Jr. ...
    Modern Flexible Multi-Body Dynamics Modeling Methodology for Flapping Wing Vehicles presents research on the implementation of a flexible multi-body dynamic representation of a flapping wing ornithopter that considers aero-elasticity. This effort brings advances in the understanding of flapping wing flight physics and dynamics that ultimately leads to an improvement in the performance of such ... Read more

    $152.99 USD

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    From Insects to Jumbo Jets

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    $19.99 USD

  • Small Unmanned Aircraft

    Theory and Practice

    by Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain ...
    Autonomous unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are critical to current and future military, civil, and commercial operations. Despite their importance, no previous textbook has accessibly introduced UAVs to students in the engineering, computer, and science disciplines--until now. Small Unmanned Aircraft provides a concise but comprehensive description of the key concepts and technologies underlying the ... Read more

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  • X-15 Diary

    The Story of America's First Space Ship

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    The riveting true story of the world's fastest plane and the first manned flights into outer space.First tested in 1959, the X-15 rocket plane was at the forefront of the space race. Developed by the US Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in collaboration with North American Aviation, the X-15 was sleek, black, and powerful—a missile with stubby wings and a ... Read more

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  • Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students

    by Howard D. Curtis ...
    Series series Aerospace Engineering
    Written by Howard Curtis, Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle University, Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students is a crucial text for students of aerospace engineering. Now in its 3e, the book has been brought up-to-date with new topics, key terms, homework exercises, and fully worked examples. Highly illustrated and fully supported with downloadable MATLAB algorithms for ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Kids Book of Questions: How Do Things Fly?

    Trivia for Kids of All Ages - Things That Go

    by Speedy Publishing LLC ...
    Series Book 4 - Kids Book of Questions
    The concept of flight is briefly but adequately discussed in this book of pictures. The presentation of information is direct-to-the-point; thereby leading to an understanding of the concept by even the youngest readers. Kids will also learn to correctly identify different species of birds based on the pictures included in the book. Be sure to grab a copy today. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Rotorcraft Aeromechanics

    by Wayne Johnson ...
    Series Book 36 - Cambridge Aerospace Series
    A rotorcraft is a class of aircraft that uses large-diameter rotating wings to accomplish efficient vertical take-off and landing. The class encompasses helicopters of numerous configurations (single main rotor and tail rotor, tandem rotors, coaxial rotors), tilting proprotor aircraft, compound helicopters, and many other innovative configuration concepts. Aeromechanics covers much of what the ... Read more

    $183.69 USD

  • A History of Aerodynamics

    And Its Impact on Flying Machines

    by John D. Anderson, Jr ...
    Series Book 8 - Cambridge Aerospace Series
    From the Foreword: 'John Anderson's book represents a milestone in aviation literature. For the first time aviation enthusiasts - both specialists and popular readers alike - possess an authoritative history of aerodynamic theory. Not only is this study authoritative, it is also highly readable and linked to the actual (and more familiar) story of how the airplane evolved. The book touches on all ... Read more

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  • Flight Performance of Fixed and Rotary Wing Aircraft

    by Antonio Filippone ...
    Calculation and optimisation of flight performance is required to design or select new aircraft, efficiently operate existing aircraft, and upgrade aircraft. It provides critical data for aircraft certification, accident investigation, fleet management, flight regulations and safety. This book presents an unrivalled range of advanced flight performance models for both transport and military ... Read more

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  • Principles of Flight

    by Phillip Duke ...
    The hows and whys of lighter and heavier than air flight are explained in theory, and described. in practice. Theoretical subjects include the Laws of Motion and Archimedes's and Bernoulli's Principles, as they apply to atmospheric flight.Aircraft described and discussed include everything from the supersonic SR-71 Blackbird, and the Concorde, to sporty ultralights including the man-powered ... Read more

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  • Steady Aircraft Flight and Performance

    by N. Harris McClamroch ...
    This undergraduate textbook offers a unique introduction to steady flight and performance for fixed-wing aircraft from a twenty-first-century flight systems perspective. Emphasizing the interplay between mathematics and engineering, it fully explains the fundamentals of aircraft flight and develops the basic algebraic equations needed to obtain the conditions for gliding flight, level flight, ... Read more

    $79.19 USD

  • Aerodynamics for Engineering Students

    by Steven H. Collicott, Daniel T. Valentine, E. L. Houghton, P. W. Carpenter ...
    Aerodynamics for Engineering Students, Eight Edition provides concise explanations of basic concepts combined with an excellent introduction to aerodynamic theory. This updated edition has been revised with improved pedagogy and reorganized content to facilitate student learning. The book includes new examples in many chapters, expanded use of the "aerodynamics around us" boxes to help put the ... Read more

    $85.49 USD