Aircraft Dynamics First note that it is possible to develop a very good approximation of a key motion of an aircraft(called the Phugoid mode) using a very simple balance between the kinetic and potential energies Consider an aircraft in steady, level fight with speed Uo and height ho
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Spring 2003 Derivation of lagrangian equations Basic Concept: Virtual Work Consider system of N particles located at(, x2, x,,.x3N )with 3 forces per particle(f. f, f..fn). each in the positive direction
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Spring 2003 Lagrange's equations Joseph-Louis lagrange 1736-1813 http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/-history/mathematicians/lagranGe.html Born in Italy. later lived in berlin and paris Originally studied to be a lawyer Interest in math from reading halleys 1693 work on