Composite Materials for Aircraft Structures – 3rd Edition Edited by A. A. Baker and M. L. Scott American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, USA. 2016. Distributed by Transatlantic Publishers Group, 97 Greenham Road London N10 1LN, UK. 698pp. Illustrated. £120. (20% discount available to RAeS members on request; email: mark.chaloner@tpgltd.co.uk Tel: 020 8815 5994) ISBN 978-1-62410-326-1

Maria Kashtalyan

doi:10.1017/aer.2018.19

The Aeronautical Journal of flight. Subsequent chapters describe the aerodynamic forces, and engine performance -it is also good to see some attention has been given to electric propulsion. The later chapters use the equations of motion to determine the performance of an aircraft as it undertakes different manoeuvres including straight and level flight, climb and descent, take-off and landing, and lastly, turning performance and flight manoeuvres. There is then a final chapter on using

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... methods (as implemented and demonstrated in MATLAB) to analyse aircraft performance. The level of detail in the book is impressive and the content of the earlier chapters most likely extends beyond what is taught in university courses on aircraft performance; it goes into the realms of aerodynamics, propulsion and aircraft design and shows how these disciplines are so closely connected. The content in the later chapters is equally thorough, with sections describing the effect of headwind and runway slope on takeoff being examples of this. The number of example questions with worked solutions is significant and will be of use to undergraduate students taking aircraft performance courses. The breadth of the book would also provide an excellent foundation for Masters level Aeronautics students from other engineering disciplines wanting to get up to speed with aircraft performance and aeronautics specific content more generally. The appendices include performance data on a range of aircraft, and most interestingly, an appendix on 'Flight Records', which includes some fascinating data. The book is certainly comprehensive, with extensive examples, problems at the end of each chapter and MATLAB codes.

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Maria Kashtalyan. "Composite Materials for Aircraft Structures – 3rd Edition Edited by A. A. Baker and M. L. Scott American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, USA. 2016. Distributed by Transatlantic Publishers Group, 97 Greenham Road London N10 1LN, UK. 698pp. Illustrated. £120. (20% discount available to RAeS members on request; email: mark.chaloner@tpgltd.co.uk Tel: 020 8815 5994) ISBN 978-1-62410-326-1." Aeronautical Journal 122.1251 (2018) 842-843

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