Advanced dynamics forms the foundation of physical science and is recognized as an important subject of study for all engineering students and professionals in competitive university programmes and throughout the industry. This textbook explains the fundamental laws of motion and goes on to cover topics including gyroscopic effect, missile trajectories, interplanetary mission, multistage rockets and use of numerical methods. In addition, theories such as the rotation operator are developed.

Advanced Dynamics (Parenting for Prevention Information Series)

Engineering & Transportation

S. Ying

Transportation

American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast.

Contributors to the third edition of this text include scientists and engineers from The Aerospace Corporation, an organization in the U.S. space program. Intended for aerospace professionals and graduate students, the text covers the theory and application of earth orbits and interplanetary trajectories, orbital maneuvers, space rendezvous, orbit perturbations, and collision hazards associated with space debris. The revised edition includes recent developments in space exploration and new developments in space debris. The text is now accompanied by a CD-ROM software package illustrating text material and providing solutions to selected problems. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Orbital Mechanics, Third Edition (AIAA Education Series)

Science & Math

V. Chobotov

The Aerospace Corporation

Astronomy & Space Science

The United States has developed the most expensive and capable reconnaissance satellites the world has ever seen. American satellites can photograph terrorist bases, listen in on radio conversations, sniff out clandestine nuclear tests and spot rocket launches anywhere in the world. The goal of these assets, simply put, is to prevent surprises. In Shades of Gray, Dr. L. Parker Temple III describes the development of these capabilities in unprecedented historical detail and context. He taps recently declassified documents and melds them with his own behind-the-scenes experiences as an Air Force space expert at the Pentagon in the 1980s. In this work, Temple tracks the evolution of space reconnaissance systems from their seeds in the painful lessons of Pearl Harbor through the challenges of today. More than any other book, Shades of Gray places development of these capabilities into their proper context with the overall U.S. space program.

Shades of Gray (General Publication S)

Politics & Social Sciences

L. Temple III

Social Sciences

The purpose of Human Spaceflight Operations: Lessons Learned from 60 Years in Space is to share collective experience on human spaceflight operations. For the many authors, this is nothing less than a work of passion. They are sharing their life's work with the goal of passing on their experience to the next generation of space engineers, designers, operators, and crew. The lessons learned are applicable to anyone working in the space industry as part of a current or future national or international space program, private space enterprise, human, or robotic mission. The book's chapters cover the primary technical disciplines related to spaceflight operations. In each case, the essential concepts and evolution of the systems and technology are discussed in some detail, but the focus is on how spaceflight operations are performed. Lessons learned are derived from incidents that occurred during actual space missions. Some of these lessons are explained directly by the astronauts who experienced them firsthand. This is not a book on space mission design, of which there are many. The aim is to shine light on the subject of space operations, as distinct from engineering design. However, the most important lesson is perhaps that operational requirements must be considered very carefully in the design process. The subjects covered are wide ranging, but all within the scope of human space mission operations. There are many other space-related lessons learned beyond operations - political, financial, managerial, and these can be found in some of the references provided. It is the hope of the authors that through the process of explaining how things really work in Space and Mission Control, future missions can benefit from the experience (and mistakes) of so many pioneers that have come before.

Human Spaceflight Operations: Lessons Learned From 60 Years in Space

Gregory E. Chamitoff

Srinivas Rao Vadali

Winner of the AIAA Summerfield Book Award and the Aviation/Space Writers Association Award of Excellence, this best-selling textbook presents the entire process of aircraft conceptual design-from requirements definition to initial sizing, configuration layout, analysis, sizing, optimization, and trade studies. Widely used in industry and government aircraft design groups, Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach is also the design text at major universities around the world. A virtual encyclopedia of engineering, it is known for its completeness, easy-to-read style, and real-world approach to the process of design. 
 In this sixth edition Dan Raymer has expanded and updated his presentation of fast-moving technologies, added lots of new material, and re-written introductory material to make it even more 'user-friendly.' Given the ever-growing importance of electric propulsion, he has added a whole new chapter entitled Electric Aircraft. This presents technologies, design-to guidance, and rules of thumb, and offers electric aircraft performance and sizing equations derived in a format familiar to those designing conventionally-powered airplanes. 
 This encyclopedic book covers every topic necessary to the understanding of aircraft design. Preliminary sizing, aerodynamics, structures, stability and control, propulsion, configuration layout, performance, cost analysis, and much more are all presented starting from first principles and building to a set of tools allowing the reader to actually do a realistic job of aircraft conceptual design. All topics are presented from the point of view of the aircraft designer, not the specialist in any given topic area. 
 After 19 chapters detailing the way to design 'normal' aircraft, Raymer concludes with four more chapters describing the design of more-exotic flight vehicles including electric aircraft, helicopters, vertical takeoff jets, hypersonic aircraft, launch vehicles, airships, flying wings, forward-swept wings, asymmetric airplanes, and much more. Enjoy!

Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach (Aiaa Education) (AIAA Education Series)

Daniel P. Raymer

Engineering

Engineering Computations and Modeling in MATLAB®/Simulink®, Second Edition provides a broad overview of The MathWorks' MATLAB®/Simulink®/GUIDE development and modeling environment. This textbook shows how to use these software tools effectively in a variety of engineering applications, including modeling real-world dynamic systems. This book is used as a textbook by undergraduate and graduate students taking both introductory and advanced courses in applied programming, and also as a reference for working professionals using MATLAB®/Simulink®. Contents Chapter 1 - MATLAB/Simulink as a Technical Computing Language Chapter 2 - Development Environment and Basic Operations Chapter 3 - Arrays and Array Operations Chapter 4 - Mixed-Type Data 'Containers' and Input/Output Management Chapter 5 - Programming in MATLAB® Chapter 6 - 2-D and 3-D Plotting and Animation Chapter 7 - Symbolic Math Toolbox Chapter 8 - Accuracy of Digital Computations Chapter 9 - Numerical Linear Algebra and Eigenvalue Problems Chapter 10 - Root Finding and Introduction to Optimization Chapter 11 - Curve Fitting to Measured Data Chapter 12 - Numerical Differentiation Chapter 13 - Numerical Integration Chapter 14 - Initial-Value Problem Chapter 15 - Simulink Basics

Engineering Computations and Modeling in MATLAB®/Simulink® (AIAA Education)

Oleg A. Yakimenko

Radar and Laser Cross Section Engineering, Third Edition reflects recent developments that have found applications in both the military and civilian sectors. These developments have been fueled by growth in computer technology, signal processing techniques, and new materials that have interesting and unusual electric and magnetic behavior. Many concepts conceived decades ago have finally become a reality. In addition to new discussions in developing technical areas, more homework problems and examples have been added to this new edition. It is assumed that the reader has mastered electromagnetics at an undergraduate level. Completion of a course in antennas also is a helpful prerequisite to this book, although students without an antenna background have successfully mastered the material presented. Contents Preface 1 Radar Cross Section 2 Basic Theorems, Concepts, and Methods 3 Frequency-Domain Numerical Methods 4 Time-Domain Numerical Methods 5 Microwave Optics 6 Complex Targets 7 Radar Cross Section Reduction 8 Measurement of Radar Cross Section 9 Laser Cross Section Appendix A Notation, Definitions, and Review of Electromagnetics Appendix B Coordinate Systems Appendix C Review of Antenna Theory Appendix D Review of Transmission Lines Appendix E Scattering Matrices Appendix F Properties of Composite Materials Index Supporting Materials

Radar and Laser Cross Section Engineering (AIAA Education Series)

David C. Jenn

Complex Systems Engineering: Theory and Practice represents state-of-the-art thought leadership on system complexity for aerospace and aviation, where breakthrough paradigms and strategies are sorely needed. The costs and consequences of current knowledge and practice gaps are substantial. In short, this problem is caused by several factors: the lack of human capacity to comprehend complexity without machine/autonomation interfaces, the rapid pace of changes in the sector, and the increasing complexity and complicatedness of systems of all types and sizes (occurring by design and by default). The chapters in this volume are derived from the work of the noted Complex Aerospace Systems Exchange (CASE) Scholars, who presented their work at the AIAA SPACE Forums in 2016 and 2017. The CASE Scholars program was begun to support the needs of practitioners facing perplexing systems challenges through the work of outstanding systems academics from engineering and the social sciences. In addition, the CASE Scholars program enabled CASE to better capture and document the well-informed intersection of users and theorists regarding system complexity aerospace/aviation challenges and possibilities. 
 Featured topics include: 
 Challenging the culture of systems engineering Human systems Human systems, calling upon Bayesian game theory to capture the issues of complexity management Incremental and agile methods, with futuristic insights into optimal estimation and control Adaptive validation and verification The digital twin and digital thread, a critical breakthrough technology for systems engineering The digital and physical twins and futuristic methods that deconstruct the traditional engineering V-model in favor of virtual intelligence Cybersecurity, urging for the conceptualization of cybersecurity as a complex system Concurrent engineering centers as a strategy for each essential phase of lifecycle governance Teaching complexity in systems engineering, providing advocacy for the development of systems competency through specified methods The pedagogy needed for systems engineering education, with the use of experiential learning for lessons on drones 
 The breadth of topics was selected to provide an enriched view of all types of systems technical, machine, and human systems to both practitioners and academics. There are many sides to every system, and this volume attempts to challenge the critical process owners of systems engineering education and practice to consider the heft of what is possible for leveraging the bright future of system complexity in aerospace and aviation.

Complex Systems Engineering: Theory and Practice (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics)

Shannon Flumerfelt

Katherine G. Schwartz

Dimitri Mavris

Simon Briceno

RDSwin-Student was developed with one purpose in mind - to let students quickly do the mundane analysis tasks so that they can focus upon learning the art and science of aircraft design. In too many engineering colleges, the senior design class becomes an exercise in analysis with a few days spent making a drawing (and for all the wrong reasons), then 95% of the semester spent trying to analyze it. In the end, it rarely performs the given mission so the students learn how to lie using numbers, and they don't have the time to learn how to design. RDSwin-Student is a Windows-based aircraft design and analysis that combines initial layout design, analysis of aerodynamics, propulsion, and weights, sizing to a mission profile, and calculation of performance and cost. RDSwin-Student simplifies the analysis required to perform trade studies and carpet plot optimization but - deliberately - requires the students to define the parametric changes, rerun the analyses, and plot the results as a learning experience. It has a powerful built-in CAD module allowing rapid layout of a new design concept. Aircraft components such as wings, tails, fuselages, and engines can be quickly created and assembled, then analyzed for the geometric parameters required for analysis (wetted area, lengths, etc...).

RDSwin-Student

Product Description 
Operational Aircraft Performance and Flight Test Practices is intended to serve as a single source reference, from the basic theory to practical cases, for certification flight testing and operational performance monitoring. It provides more real-life examples than are offered in traditional textbooks. To this end, the first part of every subject begins with the development of the basic performance equations based on a given set of assumptions. Following this, we deconstruct the maneuver being analyzed to validate its components (create small flight test packages to validate models and expected airplane behavior). Then, flight test considerations are discussed including required instrumentation, flight test risk and risk mitigation, data scatter, data reduction and presentation of the performance information to the flight crew. Several examples of flight test results help the reader better understand what they may be faced with when collecting data to create performance models. 
 There is a major focus on FAA 14 CFR Part 25 certification requirements as a basis for discussion since the format of this set of regulations is publicly available and clearly shows the basic items that go into demonstrating that an airplane is safe to operate. The general approach is also valid for certification under Part 23 or military specifications and, from time to time, the reader will encounter these additional requirements to show variance into airplane certified performance. Throughout the book, readers will find review of accidents and incidents that have occurred on various airplanes. It is not the purpose of this book to assign blame or liability, but rather to share experiences and lessons-learned to hopefully aid in the prevention of future accidents and incidents as well as changes in regulations to continue improving aviation safety. 
 CONTENTS 
 1 Atmosphere 
 2 Measuring Altitude 
 3 Measuring Airspeed 
 4 Altimetry Error 
 5 Weight and Balance 
 6 Lift and Stall 
 7 Stall Testing 
 8 Thrust and Drag Modeling 
 9 Flight Envelope 
 10 Cruise Performance and Flight Endurance 
 11 Cruise and Drag Performance Testing 
 12 Climb Performance 
 13 Climb Capability OEI 
 14 Turn Performance and Maneuver Margin 
 15 Takeoff Performance 
 16 Takeoff Performance Testing 
 17 Rejected Takeoff Performance 
 18 Rejected Takeoff Performance Testing and AFM Takeoff Field Length 
 19 Landing Performance 
 20 Landing Performance Testing and AFM 
 About the Author 
Mario Asselin is currently Chairman of Asselin, Inc. and a FAA Flight Analyst DER (Design Engineering Representative) for Part 23 Small Airplanes and Part 25 Transport Category Airplanes. Mr. Asselin also holds concurrently the position of Engineering Fellow at Bombardier Aviation, a Transport Canada DAD (Design Approval Designee), Learjet ODA (Organization Designation Authorization) Unit Member (UM), and Chairman of the Safety Review Board at the Bombardier Flight Test Center. He is a member of the Manufacturers Flight Test Council (MFTC), of GAMA EPIC (Electric Propulsion and Innovation Committee), of the Manufacturers Icing Certification Group (MICG), and of the Electric Flight Test Committee. Prior to this, he was Director, Engineering, Operations, and Quality at the Bombardier Flight Test Center (BFTC) in Wichita, Kansas. Mr. Asselin also held a position of Senior Manager for Flight Sciences and Flight Test Engineering & Operations at Honda Aircraft Corporation and was Vice President Engineering at Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corporation, now known as Syberjet Aircraft. Mr. Asselin’s early career included 14 years in the Canadian Air Force and a short stay at CAE’s military division. Mr. Asselin has taught courses in aircraft performance, stability and control, and aerodynamics for the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario. He has also taught at McGill University, École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS), Concordia University of Montreal, and Kansas University. H

Operational Aircraft Performance and Flight Test Practices (AIAA Education Series)

Mario Asselin

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