Aircraft Design Bibliographies

from the Virginia Tech Aircraft Design Information Sources pages

In 2001 we started adding links to other sites as well as lists of papers we have in our collection. Our experience is that these links will change with time, so please notify us when you encounter a link that no longer works, or have a suggestion for a new one.

• Aircraft Design Texts
  • Current
  • Old Books
• Design Surveys/Magazine Design Series and Design Collections
• Aircraft Sizing/Multidisciplinary Design
• Optimization/Technology/Operations Integration
• Quality/Management Process
• Aircraft Cost
• Noise
• Control Surfaces, Active Controls and Control Power Issues
• Manufacturing/Materials/Structures
• Weights/Inertias
• Survivability
• Systems
• Landing Gear
• Airport Operations
• Real Aircraft Reviews
  • General
  • Case Studies
  • The Boeing Jets
  • The Douglas/McDonnell Douglas Aircraft
  • Supersonic Aircraft
    • X-Series
    • Concorde
    • SR-71/F-12
    • B-58
    • XB-70
• Supersonic Aircraft Design
  • Early papers
  • The US SST Program
  • Russian SST Program
  • Post US SST Supersonic Aircraft Studies
• Flying Wings including the B-2
  • The controversy
• The Grumman X-29
• YF-22/YF-23/F-22
• Harrier
• STOVL
• Other Actual Aircraft
• Designer Books/Papers:
• Test Pilot Books:
• About Flight Testing
• Good Airplane Design References
• Advanced Design Studies and Unusual Concepts
  • General informative reviews
  • Oblique-Wing Concept
  • Twin-Fuselage Concept
  • Canard-Rotor Wing Concept
  • Joined-Wing Concept
  • Blended Wing-Body (Douglas/Liebeck)
  • C-Wing Configuration (Boeing/McMasters)
  • Amphibians/Flying Boats
  • Strut and Truss Braced Wings
  • UAVs
  • Micro Air Vehicles
  • Roadable Aircraft (Flying Cars)
  • Hypersonic Aircraft Design
  • Grumman Studies
• Periodicals
• Aerodynamics
  • Mason's Configuration Aerodynamic Course This collection in large part supersedes much of the info on these pages.
  • Key Survey Articles: General
  • Applications of Computational Aerodynamics to Design
  • Aerodynamic Design Methodology
  • High-Lift Aerodynamics
  • High Angle of Attack Aerodynamics
  • Canard/Three Surface Aerodynamics
  • Highly non-planar configuration aerodynamics (a paper by Kroo, McMasters and Smith)
  • Winglet Aerodynamics
  • Laminar Flow
  • Key Aero Configuration Data Sources
  • Transonic Airfoil Development
  • Supersonic Aerodynamics ( based on previous Grumman work)
    • Books on Supersonic Aerodynamics
    • Advantages and Potential for Tactical Supersonic Flight
    • Supersonic Aerodynamic Design
    • Conical Camber
      • The SC3 Concept
    • Linear Theory Aerodynamic Design and Analysis
      • a) Panel Methods, Lifting Systems
      • b) Wave Drag
    • Various Contributions to Nonlinear Supersonic Aerodynamics
• Propulsion and Aero-Propulsion Integration
• Aircraft Performance
• Key AIAA Progress Series Books for Aircraft Designers
• AGARD Reports Related to Aircraft Design
• General Design Books

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