The origin of Aerodynamic Design of Transport Aircraft stems from the time when the author was appointed part-time professor in the Aerospace Faculty of Delft University of Technology. At the time his main activities were those of leading the departments of Aerodynamics, Performance and Preliminary Design at Fokker Aircraft Company. The groundwork for this book started in 1987 as a series of lecture notes consisting mainly of pictorial material with a minimum of English explanatory text. After the demise of Fokker in 1996 one feared that interest in aeronautical engineering would strongly diminish. As a result of this, the course was discontinued and the relationship between the author and the faculty came to an end. Two years later the situation was reappraised, and the interest in aeronautical engineering remained, so the course was reinstated with a former Fokker colleague Ronald Slingerland as lecturer. The lecture notes from these courses form the foundation of this publication.
Most textbooks on aerodynamic design of the aircraft can be grouped either in a class of books where the emphasis is on fluid dynamics, with particular attention to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), or in a class of books mainly useful for preliminary design, where relations are presented between design requirements, resultant dimensions and basic shapes of the main aircraft components. The latter class usually pays little attention to flow physics.
In Aerodynamic Design of Transport Aircraft, an effort is made to bridge the gap between these two classes of textbooks. Although few formula are presented, relations are discussed in a descriptive manner between airflow characteristics, design requirements for the aircraft's main components as they contribute to the aircraft's overall performance, stability, control characteristics and the resulting detailed shapes.
In 45 chapters the text moves from first principles through the whole gamut of theoretical approaches backed up by a wealth of experimental and flight trials data. Modern swept-wing-, tail-surface- and control-surface-design is discussed. Chapters are devoted to the effect of propeller slipstream on stability and control, subsonic engine intakes and exhausts, and the estimation of aircraft weight and drag. The final part of the book covers certification requirements related to aerodynamic design and presents a general discussion on flight safety. Ed Obert joined the Fokker Aircraft Company in 1964. His last position in a 32-year career was as Head of Flight Physics. He was also appointed part-time Professor at the Aerospace Faculty of Delft University of Technology, a position he held for 9 years.
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