The intuitive beginning, mathematical framework, and experimental aspects in airplane flight mechanics

Ananthasayanam, MR (2002) The intuitive beginning, mathematical framework, and experimental aspects in airplane flight mechanics. In: AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit 2002, 5 August 2002, United States.

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Abstract

There are in general three well known aspects of any physical theory namely intuitive beginning, mathematical framework and consistency with experimental observations. It turns out to be true not only for any physical theory but also in the various topics developed based on that theory. It is interesting to see that many topics covered in the subject of Airplane Flight Mechanics display similar features. Based on typical examples the interplay and the complimentary features among these aspects help in providing an insight into the various topics. Thus it provides another way to view Flight Mechanics dealt with earlier by the author from the point of view of subjectivity, probability, statistics, and random process, and optimality of the parameters, variables, and approaches.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Publication:	AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit
Publisher:	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.
Additional Information:	The copyright of this article belongs to American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.
Keywords:	Aircraft; Random processes, Airplane flight; Experimental aspects; Flight mechanics; Mathematical frameworks; Optimality; Physical theory, Mechanics
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering)
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2020 07:24
Last Modified:	21 Aug 2020 07:24
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/66232

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