Aircraft Systems
Mechanical, Electrical and Avionics Subsystems Integration
Aerospace Series (PEP)
3. Edition April 2008
546 Pages, Hardcover
Practical Approach Book
Short Description
Advances in systems technology continue to ally systems and avionics, with aircraft support and flight systems ever increasingly controlled and monitored by electronics. The authors bring together these areas and neatly summarize the overlap and interaction, exemplifying their ability to handle a complex subject in a straightforward and accessible manner. This approach also expedites the overlap with Aircraft Systems' sister volumes, Civil Avionics Systems and Military Avionics Systems.
Aircraft Systems, Third Edition is thoroughly revised, expanded and updated to reflect the significant technological and procedural changes that have taken place over the last five years - mergers, new aircraft types, more electric implementation, partnerships, different markets, and the emergence of UAVs. Every chapter is updated, the latest technologies depicted photographically, and a brand new chapter on environmental conditions has been included.
This third edition of Aircraft Systems represents a timely update of the Aerospace Series' successful and widely acclaimed flagship title. Moir and Seabridge present an in-depth study of the general systems of an aircraft - electronics, hydraulics, pneumatics, emergency systems and flight control to name but a few - that transform an aircraft shell into a living, functioning and communicating flying machine. Advances in systems technology continue to ally systems and avionics, with aircraft support and flight systems increasingly controlled and monitored by electronics; the authors handle the complexities of these overlaps and interactions in a straightforward and accessible manner that also enhances synergy with the book's two sister volumes, Civil Avionics Systems and military Avionics Systems.
Aircraft Systems, 3rd Edition is thoroughly revised and expanded from the last edition in 2001, reflecting the significant technological and procedural changes that have occurred in the interim - new aircraft types, increased electronic implementation, developing markets, increased environmental pressures and the emergence of UAVs. Every chapter is updated, and the latest technologies depicted. It offers an essential reference tool for aerospace industry researchers and practitioners such as aircraft designers, fuel specialists, engine specialists, and ground crew maintenance providers, as well as a textbook for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students in systems engineering, aerospace and engineering avionics.
Series Preface.
About the Authors.
Acknowledgements.
List of Abbreviations.
Introduction.
Systems Integration.
Systems Interaction.
1 Flight Control Systems.
2 Engine Control Systems.
3 Fuel Systems.
4 Hydraulic Systems.
5 Electrical Systems.
6 Pneumatic Systems.
7 Environmental Control Systems.
8 Emergency Systems.
9 Rotary Wing Systems.
10 Advanced Systems.
11 System Design and Development.
12 Avionics Technology.
13 Environmental Conditions.
Index.
Allan Seabridge was until recently the Chief Flight Systems Engineer at BAE Systems at Warton in Lancashire in the UK. In over 30 years in the aerospace industry his work has latterly included the avionics systems on the Nimrod MRA 4 and Lockheed Martin Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter) as well as a the development of a range of flight and avionics systems on a wide range of fast jets, training aircraft and ground and maritime surveillance projects. Spending much of his time between Europe and the US, Allan is fully aware of systems developments worldwide. he is also keen to encourage a further understanding of integrated engineering systems. An interest in engineering education continues with the design and delivery of systems and engineering courses at a number of UK universities at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
