BOOK LIST

The attached book list is intended solely as a guide and should not be considered as a
mandatory requirement. Books listed under Section A may be valuable as reading prior to
entering the Masters Course and for general background work. Books listed in Section B are
particularly relevant for Masters Course students in Aerospace Vehicle Design. Those in
Section C are specialist works and clearly their value will be directly related to Masters and
Doctoral research work.
Books marked with * are particularly recommended for general interest.

A BOOKS RECOMMENDED FOR GENERAL BACKGROUND FOR MSc COURSE

FIELDING, J. P.
Introduction to Aircraft Design, Cambridge University Press, 1999

GOULT, R.J. and Others

Applicable Mathematics. London, Macmillan, 1973 (when available)

OR KREYZIG, E.
Advanced Engineering Mathematics. New York, Wiley, 2005.

SPIEGEL, M.R.
Statistics. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1972. (Schaum's Outline Series).

ELLIS, T.M.R.
Structured FORTRAN. University of Sheffield Computing Services, 1980.

*TIMOSHENKO, S.P. AND GERE, J.M.

Mechanics of Materials. 3rd SI ed., New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1998.

OR Other standard reference on Strength of Materials, such as MORLEY.

*DUGGAN, T.V.
Fatigue as a Design Criteron. London, Macmillan, 1979
.
*A General Introduction to Fracture Mechanics. Bury St. Edmunds, Mech. Eng. Publications,
1978

OR KNOTT, J.F.
Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics. London, Butterworth, 1973.

*THOMSON, W.T.
Theory of vibration with application. 4th ed. London, Allen & Unwin, 1993
.
*MEGSON, T.H.G.
Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students. London, Edward-Arnold, 1999
(also available electronically in Cranfield Main Library).

CRANE, F.A.A. & CHARLES, J.A.

Selection and Use of materials. 2nd ed. London, Butterworths, 1999.

TSAI
Strength and Life of Composites

STROUD, K.A
‘Engineering Mathematics
B ADDITIONAL BOOKS
FIELDING, J. P.
Introduction to Aircraft Design, Cambridge University Press, 1999

STRIBLING, C.B.
Basis Aerodynamics. London, Butterworths, 1984.

ALLEN, J.E.
Aerodynamics - the science of air in motion. 3rd ed. London, Granada, 1986.

BARNARD, R.H. & PHILPOTT, D.R.

Aircraft Flight: a description of the physical principles of aircraft flight. 3rd ed. London,
Longmans, 2003.

*STINTON, D.
The Design of the Aeroplane. 2nd ed. London, Granada, 2001.

CUTLER, J.
Understanding Aircraft Structures. 2nd ed. London, Granada, 1992
(3rd edition available electronically in Cranfield Main Library).

SEDDON, J.
Basic Helicopter Aerodynamics: 2nd ed. Oxford, BSP Professorial Books, 2001.

ROARK, R.J.
Formulas for Stress and Strain, 7th ed., New York, McGraw-Hill, 2002.
(also available electronically in Cranfield Main Library).

WILKINSON, R.
Aircraft Structures and Systems: An Introduction, 2nd ed. Addison-Wesley Longman Higher
Education. 2001.

C MORE SPECIALIST WORKS

COATES, R.C. and Others

Structural Analysis, 2nd Edition. London, Nelson, 1980.

CHEUNG, Y.K. & YEO, M.F.

A Practical Introduction to Finite Element Analysis. London, Pitman, 1979.

AGARWAL, B.D. & BROUTMAN, L.J.

Analysis and Performance of Fibre Composites. 3rd ed. New York, Wiley, 2006.

OR JONES, R.M.
Mechanics of Composite Materials. 2nd ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1999.

OR TSAI, S.W. & HAHN, H.T.

Introduction to Composite Materials, Westport, Conn., Technical Pub. Co., 1980.

*TORENBEEK, E.
Synthesis of Subsonic Aircraft Design. (Martinus Nijhof), Delft University Press, 1982.
BABISTER, A.W.
Aircraft Dynamic Stability and Response. Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1980.

BRAMWELL, A.W.S.
Helicopter Dynamics. 2nd ed. London, Arnold, 2001.

BRUHN, E.F.
Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures. Cincinnati, Ohio, Tristate Offset Co., 1973.

BISPLINGHOFF, R.L. and ASHLEY, H.

Principles of Aeroelasticity. New York, Dover Pub. Co., 2002.

*HOUGHTON, E.L. & CARRUTHERS, N.B.

Aerodynamics for Engineering Students. 5th ed., London, Arnold, 2003.

WHITFORD, R.
Design for Air Combat, London, Jane's Publishing Co Ltd. 1987.

ANDERSON, J.D.
Introduction to Flight, 5th ed. McGraw-Hill Book Co. 2005.

BROWN, D.K.
An Introduction to the Finite Element Method using Basic Programs 2nd Edition, Surrey Univ
Press, 1990.

NUI, MICHAEL CHUN-YUNG.

Airframe Structural Design, Conmilit, 1999.

ROSKAM, J.
Airplane Design Series, Part I-VIII, Roskam Aviation and Engineering Corporation, 1989.

ANDERSON, John D, Jnr

Fundamentals of Aerodynamics 3rd ed, McGraw-Hill, 2001.

MOIR, I & SEABRIDGE A

Aircraft Systems, 2nd ed. Longman Scientific & Technical, 2001.

NEESE W.A.
Aircraft Hydraulic Systems, 3rd ed. Pitman Publishing Ltd, 1991.

PALLETT, E.H.J.
Aircraft Electrical Systems, Longman Scientific & Technical, 3rd Edition, 1987.

RAYMER, D.P.
Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, 3rd ed. American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, 1999.

CURTIS, M.
Aircraft Structural Analysis, McGraw-Hill, 1997.

FLABEL, JEAN – CLAUDE

Practical Stress Analysis for Design Engineers, Lake City Publishing Company 1997.
D AVIONICS
MOIR, I and SEABRIDGE, A
Civil Avionics Systems, Professional Engineering Publishing, 2003.

SPITZER, CARY R.
The Avionics Handbook, CRC Press, 2001.

COLLINSON, R.P.G.
Introduction to Avionics, Chapman and Hall, 1997.

HELFRICK, A.
Principles of Avionics. Avionics Communications Inc., 2000.

FRENZEL, L
Principles of Electronic Communication Systems, McGraw-Hill Education, 2002

MIDDLETON,D
Avionic Systems, Longman, 1989.

SKOLNIK, M
Introduction to Radar Systems, McGraw-Hill Education, 2003.

EAVES, J.L and REEDY, E.K

Principles of Modern Radar, Kluwer Academic Publisher, 1987.

LAWRENCE, A
Modern Inertial Technology, 2nd, Springer, 1998

TITTERTON D. L. and WESTON J. L.

Strapdown Inertial Navigation Technology, Peter Peregrinus, 1997

KAYTON M. and FRIED W.R.

Avionics Navigation Systems, 2nd, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1997.

PARKINSON B. W. and SPILKER J. J.

Global Positioning Systems: Theory and Applications (Vol. I and II), AIAA, 1996.

BROWN R. G. and HWANG P.Y.C.

Introduction to Random Signals and Applied Kaman Filtering, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1992
(new version)

MAYBECK P. S.
Stochastic Models, Estimation and Control, Vol 1 and 2, Academic Press, 1979

ROGERS R. M.
Applied Mathematics in Integrated Navigation Systems, AIAA, 2000

GREWALM. S.et al
Global Positioning Systems, Inertial Navigation and Integration, John Wiley & Sons, Inc,
2001
IEEE Trans. on Aerospace Electronics System, IEEE PLANS, ION Journal, ION Meetings
JUKES, M.
Aircraft Display Systems, AIAA, 2004

BARNES J.
Programming in ADA95, Addison-Wesley, 1998.

JOHNSON B. W.
Design and Analysis of Fault-Tolerant Digital Systems, Addison-Wesley Publishing
Company, 1989

TORRES-POMALES W.
Software Fault Tolerance: A Tutorial, NASA/TM-2000-210616

LYU M. R.
Software Fault Tolerance, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1991

NOLAN M. S.
Air Traffic Control, Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1993 (or new version)

JANIA M.
Air Transport System Analysis and Modelling, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 2000.

VILLEMEUR M.
Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety Assessment, Vol.1 John Wiley, 1992

KOSSIAKOFF A. and SWEER W.N.

Systems Engineering Principles and Practice, John Wiley & Sons, 2003

E CONTROL SYSTEMS

DORF R.C. & BISHOP, R.H.

‘Modern Control Systems’ 10th Edition, Pearson / Prentice Hall

GOLTEN J. & VERWER A.

‘Control System Design & Simulation’ McGraw-Hill

OGATA K.
‘Solving Control Engineering Problems with MATLAB’ Prentice Hall

KUO, B.C.
‘Automatic Control Systems’ 8th Edition, Wiley

NISE, N.S.
‘Control Systems Engineering with CD’, 4th Edition, Wiley

FRANKLIN G., POWELL J.D & EMAMI-NAENI A.

‘Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems’ 4th Edition Pearson / Prentice Hall

OGATA, K.
‘System Dynamics’ 4th Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004

THOMPSON, S.
‘Control Systems Engineering and Design’ New York, Longmans 1989