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The airplane: a history of its technology
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EngineeringAerospace SystemChronological PeriodPowered FlightSocial SciencesAviation TechnologyFlight ControlAeronauticsAerospace SystemsSystems EngineeringAircraft Design ProcessAir Traffic ControlAvionicsFlight DynamicsDesignPropulsionApplied AerodynamicsAerostructureIndustrial DesignAir TransportationAviation SystemsAerospace EngineeringMechanical SystemsAerodynamicsScience And Technology StudiesFlight MechanicsTechnologyAerospace ControlAir Vehicle System
The airplane, a system integrating aerodynamics, propulsion, flight dynamics, and structures, was commissioned to celebrate the 100th anniversary of powered flight. The book traces the technical evolution of the airplane. It presents a richly illustrated, chronological narrative that critically examines how aerodynamics, propulsion, flight dynamics, and structures have been synthesized into airplane design from da Vinci to today.
Commissioned in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Powered Flight. The airplane is a system comprising aspects of aerodynamics, propulsion, flight dynamics, and structures. This book outlines the history of the technical development of the airplane. Richly illustrated, it moves the reader through time beginning with Leonardo da Vinci and forward to the present. In each chronological period, the various aspects of the synthesis of aerodynamics, propulsion, flight dynamics, and structures to the design of flying machines is described and critically evaluated.