Skip to Main Content
Flight Dynamics Principles, 2nd Edition
book

Flight Dynamics Principles, 2nd Edition

by Michael V. Cook
February 2011
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
488 pages
17h 21m
English
Butterworth-Heinemann
Content preview from Flight Dynamics Principles, 2nd Edition
Ch04-H6927.tex 20/6/2007 16: 33 Page 66
Chapter 4
The Equations of Motion
4.1 THE EQUATIONS OF MOTION OF A RIGID SYMMETRIC AIRCRAFT
As stated in Chapter 1, the first formal derivation of the equations of motion for a rigid
symmetric aircraft is usually attributed to Bryan (1911). His treatment, with very few
changes, remains in use today and provides the basis for the following development.
The object is to realise Newton’s second law of motion for each of the six degrees of
freedom which simply states that,
mass × acceleration = disturbing force (4.1)
For the rotary degrees of freedom the mass and acceleration become moment of
inertia and angular acceleration ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Commercial Airplane Design Principles

Commercial Airplane Design Principles

Pasquale M. Sforza
Theory and Practice of Aircraft Performance

Theory and Practice of Aircraft Performance

Ajoy Kumar Kundu, Mark A. Price, David Riordan

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780750669276