Flight & Orbital Mechanics – Readings

Course subject(s) 1. Flight Mechanics 2. Orbital Mechanics 3. Exam Practice

The lectures of AE2104-II cover material from two books. These books are not mandatory, but do offer background information on material covered in the lectures. The books used are ” Elements of Airplane Performance” by G.J.J. Ruijgrok, and ” Spacecraft Systems Engineering” by Fortescue, P., J. Stark and G. Swinerd.

Chapters:

From the book “Elements of Airplane Performance”  the following paragraphs contain relevant material.

  1. Unsteady Climb – Paragraph 14.1, 14.2
  2. Minimum Time to Climb – Paragraph 14.3
  3. Turning Performance – Paragraph 12.1 – 12.4
  4. Take Off – Paragraph 16.1 – 16.3
  5. Landing – Paragraph  16.5 – 16.7
  6. Cruise – Paragraph  15.1 – 15.3, 15.5, 15.6
  7. Equations of Motion – Paragraph 14.4, 16.4, Chapter 3 appendix A
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