Aircraft Design Concepts: An Introductory Course

Aircraft Design Concepts: An Introductory Course introduces the principles of aircraft design through a quantitative approach developed from the author's extensive teaching experience. Building on prerequisite courses, the text develops basic design skills and methodologies, while also explaining the underlying physics.

Author: James Delaurier
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 05/16/2022
Pages: 565
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.68lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.25d
ISBN: 9781138033399

About the Author

James DeLaurier has worked as an aerospace engineer, consultant, and professor. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and has worked at McDonnell Aircraft, the NASA Ames Research Center, the Sheldahl Corporation, and the Battelle Memorial Foundation. Until his retirement in 2006, Dr. DeLaurier was a professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Toronto. His specialties include aircraft design, lighter-than-air aerial vehicles, flapping-wing flying machines, and remote-piloted/microwave-powered aircraft.