Aircraft Fuel Systems
Published on 22. May 2009
Book
Hardback
366 pages
978-0-470-05708-7 (ISBN)
Description
All aspects of fuel products and systems including fuel handling, quantity gauging and management functions for both commercial (civil) and military applications.
The fuel systems on board modern aircraft are multi-functional, fully integrated complex networks. They are designed to provide a proper and reliable management of fuel resources throughout all phases of operation, notwithstanding changes in altitude or speed, as well as to monitor system functionality and advise the flight crew of any operational anomalies that may develop.
* Collates together a wealth of information on fuel system design that is currently disseminated throughout the literature.
* Authored by leading industry experts from Airbus and Parker Aerospace.
* Includes chapters on basic system functions, features and functions unique to military aircraft, fuel handling, fuel quantity gauging and management, fuel systems safety and fuel systems design and development.
* Accompanied by a companion website housing a MATLAB/SIMULINK model of a modern aircraft fuel system that allows the user to set up flight conditions, investigate the effects of equipment failures and virtually fly preset missions.
Aircraft Fuel Systems provides a timely and invaluable resource for engineers, project and programme managers in the equipment supply and application communities, as well as for graduate and postgraduate students of mechanical and aerospace engineering. It constitutes an invaluable addition to the established Wiley Aerospace Series.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 249 mm
Width: 173 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
757 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-05708-7 (9780470057087)
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Roy Langton | Chuck Clark | Martin Hewitt
Aircraft Fuel Systems
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05/2009
Wiley
€102.99
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Roy Langton has recently retired from his position as Vice-President, Engineering & Integrity at Parker Aerospace, where he was responsible for internal seminars & training into feedback control.
Content
Series Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms
1 Introduction
1.1 Review of Fuel Systems Issues
1.2 The Fuel System Design and Development Process
1.3 Fuel System Examples and Future Technologies
1.4 Terminology
2 Fuel System Design Drivers
2.1 Design Drivers
2.2 Identification and Mitigation of Safety Risks
3 Fuel Storage
3.1 Tank Geometry and Location Issues for Commercial Aircraft
3.2 Operational Considerations
3.3 Fuel Tank Venting
3.4 Military Aircraft Fuel Storage Issues
3.5 Maintenance Considerations
4 Fuel System Functions of Commercial Aircraft
4.1 Refueling and Defueling
4.2 Engine and APU Feed
4.3 Fuel Transfer
4.4 Fuel Jettison
4.5 Fuel Quantity Gauging
4.6 Fuel Management and Control
4.7 Ancillary Systems
5 Fuel System Functions of Military Aircraft and Helicopters
5.1 Refueling and Defueling
5.2 Engine and APU Feed
5.3 Fuel Transfer
5.4 Aerial Refueling
5.5 Fuel Measurement and Management Systems in Military Applications
5.6 Helicopter Fuel Systems
6 Fluid Mechanical Equipment
6.1 Ground Refueling and Defueling Equipment
6.2 Fuel Tank Venting and Pressurization Equipment
6.3 Aerial Refueling Equipment
6.4 Equipment Sizing
6.5 Fuel Pumps
7 Fuel Measurement and Management Equipment
7.1 Fuel Gauging Sensor Technology
7.2 Harnesses
7.3 Avionics Equipment
8 Fuel Properties
8.1 The Refinement Process
8.2 Fuel Specification Properties of Interest
8.3 Operational Considerations
9 Intrinsic Safety, Electro Magnetics and Electrostatics
9.1 Intrinsic Safety
9.2 Lightning
9.3 EMI/HIRF
10 Fuel Tank Inerting
10.1 Early Military Inerting Systems
10.2 Current Technology Inerting Systems
10.3 Design Considerations for Open Vent Systems
10.4 Operational Issues with Permeable Membrane Inerting Systems
11 Design Development and Certification
11.1 Evolution of the Design and Development Process
11.2 System Design and Development - a Disciplined Methodology
11.3 Program Management
11.4 Maturity Management
11.5 Installation Considerations
11.6 Modeling and Simulation
11.7 Certification
11.8 Fuel System Icing Tests
12 Fuel System Design Examples
12.1 The Bombardier Global Express(TM)
12.2 Embraer 170 Regional Jet
12.3 The Boeing 777Wide-Bodied Airliner
12.4 The Airbus A380Wide-Bodied Airliner
12.5 The Anglo-French Concorde
13 New and Future Technologies
13.1 Fuel Measurement and Management
13.2 Fluid Mechanical Equipment Technology
13.3 Aerial Refueling Operations
References
Index