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Media Attributions

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Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that the attributions are comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date. The Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 states that allowance is made for purposes such as teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute.

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Introductory

What is Aerospace Engineering?

  1. 787_production_line © Jetstar Airways is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  2. SLS Launch Vehicle in the 11.11_FT WT © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  3. 1280px-Pratt__Whitney_Advanced_Ducted_Propulsor_engine_test-1024×799 © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license
  4. Structures_icon_Replacement © ERAU/Dr. Alberto Mello is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  5. Aircraft_FBW © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license, and based on FWB.png by MCVAGrupo11.
  6. surface © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  7. 111206413_henriwerijflyingvflyingabovesea © Henri Werij is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  8. 2048px-Fan_blades_and_inlet_guide_vanes_of_GEnx-2B.jpg © Olivier Cleynen, is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  9. supersonic © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  10. 1280px-Raptor-test-9-25-2016 © Elon Musk / SpaceX is licensed under a CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) license.
  11. 110930-N-JQ696-401 © US Navy / Kelly Schindler is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  12. Noise_CFDnoisepropagation.png © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license. Adapted by J. Gordon Leishman.
  13. PyramidOfSuccessImage.png © Professor James D. Jones at Purdue University.

History of Aircraft & Aviation

  1. daVinciwings2 © Leonardo Da Vinci is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  2. Montgolfier © Claude Louis Desrais is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  3. GiffardAirship © Mike Young is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  4. Edward_Frost-ornithopter. Licensed under a Public Domain license.
  5. cayley_planeadores © George Cayley is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  6. Propellers_veryearly  © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  7. JunkersF13_1919
  8. CFDproblem © Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  9. Boeing_314_Clipper-cropped
  10. J5 © Smithsonian is licensed under a CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) license.
  11. Ju-52 © Rror is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  12. Boeing247 © San Diego Air and Space Museum is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  13. DC-3 © Towpilot is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  14. Spitfire © Franck Cabrol is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  15. Constellation © RuthAS is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  16. Supermarine_S.6_L’Aérophile_September,1929
  17. Mister_Mulligan
  18. Strahlflugzeug Heinkel He 178 © Bundesarchiv Bild is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  19. F-80 © US Air Force is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  20. Electra © San Diego Air and Space Museum is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  21. Comet © Imperial War Museums is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  22. Fatigue_bolthole
  23. Air_France_Boeing_707 © Richard Vandervord is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  24. Boeing 747-400 © TD Darmstadt is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  25. A380 © Maarten Visser is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  26. FitsandStarts © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  27. ellehammer © Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  28. CiervaC4 © Hillel Aviation Museum is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  29. EAA_BELL_47 © FlugKerl2 is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  30. wheelwords © AHS International is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  31. Aerial refueling of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters at Eglin AFB, Fla. © US Air Force is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  32. MV-22_mcas_Miramar_2014 © FOX 52 is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  33. Holloman AFB F-4 Phantom II © US Air Force is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  34. Concorde © Eduard Marmet is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  35. X-59 © Lockheed Martin/NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  36. ERJ135 © Arpingstone is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  37. Cirrus © A. Hunt is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  38. Pipistrel_Velis_Electro_9992 © Airjuice Photography is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license.

History of Rockets & Spaceflight

  1. 52524105272_f5a9bdcda7_o © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  2. chinese-rockets © Unknown is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  3. from-the-earth-to-the-moon-jules-verne-14a95a-1024 Licensed under a Public Domain license.
  4. Goddard_patentLicensed under a Public Domain license.
  5. the-v2-rocket-bu11149-cac687
  6. Sputnik © NSSDC / NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  7. explorer1 © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  8. Friendship7 © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  9. Gemini_spacecraft © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  10. EarthtoMoonOrbits © J. Gordon Leishman adapted from NASA public domain images are licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  11. SaturnV © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  12. Mariner-10 © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  13. Navstar © NOAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  14. Shuttle © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  15. Hubble © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  16. 1024px-James_Webb_Space_Telescope_(14742910940) © Kevin Gill is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  17. ISS © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  18. SLS_on_39B_ahead_of_launch_(cropped) © NASA/Joel Kowsky is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  19. Artemis © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  20. Falcon9launch © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  21. pegasus © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  22. Starship_SN16.jpeg © Lars Plougmann CC BY-SA 2.0
  23. 1024px-Encounter_01_lg © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  24. 2048px-OSIRIS-REx_Artist’s_conception © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  25. ParkerSolarProbe © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  26. 2216509584_8123a24a49_b © Virgin Galatic.

Preparations

Mathematics for Engineering

  1. newton_and_leibniz © Randall Munroe/XKCD is licensed under a CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) license.
  2. PositionVector © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. coordinates © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. AddingVectors © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. ScalrProduct © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. VectorProduct © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. LineIntegral © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. ClosedLineIntegral © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. SurfaceIntegral © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. Unitnormals © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  11. VolumeIntegral © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. GradientVector © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  13. Isobars  © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. Polar_coordinates © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. Cylindricalspherical_coordinates © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  16. Math_transformations © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  17. Liftline_transformation © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Units & Conversion Factors

  1. rounding © Randall Munroe/XKCD is licensed under a CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) license
  2. horsepower © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  3. Angles_units © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  4. kg_slug_lbm © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  5. Temperature_scales © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  6. Pressure_refaltitudes © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.

Professional Responsibilities, Ethics & Copyright

  1. Ethics © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  2. EthicsVsMorals © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.

Flight Vehicle Design

Aircraft Classification & Regulations

  1. AirplaneMontage © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.  Comprised of the following images, clockwise from the upper left:
    1. Cessna Caravan Float Plane © EurovisionNim, released for use with attribution.
    2. Zeppelin NT-4871-2 © Dietrich Krieger is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
    3. Autogyro MT-03 (D-MTBI) © Huhu Uet is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
    4. Cessna_172S_(3-30-2022) © ERAU is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license
    5. Airbus A380-841, Singapore Airlines AN2064183 © Konstantin von Wedelstaedt is licensed under a  GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 license.
    6. Zepper-BK 117-C2-(EC145)-SchweizerischeRettungsflugwacht © Matthias Zepper is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
    7. Air Cadet Sailplane © Glyn Baker is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
    8. BA609 02 © Dmitry Mottl is licensed under a Public Domain license.
    9. Hot air balloon over Cappadocia, Turkey © MusikAnimal is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  2. Cessna_172S_(3-30-2022) © ERAU is licensed under an All Rights Reserved license.
  3. engine2 © National Air and Space Museum is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  4. fighteraircraft © Staff Sgt. Courtney Richardson/USAF is licensed under a Public Domainlicense.
  5. UAV © Pixabay is licensed under a CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) license.
  6. FAA Image 2 © Pixabay adapted by Cassandra Konz is licensed under a CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) license.
  7. ICAOlogo © ICAO is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  8. EASAlogo © EASA is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  9. FAA_CofA © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  10. FAA Drone © LN_Photoart adapted by Cassandra Konz is licensed under a CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) license.

Anatomy of Aircraft & Spacecraft

  1. assemblies © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  2. Airplane_airlineranatomy © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  3. WingstructureUpdate © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  4. stressedskin © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  5. Airbus_A380 © Unknown is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  6. F15_drawing.svg © Open Clip Art Library is licensed under a CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) license.
  7. Turbofan_schematic © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  8. FourForces © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  9. ThreeAxes © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. Airplane_HW3_trim © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  11. ControlSurfaces © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  12. ControlSurfaces_ailerons © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  13. ControlSurfaces_elevator © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  14. ControlSurfaces_rudder © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  15. ControlSurfaces_flaps © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  16. LookingAtWing adapted by Gordon Leishman (added labels) is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license. Original © David Monniaux is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  17. FlapSections1 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  18. FlapSections2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  19. WingTypes © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  20. WingStructureTypes © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  21. WingTips © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  22. Tails © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  23. EnginePlacement_PROPS © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  24. EnginePlacement_JETS © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  25. UndercarriageTypes © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  26. LandingGearm is adapted by Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license. Composed of the following images:
    1. G-BGMP Reims F172 @Cotswold Airport, July 2005 © Adrian Pingstone is licensed under a Public Domain license.
    2. Singapore Airlines A380-841 (9V-SKB) taking off from London Heathrow Airport © Allen Watkin is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  27. LandingGear_2 adapted by Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license. Composed of the following images:
    1. Kenn Borek Twin Otter C-GXXB © CambridgeBayWeather is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
    2. De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources AN1100475 © Alain Rioux is licensed under a GNU Free Documentation Version 1.2 license.
    3. JMSDF TH-135(8815) skid left front view at Tokushima Air Base September 30, 2017 © Hunini is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  28. Helicopter_anatomy Adapted by J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  29. Anatomy_tiltrotor Adapted by J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  30. Airship_anatomy © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  31. RocketMotorInternals © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  32. Delta2 © National Archives is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  33. deepspaceprobe © NASA/JPL is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  34. STScI-01EVSVFEBEE8PM3XCN5V24CQE1 © NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is licensed under a Public Domain license.

Aerospace Structures

  1. Private: Replica_Sopwith_Camel_(G-BZSC) © Alan Wilson is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  2. Private: boxbeamspar © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  3. Private: Helicopter_rotorblade © Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  4. composite_materials01. Fair use.
  5. Structure_typesofloading © J. Gordon Leishman/ERAU is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  6. StuctureStressStrainLinear © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  7. wingstructure © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license
  8. SparTypes © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  9. Spar_example © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  10. truss © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  11. monocoque © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license
  12. semimonocoque © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  13. Structures_rivet © EAA and adapted by J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  14. fuselage_hoopstress © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  15. rudder © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  16. wingletstructure © Marzani, A., Testoni, N., De Marchi, L., Messina, M., Monaco, E. and Apicella, A. is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  17. AR-99-Coarse-FEM © Dorin Lozici-Brînzei, Simion Tătaru, and Radu Bîscă is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  18. Spar_lug © ERAU/Dr. Alberto Mello is licensed under an All Rights Reserved license.
  19. Structure_redundancy © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  20. Buckling © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  21. Severe buckling © NASA is licensed under a CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) license.
  22. Concorde_wingspar © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  23. loftid_rv_diagram © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license
  24. pressure_vessel © SpaceX is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  25. rocket_LH_tanks NASA public domain images. Adapted by  J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.

Aerospace Materials

  1. The-AIRBUS-A380-aircraft-composite-applications-wwwairbuscom © Airbus. Fair use.
  2. StuctureStressStrain © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  3. Materials_properties © J. Gordon Leishmanis licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  4. composite_fibers © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  5. composites_fiberorientations © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  6. CompositeStressStrain © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  7. Fiber Composite NLR © NLR / R. Klomp-de Boer is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  8. Steinbichler_Shearography_Honeycomb_with_CFRP_Top_Layer_Artificial_failures_that_simulate_layer-core_delaminations_Material © Rafael Schoen is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  9. Structure_fatigueCrack © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  10. FatigueCrack © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license. Adapted by J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  11. StuctureFatigueSN © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  12. 50091556027_493148a8d0_c
  13. 3Dprinting © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  14. Carbon_nanotube_(8,8)_3D_ball
  15. SmartStrainTemperature © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.

Fluid Properties & Hydrostatics

Fundamental Properties of Fluids

  1. SolidLiquidGas © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. Continuum_alt © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. Parameter_continuum © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. Fluid_pressure © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. Fluid_pressure_force © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. Piston_pressure © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. Fluid_density © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. Temperature © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. Temperature_scales © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. Fluid_eqnofstate © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. Fluid_bulkmodulus © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. Viscosity_balldrop © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  13. PlateShear © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. Viscosity_bonding © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. Viscosity_momentum © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  16. Newtonian © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  17. Sutherlands © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  18. SutherlandsLaw © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  19. AirfoilStreamlines_alt © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  20. EqStreamine  © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  21. Streamline_eqn © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  22. StreaminePathline © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  23. Flows_frameofreference © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  24. streamlines_example © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  25. streamtube © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  26. soundsourcesDoppler © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  27. soundsourcesDoppler_supersonic © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  28. Fluid_diffusion © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives)license
  29. Fluid_diffusion_example © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  30. fluid_effusion © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  31. SurfaceTension © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  32. Young-Laplace © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  33. SurfaceTension_bubble © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  34. CapilliaryAction2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Fluid Statics & the Hydrostatic Equation

  1. PascalLaw © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. PascalLaw_point © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. hydrostaticcube © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  4. hydrostatic_bodyforces © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  5. Paradox © Gordon Leishman/ERAU is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  6. TwoFluidMixing © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  7. ArchemedesGenProof  © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  8. BalloonBuoyantQuiz © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  9. Buoyancy_flotation © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  10. BuoyancyBalloon © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  11. Buoyancy_horizontal_alt  © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  12. Car_and_Balloon 2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  13. Balloon_baffling © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  14. Pressure_curvedsurface © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. PressureReleaseGate © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  16. U-Tube_single © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a  CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  17. U-Tube_2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  18. U-Tube_inverted © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  19. U-Tube_asymmetric © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  20. U-Tube_inverted © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  21. Well_Manometer © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  22. Inclined_Manometer © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  23. Manometerstack_ERAU © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  24. U-tubeProblem © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  25. Pressure_tansducer © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  26. Piston_hydrauliclift © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Atmospheric Properties

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  • Atmopshere_molecules © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  • AtmosphericComposition © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  • AtmosphericProps © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  • ISA_density © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  • ISA_pressure © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  • ISA_temp © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  • ISA_viscosity © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  • SatelliteDrag © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Introduction to Fluid Dynamics

Types of Fluid Flows

  1. Colored Smoke I © airguy1988 is licensed under a CC BY-ND (Attribution NoDerivatives) license.
  2. LamTransTurbFlows__alt 2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. CylinderFlowPatterns_alt © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  4. Airfoil_InviscidViscous © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. 1D2D3D2 © J. Gordon Leishman  is licensed under a  CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. Flow_InEx2 © J. Gordon Leishman  is licensed under a  CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. smoothflowhistory © J. Gordon Leishman  is licensed under a  CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. turbulentflowhistory © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a  CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. Piston © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. Fluid_bulkmodulus © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a  CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. Airfoil_MachFlow_alt © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. Density_ratio © Gordon Leishman / ERAU is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  13. Delta_A330_vortex © Maarten Visser is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license
  14. VortexFlows_UMD © Gordon Leishman/ERAU is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  15. Turbulence_modelresults © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a  CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Dimensional Analysis

Mach Number & Reynolds Number

  1. MachRanges_alt © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. MachFlow © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  3. Density_ratio © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. soundsources © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  5. SupersonicFlow © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. ReMachUnification © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  7. Wingefficiency © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  8. BlonAirfoil © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  9. schlierenbullet © G. S. Settles is licensed under a Public Domain license.

Dynamic Similarity

  1. geosimilar © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. MD11intunnel © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  3. 4timeschord © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. Proprotor_tunnel © Harlen Capen, NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  5. DragOnShup © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. Engineer conducting experiments in towing tank © University of Southampton. Ship Science. is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Problem Solving & Modeling

  1. synthesis © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. science method © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. CFDproblem © Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  4. WingModels © D.F. Feder, M. Dhone, N. Kornev. and M. Abdel-Maksoud [CFD models] adapted by Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  5. correlation © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. FlowModels_Integral © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. FlowModels_Differential © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. Aeroelastics © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. problemsolving © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. Ockham © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.

Models of Fluid Motion

Equations of Fluid Motion

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Continuity Equation

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Momentum Equation

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Energy Equation & Bernoulli’s Equation

  • All images in this chapter © J. Gordon Leishman are licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.

Applications of the Conservation Laws

  1. Venturi © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  2. VenturiCV © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  3. Carburetor © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  4. WindTunnel © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  5. Syphon © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  6. PressureProbes © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under an All Rights Reserved license.
  7. PitotTubes © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  8. PitotTube © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  9. Faa_pitot_static_system © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  10. JetEngine © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  11. drag2dbody © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  12. PropellerCV © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.

Other Types of Flow

Boundary Layer Flows

  1. BlonAirfoilDetail © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. Bl_concept © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. LamTurb_bl © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. LamTurbDiff © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. BL_shear © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. BL_shear_2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. BL_on_FlatPlate © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. bl_profiles_2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. Pressure_gradient © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. FlowOverHump © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. Airfoil_TEseparation © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. selligphoto © Gordon Leishman / Michael Selig is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  13. ZeroLiftCDplot © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. BL_roughness © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. F-16XL_NASA © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  16. BL_displacementThickness © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Turbulent Flows

  1. unsteady_turbulence © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. Turbulence_daVinci © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. Unsteady_turbulence © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. turbulence_vortexeddy © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. Viscosity_eddy © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. unsteady_eddyscales © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. turbulence_mixinglength © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. Turbulence_coffee © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. turbulence_grids © Unknown. Adapted by J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. Turbulence_modelresults © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. 2560px-DLR_2007_A380_sim_hires © Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.

Bluff Body Flows

  1. SmoothVsBluff © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. Viv-carre © Tiriginiaq is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  3. 2dbluffdrag © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. 3dbluffdrag © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. CylinderFlowPatterns © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. SphereCylinderDrag © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. SphereDiskDrag © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. Sphere_flowviz © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  9. GolfBallFlow © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. SmoothRoughCD © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. MagnusSpinLift © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. MagnusLiftCoefficent © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  13. ConDiagramSFS2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. Streamlining © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  15. WingRoot01 © Ahunt is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  16. AutomotiveDrag © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  17. trailerdrag © Transport Canada is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  18. PARACHUTE © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  19. Shadowgraph-image-of-sphere-at-M-153 © A.C. Charters is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  20. CannonballDrag © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  21. Bowshock © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.

Internal Flows

  1. Jet engine blades simulation.jpg © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.

  2. X-43A_(Hyper_-_X)_Mach_7_computational_fluid_dynamic_(CFD) © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  3. ExternalInternalFlows © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. Staged_combustion_rocket_cycle.svg © Duk is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  5. FuelPumpingSystem © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. DiaphragmPump © Ryan O’Connor is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  7. PipePressureDrop © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. PipeAvgFlow © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. PipeEntranceLength © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. Hydraulic_diameter © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. Pipe_pressures © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. Pipe_LamVsTurb © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  13. PipeRoughness © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. Moody_plot © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. Moody_plot_reading © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  16. ERAUtunnelfeatures © ERAU is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  17. tunnelcontraction © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Time-Dependent Flows

  1. smoothflowhistory © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. turbulentflowhistory © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. Unsteady_cylinder_shedding © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. TankSideDischarge © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. Flow_waterhammer_pressure © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. Flow_waterhammer  © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. dstall © George Barakos published with permission.
  8. dynamicstallprocess © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Viscous Dominated Flows

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  • Private: SphereFlowPatternsRe1 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  • Private: StokesDragParticle1 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  • Private: StokesDrag © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  • Private: SphereVelocities © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  • StokesVsPotential© J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  • ParticleTracking© J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  • Brownout© J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  • Brownout Prediction2© J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  • Private: Particles_settling © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  • Private: TaylorCouette © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Airfoil & Wing Aerodynamics

Wing Shapes & Nomenclature

  1. Voando_de_Madrid_a_Compostela_5 © Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  2. WingPlanform © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  3. TaperedWing © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  4. PlanformTaper © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  5. WingSweep © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  6. WingTwist © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  7. SimpleAirfoil © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  8. WingHistory © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  9. WingBending © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  10. Dihedral © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  11. Dihedral_on_a_TUI_Boeing_737-800_(G-TAWJ)_taxying_for_take_off_at_Bristol_Airport,_England_14May2019 © Adrian Pingstone is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  12. 167th_AS_C-5A_Galaxy © US Air Force is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  13. WingArea © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. WingElliptical © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. GAAspectRatio © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  16. GliderGA © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  17. Dg800 © DG Flugzeugbau is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  18. Delta_A330_vortex © Maarten Visser is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  19. WingletsMontage adapted by Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license. Composed of the following images:
    1. Airbus A350 Winglets © Niklas55555 is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
    2. Southwest Starboard Winglet © Formulanone is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
    3. Wingtip Fence Airbus A320 © Mariofan13 is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
    4. Wingtip device on a Lion Air Boeing 737-900 © Riyad Filza is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
    5. Paris Air Show 2017 Airbus A380plus winglet © Marc Lacoste is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
    6. Wingtip device on a China Eastern Airlines Airbus A330-343 © Shimin Gu is licensed under a GNU Free Documentation 1.2 license.
  20. Boeing_737-8_MAX_Belyakov © Oleg V. Belyakov is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  21. MeanChord © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.

Airfoil Geometries

  1. oldairfoils © Horatio Phillips is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  2. SymmetricCambered © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. AirfoilGeometry © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. EarlyAirfoils © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  5. AirfoilConstruction © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. AirfoilCircles © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. AirfoilsExamplesSymmetric © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. AirfoilsExamplesCambered © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. Airfoil_CFD_grid © ERAU is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. AirfoilsSupersonic © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. SupersonicAirfoil © Jorge Luis Garrido Tellez, Eusebio Hernandez-Martinez, Miguel Toledo Velazquez, Jose Angel Ortega Herrera, and Pedro Quinto-Diez is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  12. AirfoilTransonic_shape © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  13. © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. 0018 © NACA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  15. 0018nose © NACA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  16. 23018 © NACA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  17. 23018nose © NACA is licensed under a Public Domain license.

Aerodynamics of Airfoil Sections

  1. Body_forces © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. AirfoilDistributions © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. WingVortices © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. WingInfinite © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. 2dinsert © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license
  6. AirfoilLiftDrag © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. AirfoilMoments_1 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. n23012 © NACA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  9. Airfoil_LiftDragMoment © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. Airfoil_TEseparation © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. NACA2412chars © NACA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  12. Airfoil_LiftFlap © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  13. Airfoiil_laminar_polars © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. Airfoils_LowDrag © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. Airfoil_polar © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  16. NACA4412_Cl_plot © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  17. NACA4412_polar © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  18. TransonicFlowImages © W. J. Duncan, A. S. Thom, and A. D. Young is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  19. Airfoil_MachFlow © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  20. NACA0012_cl_alpha_plot © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  21. Airfoil_GlauertFactor © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  22. cl_versus_mach © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  23. cd_versus_Mach © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  24. AirfoilMoments_2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  25. AirfoilCenterofPressure © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  26. 0012plots © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  27. Linear_leastfit © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  28. Airfoil_PresureDist © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  29. Airfoil_integration © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  30. Airfoil_chord_press_sub © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  31. Airfoil_chord_press_trans © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  32. Airfoil_pressureInt1 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  33. Airfoil_pressureInt2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  34. AirfoilsSupersonicPressure © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  35. AirfoilTransonic_compare © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  36. cd_div_supercritical © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Aerodynamics of Finite Wings

  1. Delta_A330_vortex © Maarten Visser is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  2. WingVortexRollup © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. TipVortexRollup © ERAU is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  4. TipVortex_swirl © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. AirfoilInducedDrag © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. AirfoilInducedDrag_AReffect © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. polar_AR © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. Wing_polar © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. WingsSpanEfficiency © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. An_F-15_creating_its_own_vapor_cloud_over_Elmendorf_AFB,_Anchorage,_Alaska_(4851411637) © Frank Kovalchek is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  11. WingsSpanInterference © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. cl_AR © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  13. Aircraft_polar1 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. Aircraft_drag © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. Aircraft_polar2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  16. WInglet_flow © Maarten Visser is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  17. 1024px-777X_Roll-Out_(40407369583) © Dan Nevill is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  18. Wing+Winglet © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  19. Cd0_vs_Mach_lam © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  20. Cd0_vs_mach_tc © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  21. B727polar © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  22. FighterPolar © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  23. Airplane_Vortexupsets © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Basis of Airplane Performance

Aircraft Equations of Motion

  1. Airplane_motion © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. ArrplanePointMass 2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. AirplaneTrim_alt  © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. AirplaneTrim © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. Airplane_HW3_trim © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. Airplane_Climb_alt © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. Airplane_PullUp © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. Airplane_Pushover © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. Airplane_Turn © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. Airplane_Turn_fighter © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. V-n_diagram © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Introduction to Propulsion Systems

  1. Propulsion_airplane © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. Propulsion_rocket © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. EngineFlightLimits © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. Piston_Engine © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  5. Turbojet_operation-_axial_flow © Emoscopes is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  6. Turbofan_operation.svg © K. Aainsqatsi is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  7. 2560px-Turboprop_operation-en.svg © Emoscopes and M0tty is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  8. 2560px-Turboshaft_operation_(multilanguage).svg © Mliu92 is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  9. GenericPropulsionAir © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. TSFC_vs_year © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. TSFC_vs_BPR © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. RS-68_rocket_engine_test © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  13. Rocket_motorCV © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. Engine_SFC_global © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. 51832329970_1f8522692b_k © Rolls-Royce is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  16. BetaTechnologiesALIA © BETA Technologies is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.

Airspeed Definitions & Airspeed Measurement

  1. MachRanges_alt © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. A Cut View of Air Speed Indicator © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  3. StaticPort © SempreVolando is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  4. Airplane_SPE © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. TrailingCone © DLR_de is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  6. ASI_cal © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. PitotTubeSupersonic © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Altitude Definitions & Altitude Measurement

  1. Altimeter_workings © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  2. ReadingAlitmeter © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  3. Altimeter_calibration © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. DensityPressureAlt_m © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. DensityPressureAlt_ft © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. OAT_probe © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. TAT_probe.png © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.  Image uses a cropped close up from MSDF P-1(5504) HAQ-2 EO IR sensor right front low-angle view at Kanoya Air Base April 30, 2017 01 © Hunini, licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  8. EFIS_FAA © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.

Details of Propulsion Systems

Piston Engines & Propellers

  1. Piper_N4088F © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  2. Propellor Radial Engine Flight Aeroplane Aircraft © David Donaldson is licensed under a Pixabay License.
  3. Continental_IO-520_2© Stahlkocher is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  4. Otto-engine-all-strokes-2 © Mike Run is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  5. engine-power-03 © Kevin Horton/KitPlanes is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  6. Antonov_An-140-100._Propeller © Doomych is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  7. Propeller_types © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.  Comprised of the following images, clockwise from the upper left:
    1. Propeller3 © Dtom is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
    2. Antonov AN-70 at Paris Air Show 2013 4 © Tangopaso is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
    3. The propellers of a C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft © Adrian Pingstone is licensed under a Public Domain license.
    4. Propeller © RM Bulseco is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  8. Prop_blade_shape © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. Propeller_operation © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. propeller_element © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. Propeller_pitch_control © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. CT_propeller_theory_plot © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  13. CP_propeller_theory_plot © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. eta_propeller_theory_plot © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.

Turbojet Engines

  1. J85 ge 17a turbojet engine © Sanjay Acharya is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  2. Jet engine © Jeff Dahl is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  3. Turbjet_Press_temps © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license, created using Jeff Dahl’s Jet Engine image above.
  4. noise1 © Mojtaba Sadeghian and Mofid Gorji Bandpy is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  5. Turbojet © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. ThrustCurvesTurbojet © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. TSFCCurvesTurbojet © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
  8. Turbojet_afterburner © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.  Diagram is based on Afterburner cut view model © Tosaka, licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  9. A 492nd Fighter Squadron’s F-15E Strike Eagle takes off from Royal Air Force Lakenheath © U.S. Air Force is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  10. Simple Ramjet Operation © Konstantin Kosachev is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.

Turbofan & Turboprop Engines

  1. PW4000 © United Technologies Corporation – Pratt & Whitney Division is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  2. ryeeA © k. Aainsqatsi is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  3. ThrustCurvesTurbojfan © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. TSFCCurvesTurbofan © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. hD8lr © Emoscopes/M0tty is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  6. AdvancedPropellerPublicDomain © Samuel King Jr/U.S. Air Force is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  7. Structure-of-turbo-shaft-engine.ppm © Nannan Gu, Xi Wang, and Feiqiang Lin is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  8. F135-PW-600 © United Technologies Corporation – Pratt & Whitney Division is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  9. Safran Open Rotor © k. Aainsqatsi is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.

Rocket Engines

  1. RS-68_rocket_engine_test © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  2. Rocket_motorCV © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. Rocket_motor_expansion © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. Rocket_motor_optimized © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. Rocket_types © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. Staged_combustion_rocket_cycle.svg © Duk is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  7. Apollo11 © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  8. 51524997084_b5da6163d2_k © Steve Jurvetson is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  9. Rocket_monopropthruster © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. Rocket_coldgasthruster © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Atmospheric Flight Performance

Takeoff & Landing Performance

  1. Vietnam Airlines Boeing 777-200ER SYD Gilbert © Jeff Gilbert is licensed under a GNU Free Documentation 1.2 license.
  2. TakeoffChart_FAA © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  3. Airplane_landing © Steven Conry. Adapted by J. Gordon Leishman. CC BY 2.0 DEED Attribution 2.0 Generic
  4. LandingChart_FAA © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.

All other images in this chapter © J. Gordon Leishman are licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.

Steady Level-Flight Operations

  1. All images in this chapter © J. Gordon Leishman are licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.

Performance Envelopes

  1. AirplaneFlightLimits © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. AirplaneTrim_alt © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. Wing_lift_flaps © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. 309908main_EC89-0096-206_full © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  5. AirplaneFlightSpeedVsYear © Gordon Leishman / Air Informatics is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  6. Airfoil_MachFlow_alt © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. Wing_dragrise © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. Wing_sweepeffect © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. SweepSchlieren © NASA / NACA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  10. Wing_coven_trans © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. 4219-136 © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  12. Antishock_Bodies_Visualization © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  13. 1024px-Easyjet_a319_wing_g-ezav_arp © Adrian Pingstone is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  14. AirplaneActualEnvelope © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. AirplaneFlightLimitsJet 2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  16. flutter © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.

Flight Range & Endurance

  1. PayloadRangeB787 © Boeing is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.

CLIMBING, CEILING & GLIDING

  1. Boeing_767_JA8358_takeoff_at_Tokyo_May_2006 copy © Yamaguchi Yoshiaki is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.

All other images in this chapter © J. Gordon Leishman are licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.

Maneuvers & Gusts

  1. 1280px-The_Flying_Bulls_Aerobatics_Team_(4715717771) © Kuba Bożanowski is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  2. Airplane_PullUp_alt © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. Airplane_Turn © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. V-n_diagram © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. IABG_Test_Setup_A380_Dresden_bent_wing © IABG Dresden is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  6. Airplane_GustField © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. AirfoilGusts © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. V-n_diagram gusts © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Advanced Topics

Rocket & Launcher Performance

  1. Rocket_flightstages © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. RS-68_rocket_engine_test © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  3. Rocket_motorCV © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. Rocket_motor_expansion © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. Rocket_motor_optimized © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. Rocket_Steering © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. Rocket_types © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. Staged_combustion_rocket_cycle.svg © Duk is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  9. Apollo11 © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  10. 51524997084_b5da6163d2_k © Steve Jurvetson is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  11. Rocket_monopropthruster © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. Rocket_coldgasthruster © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  13. Rocket_simple © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. Space_launchtoorbit © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. Rocket_Staging © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  16. Rocket_3stages © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  17. Rocket_Staging_exam © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  18. Rocket_Staging_parallel © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Aircraft Stability & Control

  1. ThreeAxes_Stability © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. AirplaneTrim_alt2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. ControlSurfaces_2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. Airplain_Trim_coupling © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. 1280px-Trimmable_horizontal_stabiliser © YSSYguy at English Wikipedia is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  6. Airplane_Trim_about_0 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. Airplane_StaticStability © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. Airplane_StaticMargin © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. Airplane_StabDirivs © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. Airplane_DynamicStability © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. Airplane_ShortLong © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. Airplane_ShortLongPitch © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  13. Airplane_StabCofG © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. Airplane_CofGLocation © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. Dihedral_stability © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  16. anhedral_Harrier © Sgt Gabriela Garcia is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  17. Aircraft_Spiral © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  18. Airplane_Directional © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  19. Aircraft_DutchRoll © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  20. 1024px-203bm_-_Abu_Dhabi_Amiri_Flight_Boeing_747SP-Z5,_A6-ZSN@LHR,23.01.2003_-_Flickr_-_Aero_Icarus © Aero Icarus is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  21. Airplane_DorsalVentral © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  22. Beechcraft_1900D_Hex’air_(cropped) © Douchet Quentin adapted by Gordon Leishman (cropped image) is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  23. CHscale © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.

Stalling & Spinning

  1. Airfoil_stall_flow (Image 1) and (Image 2) © DLR is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  2. Wing_lift_flaps © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. Airfoil_TEseparation © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. stall_types © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. stall_thickness © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. Stall_Mach © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. Wing_StallCells © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. 3dstalldevelopments © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. WingsSweepTaper © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. B747tripleslotted © the-difference is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license.
  11. FlapSections3 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. Airfoil_Lift3FlapAngles © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  13. vortexgenerators © Bill Abbott is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  14. Wing_VGs © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. StallStrip1 © Ahunt is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  16. Airfoil_StallStrips © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  17. Wing_Fences © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  18. AirplaneSpin © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Flight Vehicle Noise

  1. Noise_airplane © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. Noise_rocketlaunch_alt © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. Noise_history © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license
  4. Noise_pressurewaves © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. Noise_sphericalspreading © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. Noise_interferencewaves © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. soundsourcesDoppler © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  8. Noise_retardedtime © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. Noise_rotating waves © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. Noise_CFDnoisepropagation © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. Decibel_scale © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. Noise_soundsource_example  © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license
  13. Noise_hearing © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. A-weightingCurve © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. Noise_airplanejetspectrum © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  16. Noise_jetvelocity © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license. © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  17. Noise_jetengines © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  18. Noise_airplane_alt © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  19. Noise_SonicBoom © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  20. Noise_SPM © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  21. Noise_Lmax © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  22. Noise_SEL © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  23. Noise_SENEL © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  24. Noise_Leq © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  25. Noise_contourmaps © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  26. Noise_helicopter © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  27. Noise_helicopterspectrum © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  28. Noise_advancingblade © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  29. Noise_propeller Image courtesy of George Barakos under fair use. Annotated by J. Gordon Leishman.
  30. Noise_propellertypes © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  31. Noise_rocket © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  32. Noise_internal © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Introduction to Advanced Computational Methods

  1. SST_Mach_NASA Public domain. Adapted and modified by J. Gordon Leishman. Licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. CFD_grid_simple_alt © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. turbulence_grids © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. CFD_Chimera_grid_alt © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. 2D_mesh © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. Viscosity_eddy © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. unsteady_eddyscales © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. CFD_stencil © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. CFD_heateqn © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. Turbulence_modelresults © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. CFD_finitevolume © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. 2560px-DLR_2007_A380_sim_hires
  13. bl_flowonairfoil © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. Panels_airfoil © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. UVLM_simulation_of_an_aircraft_model
  16. panelmethod_bldisplacement © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  17. Meshing_in_Finite_Element_Analysis © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  18. Private: AR-99-Coarse-FEM © Dorin Lozici-Brînzei, Simion Tătaru, and Radu Bîscă is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  19. Structures_icon_Replacement © ERAU/Dr. Alberto Mello is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license
  20. flutter © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license
  21. Wing_flutter2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  22. Aeroelastics_flutter  © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  23. Flutter_airspeed © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Faster, Higher & Into Space

Supersonic & Hypersonic Flight

  1. ErnstMachShock © Ernst Mach is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  2. 493996013_101d4274f1_o © Smithsonian Institute is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  3. AirfoilsSupersonicFlow © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. AirfoilsSupersonicPressure © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. Airfoil_LiftSlopeSubsuper © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. Airfoil_Supersonic wedge © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. AirfoilMoments_supersonic © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. MachCone © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. Slirbilder av vindtunnelmodell av flygplan J 35 i skala 1:30. © Flygvapenmuseum is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  10. Mach_angle © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. Machconehornet © US Navy / Ensign John Gay is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  12. SweepSchlieren © NASA / NACA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  13. Wing_sweepeffect © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. Wing_dragrise_swept © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. WingTypesSupersonic © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  16. Eurofighter_9803_2 © Kogo is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  17. AreaRule © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  18. VariableSweepAirplanes is composed of the following images, clockwise from the upper left:
    1. Tornado f3 ze764 kemble arp © Adrian Pingstone is licensed under a Public Domain license.
    2. B-1 Lancer © US Air Force is licensed under a Public Domain license.
    3. Tupolev Tu-160 Alabino 220415 58 © Vitaly V. Kuzmin is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
    4. Sukhoi Su-24M of the Russian Air Force inflight © Alexander Mishin is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  19. Wing_lifttodrag_F111 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  20. ConcordeIntakeNozzle © Nubifer is licensed under a CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) license.
  21. SSTphotos © SDASM Archives (left) and RIA Novosti archive (right) is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  22. USA_SST_designs © National Archives and Records Administration (left) and (right) is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  23. Wing_VortexFlow © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  24. Wing_vortexlift © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  25. Concorde_temps © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  26. SonicBoom © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  27. Lockheed Martin Skunk Works X-Plane © NASA / Lockheed Martin is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  28. Aircraft_hypersonic © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  29. NACA_BluntBodies © NASA / NACA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  30. Hypersonic_NewtonianPlate © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  31. NewtonianHypersonics © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  32. Waverider_concept © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  33. 2880px-Scramjet_operation_en.svg © Emoscopes and Luke490 is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  34. 1220px-X-51A_Waverider © US Air Force is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  35. schlierenbullet-1 © Gary Settles is licensed under a Public Domain license.

Rockets & Launch Vehicle Performance

  1. Rocket_flightstages © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  2. Rocket_Steering © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. Rocket_simple © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. Space_launchtoorbit © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. Rocket_Staging © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. Rocket_3stages © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. Rocket_Staging_exam © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. Rocket_Staging_parallel © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Astronautics & Astrodynamics

  1. 52524105272_f5a9bdcda7_o © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  2. Space_Keplerorbit © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  3. Solar_System © Elen Danielyan is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  4. Space_launch_2stage © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  5. Space_gravattraction © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  6. Space_acclerationonEarth © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  7. Space_OrbitForces © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. Space_simpleorbit © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. Space_orbitenergy © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. Space_orbitalpaths © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. Space_Keplerellipse © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. Space_Kepler2ndlaw © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  13. Space_KeplerVelocities © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. Space_obitaltransfer © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. Artemis_I_Launch_(NHQ202211160029) © NASA/Joel Kowsky is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  16. Space_launchtoorbit © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  17. Space_launchprofile © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  18. NASA_SaturnV_drag © Fuller & Fournier is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  19. Space_Hohmann © J. Gordon Leishman
  20. Space_escapevelocity © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  21. First Image of a Black Hole © Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license.
  22. Space_MissiontoMars © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  23. STScI-01GKMKK89AW9AX0Q9QA390CB6W © NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  24. Space_orbitaldecay © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  25. Apollo_cm © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  26. Space_re-entry © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  27. Professor-Archie-E-Roy © OISF is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.

Other Flight Vehicles

Helicopters & Vertical Flight

  1. Rotor_technology © J. Gordon Leishman (added labels) is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license, and is based on AW-101 Marina Militare © Peng Chen, licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  2. ellehammer © Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  3. CiervaC4 © Hillel Aviation Museum is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  4. EAA_BELL_47 © FlugKerl2 is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  5. 1024px-Zepper-BK_117-C2-(EC145)-SchweizerischeRettungsflugwacht © Matthias Zepper is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  6. TiltrotorModes © Gordon Leishman / pjs2005 is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  7. Wingcopter_178_HL_Delivery_ © Akash 1997 is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  8. Rotor_configurations © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. Rotor_helicopter_forces1 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. Rotor_helicopter_forces2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. Rotor_helicopter_forces3 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. RotorWingSpanDiff © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  13. Rotor_fwdflow © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. Rotor_DissymmetryLift © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  15. Rotor_flappingHinge © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  16. Rotor_effect_of_flapping © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  17. Helicopter_MainRotorHub © Gordon Leishman is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license.
  18. RotorWingVortices © Ian Abbot is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license.
  19. Rotor_Hover_Flowfield © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  20. Rotor_hover_model © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  21. Helicopter_annulus © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  22. Helicopter_diskpowerloadings © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  23. Rotor_modmomtheory © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  24. RotorBladeElement_CD0 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  25. Rotor_modmomtheory © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  26. Rotor_FM © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  27. Rotor_PL_FM_double © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  28. rotor_FM_vs_CT © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  29. rotor_Fm_vs_CTsig © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  30. Ground effect sketches © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  31. Rotor_IGE_polars © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  32. Helicopter_SlopePlot © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  33. Rotor_climb_model © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  34. Rotor_descent_model © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  35. rotor_complete_vi © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  36. Rotor_complete_Power © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  37. Helicopter_VRS © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  38. helicoper_problems © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  39. Rotor_fwdflight_model © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  40. Helicopter_inflow © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  41. Rotor_fwdflight_FBD © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  42. Helicopter_powercuve © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  43. Rotor_reverseflow © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  44. Helicopter_GTOW © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  45. Helicopter_alt © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  46. Helicopter_ROC © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  47. Helicopter_fuelflow © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  48. helicopter_range © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  49. Bo105_Rotorkopf_0570b © Bernd vdB is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  50. Helicopter_swashplate © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  51. Rotor_blade_flapping_tilt1 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  52. Helicopter+Tailrotors © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  53. 1280px-JMSDF_SH 60J(8265)_tail_rotor_hub_at_Tokushima_Air_Base_September_30,_2017 © Hunini is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  54. Blade_section_autorotate © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  55. Helicopter_EnergyStates © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  56. Helicopter_autorotation © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  57. Helicopter_autorotate_trajectory © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  58. Helicopter_HVdiagram © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  59. autorotational-index-plot © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  60. helicoper_problems_zones © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  61. helicoper_advancingblade © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  62. distall.gif © George Barakos. Published with permission of the author.
  63. helicopter_BVI_types © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  64. helicopter_fuselage_streamline © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  65. helicopter_future © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.

Gliders & Sailplanes

  1. Dg800 © DG Flugzeugbau adapted by J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a Public Domain license
  2. Glider_on_aerotow © Paul Haliday is licensed under a Public Domain license
  3. 1902_Wright_glider_fly © User Willy Logan on en.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons is licensed under a Public Domain license
  4. Elliott_EoN_Primary_’AQQ’_(G-ALPS_-_BGA580)_(12329864744) © Alan Wilson is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license
  5. Aircraft_of_the_Royal_Air_Force_1939-1945-_Airspeed_As.51_Horsa._CH10891 © Daventry B J (Flying Officer), Royal Air Force official photographer is licensed under a Public Domain license
  6. FB_IMG_1679072297658 © Face-book is licensed under a Public Domain license
  7. Slingsby_Skylark_2c © TSRL is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license
  8. 1280px-Schleicher_ASH_30_Mi_20110407_130336 © Manfred Münch adapted by J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license
  9. Sailplane_planformshapes © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  10. Anatomy_sailplane © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  11. Sailplane_cockpit © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a Public Domain license
  12. Glider_GlideEquil © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  13. Glider_GlideComponents © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  14. gliderpolars © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  15. Sailplane_singlepolar © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  16. Sailplane_fitpolar © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  17. cdbestfit © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  18. Sailplane_Numbus_Polarbreakdown © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  19. GliderPolar_Nimbus © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  20. Glider_L2D_Nimbus © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  21. GliderAngle_Nimbus © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  22. Wortmann_airfoils © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  23. FXairfoils_polars © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  24. hangglider © Clément Bucco-Lechat is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license

Airships, Blimps & Aerostats

  1. LockheedMartin_P-791 © AMIRAAZAMI6, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license
  2. T2-_d441_-_Fig._261._—_Premier_voyage_aérien_dans_une_montgolfière_le_21_novembre_1783 is licensed under a Public Domain license
  3. 2560px-NH43901-enhanced © J. Gordon Leishman/Photo: Library of Congress is licensed under a Public Domain license
  4. Anatomy_balloon © J. Gordon Leishman/Photo: Kropsoq is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license
  5. Anatomy_highalt_balloon © J. Gordon Leishman/Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license
  6. Anatomy_airship © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  7. Anatomy_blimp © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license
  8. Anatomy_semirigid © J. Gordon Leishman/ Photo: Levdr1lp adapted by J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license
  9. Anatomy_aerostat © J. Gordon Leishman/ Photographer: Donna Burton is licensed under a Public Domain license
  10. Anatomy_Hybrid © J. Gordon Leishman/ Photo: Mikes Photos, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons adapted by J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license
  11. ArchemedesPrinciple © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  12. Airship_flotation © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  13. Airship_buoyancy_balloon © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  14. Airship_ellipsoid © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  15. AIrship_finenessratio © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  16. Airship_slendernessvalues © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  17. Airship_buoyancy_centerof © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  18. Airship_buoyancy_airship © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  19. Airship_ballonets © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  20. Airship_blimp_ballonets_lift © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  21. Airship_blimp_ballonets_noseup © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  22. Airship_blimp_ballonets_cg © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  23. Airship_thrustvectoring © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  24. GR_NT_Heckpropeller is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license
  25. Airship_dynamiclift © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  26. Duquet_prolateflow is licensed under a All Rights Reserved license
  27. Airship_Pressure_dist is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  28. Akron_airloads is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  29. Airship_liftdrag © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  30. Airship_moment © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  31. Airship_dragvsRe © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  32. Airship_power_weight © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  33. Airship_power_alt © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  34. Airship_pitchdynamics © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  35. Airship_criticalairspeed © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  36. Airship_yaw © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  37. Airship_roll © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  38. Airship_phugoid © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  39. Airship_tethered is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  40. Airship_tethered_fbd is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
  41. Red_Balloon_forces
  42. SphereDiskDrag © Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.

Ground Effect Vehicles

  1. Hovercraft_simple © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  2. Hovercraft-MVPP10
  3. WinginGroundEffect_simple © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  4. AirFish8
  5. Toivo-Kaario-1949
  6. WofRussia11_hovercraft_Levkov_L-5
  7. Cockerell_patent_sidebyside
  8. SR-N1
  9. NASM-SI-94-13035
  10. SRN4_Hovercraft_Mountbatten_Class
  11. USN_hovercraft
  12. Formel 1 Hovercraft Rennboot
  13. alexeyev-sm-2
  14. ekranoplan
  15. lun-md-160-ekranoplan-at-speed
  16. Lippisch_patent_2
  17. X113
  18. aurora-flight-services-liberty-lifter
  19. Hovercraft_anatomy2 © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  20. Hovercraft_stability © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  21. hovercraft_control © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  22. hovercraft_turning © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  23. WingInGroundEffect_configurations © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  24. Ekranplane_drawing © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  25. Hovercraft_plenumdisharge © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  26. Hovercraft_fanplenum © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  27. Hovercraft_jetdisharge © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  28. Hovercraft_dragbuildup © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  29. WIGE_chord © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  30. WIGE_span © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  31. Aircraft_ground_effect © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  32. WIGE_dragbuildup  © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.
  33. WIGE_turning © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license.

Electrically-Powered Aircraft

  1. Pipistrel_Velis_Electro_9992 © Airjuice Photography is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license.
  2. starc-abl_0 © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  3. Aircraft-electricpropulsion © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  4. Aircraft-energydensity © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  5. Electric_motor © Abnormaal is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  6. 1280px-AERO_Friedrichshafen_2018,_Friedrichshafen_(1X7A4751) © Matti Blume adapted by J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license.
  7. Aircraft_battery © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  8. Aircraft-replacementpropulsion © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  9. MissionProfile_electricA © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  10. MissionProfile_electricB © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  11. Aircraft_payloadrange_electric © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  12. Aircraft-hybridpropulsion © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  13. TurbofanVSelectric © J. Gordon Leishman is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND  license.
  14. AgustaWestland_Project_Zero_at_Paris_Air_Show_2013_2 © Tangopaso is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license.
  15. 1280px-Volocopter_at_IAA_2017_1 © Spielvogel is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license.
  16. Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology project (RVLT) reference © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  17. Computer network connection modern city future technology © NASA / Lillian Gipson is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  18. NASA_X-57_Maxwell © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.

Worked Examples

Worked Examples: Anatomy, Regulations & Structures

  1. Philippine Air Force (PAF) Cessna T-41 Mescalero in flight © Rogier Westerhuis is licensed under a Public Domain license.  Labels added by J. Gordon Leishman.
  2. Airplane Wing Anatomy © unknown is licensed under an All Rights Reserved license.
  3. Composite sandwich structure panel used for testing at NASA © NASA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  4. Monocoque © FAA is licensed under a Public Domain license.
  5. Vickers wellington frame © Kroidkrensen licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
  • All other images in this chapter © J. Gordon Leishman are licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.

Worked Examples: Fluid Properties & Hydrostatics

  1. Cluster ballooning © omnibus licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license.
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Worked Examples: Dimensional Analysis

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Worked Examples: Fluid Flows

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Worked Examples: Airfoils & Wings

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Worked Examples: Bluff Body Flows

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Worked Examples: Internal Flows

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Worked Examples: Propulsion Systems

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Worked Examples: Aircraft, Rocket, & Spacecraft Performance

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