Electric Aircraft Dynamics: A Systems Engineering Approach
About this ebook
Key Features:
- Provides the first systems-based overview of this emerging aerospace technology
- Surveys low-weight battery technologies and their use in electric aircraft propulsion
- Explores the design and use of plasma actuation for boundary layer and flow control
- Considers the integrated design of electric motor-driven propellers
- Includes PowerPoint slides for instructors using the text for classes
Dr. Ranjan Vepa earned his PhD in applied mechanics from Stanford University, California. He currently serves as a lecturer in the School of Engineering and Material Science, Queen Mary University of London, where he has also been the programme director of the Avionics Programme since 2001. Dr. Vepa is a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society, London; the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), New York; a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy; a member of the Royal Institute of Navigation, London; and a chartered engineer.
About the author
Dr. Ranjan Vepa earned his PhD in applied mechanics from Stanford University, California. He currently serves as a lecturer in the School of Engineering and Material Science, Queen Mary University of London, where he has also been the programme director of the Avionics Programme since 2001. Dr. Vepa is a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society, London; the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), New York; a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy; a member of the Royal Institute of Navigation, London; and a chartered engineer.
