A Virtual Reference for Aircraft Flight Dynamics

Robert F. Stengel

Professor Emeritus
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

March 31, 2024

A Virtual Reference for Aircraft Flight Dynamics is an assemblage of bookmarks for web pages that contain educational material. The Table of Contents summarizes the Bookmarks Menu and provides links to each section. The Bookmarks Menu is organized to follow a logical sequence for associated lectures in a first course on flight dynamics. Specific topics can be found using the "Search" feature of your web browser. The reference is an adjunct to Flight Dynamics, Second Edition, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2022.

The majority of links in the Bookmarks Menu refer to sites contained at Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, which is published freely with a General Disclaimer. [As noted on the Wikipedia Main Page, Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.] All web pages can be modified or removed without notice, and Wikipedia is subject to unedited modifications by anyone, including experts and non-experts alike. Readers are cautioned that Wikipedia articles do not have the archival credibility of edited books and journals; however, no material that is known to be incorrect is referenced in the virtual reference book.

Contents of this reference are subject to change. The date of last revision is given below.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Mathematical Preliminaries, Aviation History
2. Point-Mass Dynamics and Aerodynamic Forces
3. Low-Speed Aerodynamics: 2-D
4. Low-Speed Aerodynamics: 3-D
5. Induced-Drag and High-Speed Aerodynamics
6. Aerodynamic Moments
7. Power and Thrust for Cruising Flight
8. Cruising Flight Envelope
9. Gliding, Climbing, and Turning Performance
10. Aircraft Equations of Motion: Translation and Rotation
11. Aircraft Equations of Motion: Flight Path Computation
12. Aircraft Control Devices and Systems
13. Linearized Equations of Motion
14. Linearized Longitudinal Equations of Motion
15. Linearized Lateral-Directional Equations of Motion
16. Analysis of Time Response
17. Transfer Functions and Frequency Response
18. Root-Locus Analysis of Parameter Variations
19. Advanced Problems of Longitudinal Dynamics
20. Advanced Problems of Lateral-Directional Dynamics
21. Flying Qualities Criteria
22. Maneuvering at High Angles and Angular Rates
23. Aeroelasticity and Fuel Slosh
24. Problems of High Speed and Altitude
25. Atmospheric Hazards to Flight
26. Flight and Wind Tunnel Testing

Bookmarks Menu