Astronautics

This textbook explains turbulent flows using an introductory but fundamental approach to teaching the core principles, striking a balance between theoretical and practical aspects of the topic without overwhelming the reader with mathematical detail.

"e;Of all the men who attacked the flying problem in the 19th century, Otto Lilienthal was easily the most important.

This book includes a selection of reviewed and enhanced contributions presented at the SpaceOps 2021, the 16th International Conference on Space Operations, held virtually in May 2021.

This contributed volume presents recent developments in nonlinear dynamics applied to engineering.

This book presents the interdisciplinary and international "e;Virtual and Remote Tower"e; research and development work.

This is the comprehensive story of NASA's pioneering Mars 2020 mission, which at this moment continues to break ground on the surface of the Red Planet.

The book reports on the latest theoretical and experimental findings in the field of active flow and combustion control, in the context of energy conversion for power and propulsion systems.

This book provides the first comprehensive comparison of the Aircraft Maintenance Program (AMP) requirements of the two most widely known aviation regulators: the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

This book offers a comprehensive look at materials science topics in aerospace, air vehicle structures and manufacturing methods for aerospace products, examining recent trends and new technological developments.

This text closes the gap between traditional textbooks on structural dynamics and how structural dynamics is practiced in a world driven by commercial software, where performance-based design is increasingly important.

This book helps to solve the problems and challenges of satellite sensing in the current environment of increasing communications bandwidths and multiplicity of electromagnetic signals.

This book describes the basic concepts of spacecraft operations for both manned and unmanned missions.

This textbook provides details of the derivation of Lagrange's planetary equations and of the closely related Gauss's variational equations, thereby covering a sorely needed topic in existing literature.

This book reports on the state of the art in the field of aerial-aquatic locomotion, focusing on the main challenges concerning the translation of this important ability from nature to synthetic systems, and describing innovative engineering solutions that have been applied in practice by the authors at the Aerial Robotics Lab of Imperial College London.

Spacelab was a reusable laboratory facility that was flown on the Space Shuttle from 1983 to 1998.

This textbook provides a guide to the fundamental principles of acoustics in a straightforward manner using a solid foundation in mathematics and physics.

This book presents an authoritative account of the potential of advanced composites such as composites, biocomposites, composites geopolymer, hybrid composites and hybrid biocomposites in aerospace application.

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The essays collected within this volume ask how literary practices are shaped by the experience of being at sea-and also how they forge that experience.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of aerospace technology and aviation safety, as presented by researchers at the 9th World Congress "e;Aviation in the XXI Century"e;: Safety in Aviation and Space Technologies, held in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 26-28 2021.

This book investigates Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) with a payload capacity of one metric ton for transportation.

Approaching the settlement of our Moon from a practical perspective, this book is well suited for space program planners.

This book examines recent progress and new technological developments in sustainable aviation.

The 2020 International Conference on Uncertainty Quantification & Optimization gathered together internationally renowned researchers in the fields of optimization and uncertainty quantification.

This highly informative book offers a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of propulsion.

This book gives an in-depth analysis of the physical phenomena of thrust production by laser radiation, as well as laser propulsion engines, and laser-propelled vehicles.

This book offers timely insights into research on numerical and experimental fluid mechanics and aerodynamics, mainly for (but not limited to) aerospace applications.

This book provides recommendations for thermal and structural modelling of spacecraft structures for predicting thermoelastic responses.

This brief approaches General Relativity from a planetary navigation perspective, delving into the unconventional mathematical methods required to produce computer software for space missions.

This volume presents the conference proceedings from FinDrones2020.

This book proposes some novel approaches for finding unmanned aerial vehicle trajectories to reach targets with unknown location in minimum time.

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Sensors and Instrumentation, Aircraft/Aerospace and Energy Harvesting, Volume 7:  Proceedings of the 39th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2021, the seventh volume of nine from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

Dynamic Substructures, Volume 4:  Proceedings of the 39th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2021, the fourth volume of nine from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

In his latest book, space scientist, futurist, and educator Joseph N.

This brief addresses the design of model predictive control algorithms for performing space rendezvous manoeuvres.

This book offers a comprehensive reference guide for the theory and practice of intelligent and fuzzy techniques in Aviation 4.

This book is the sixth edition.

This last volume of the SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences series is setup in 5 main parts.

This book provides a solid foundation from which most practical, theoretical problems related to sandwich structures can be derived and solved.

This book establishes an important mathematical connection between cooperative control problems and network optimization problems.

This book collects papers presented in the Invited Workshop, "e;Liutex and Third Generation of Vortex Definition and Identification for Turbulence,"e; from CHAOS2020, June 9-12, 2020, which was held online as a virtual conference.

This book introduces the theory of structural dynamics, with focus on civil engineering structures.

This book explains how the achievements of the Space Shuttle, the world's first reusable manned spacecraft, were built on the foundation of countless technical challenges.

This book provides a detailed explanation of the cold spray process from a practical standpoint.

This book explores creative solutions to the unique challenges inherent in crafting livable spaces in extra-terrestrial environments.

This is the tale of the modern Space Age, detailing all the risks, rewards and rivalries that have fueled space exploration over the decades.

Stratospheric balloons are powerful tools used to study the Earth and its atmosphere, as well as the greater cosmos beyond.

This book expands on the subject matter of 'Computational Electromagnetics and Model-Based Inversion: A Modern Paradigm for Eddy-Current Nondestructive Evaluation.

This book reports a comprehensive study on the Industry 4.