Aircraft Performance and Sizing, Volume II : Applied Aerodynamic Design (Aerospace Engineering Collection)

This book is a concise practical treatise for the student or experienced professional aircraft designer. This volume comprises key applied subjects for performance based aircraft design: systems engineering principles; aircraft mass properties estimation; the aerodynamic design of transonic wings; aircraft stability and control; takeoff and landing runway performance.This book may serve as a textbook for an undergraduate aircraft design course or as a reference for the classically trained practicing engineer.