This text is suitable for students in courses on aircraft design and for professionals with various engineering backgrounds who need to learn about unmanned aircraft systems. "The objective is to prov
Overviews the design process, systems engineering, and trade-off analysis of space transportation systems, focusing on winged, reusable launch vehicles. Hammond, who works for a NASA contractor, deal
A consulting engineer for aerospace companies, Bielawa updates his 1993 graduate textbook and engineering reference on fundamentals of helicopter design. The second edition accounts for the rise of th
Pisacane (aerospace engineering, US Naval Academy and biomedical engineering, Johns Hopkins U.) gives students and professionals a better understanding of the environment of space and its effects on s
Based on a course on gas turbine engine controls developed and taught by the authors to Air Force, Navy, and Army engineers, this book covers the design of engine control and monitoring systems, for b
Schetz (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.-Blacksburg) and Bowersox (Texas A&M U.-College Station) present a textbook for courses in viscous fluid flow at high Reynolds numbers for advanc
A text/disk package emphasizing fundamentals of spacecraft mission design without going into details of the mathematical treatment of orbital mechanics and astrodynamics. Includes chapter problems, an
Yakimenko draws from the course he teaches at the Naval Postgraduate School to outline the MathWorks' MATLAB and Simulink development and modeling environment and shows undergraduate and graduate aero
This text discusses the conceptual stages of mission design, systems engineering, and orbital mechanics, providing a basis for understanding the design process for different components and functions o
This is an updated version of a text presenting a unified treatment of the interdisciplinary areas involved in space vehicle and mission design from the viewpoint of the systems engineer. Intending th
Covering both propeller-driven and jet aircraft, Kimberlin (aviation systems, U. of Tennessee) describes the methodologies of flight testing and performance measurement of aircraft. His text is intend
Structural engineer Przemieniecki (PhD, U. of London, UK) proposes and describes a new method of finite element structural analysis that provides the means for assessing the accuracy of results obtain
In the early days of space travel, the development of thermal protection systems for re-entry was mainly based on an experimental approach for both design of materials and testing. During this period
A textbook for senior undergraduate or first-year graduate students in aeronautical and aerospace engineering who have completed the mathematics courses usual to such curricula. Begins the treatment o
Highly flexible structures as discussed in this work by Pai (mechanical and aerospace engineering, U. of Missouri-Columbia) are nonlinearly elastic structures designed that have applications from spac
