The dynamics of the airplane

This book is an outgrowth of those parts of Professor Marchis' lectures that were of particular interest to the author. It is in no sense a complete treatise on aviation. Questions of design and construction are passed over with bare mention. The book is intended for students of mathematics and physics who are attracted by the dynamical aspect of aviation. The problems presented by the motion of an airplane are novel and fascinating. They vary from the most pleasing simplicity to the most stimulating difficulty. The question of stability, particularly, exhibits at the same time the elegance and the power of analysis, and shows the adaptability of some of the general developments in dynamics. The field is assuredly a fruitful one of study, and increasing demands will be put upon the mathematician as the science of aviation continues its rapid development. The mathematician can well own a sense of pride that he had already at hand, in the developments inaugurated by Euler and Routh, a means of dealing accurately with the question of stability, that plays so fundamental a role in the science of flying.

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Table of Contents:

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I THE PLANE AND CAMBERED SURFACE

CHAPTER II STRAIGHT HORIZONTAL FLIGHT

CHAPTER III DESCENT AND ASCENT

CHAPTER IV CIRCULAR FLIGHT

CHAPTER V THE PROPELLER

CHAPTER VI PERFORMANCE

CHAPTER VII STABILITY AND CONTROLLABILITY

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