Aerospace and aviation technology

The most comprehensive guide to aircraft powerplants-fully updated for the latest advances and regulationsThis up-to-date guide contains all the information you need to master the operation and maintenance of aircraft engines and achieve FAA Powerplant certification.

This book analyses the ability of existing international law to address common vulnerabilities in connection with the recent emergence of small satellites, and how finding consensus in this context can pave the way to the sustainable development of space.

This book presents the proceedings of the International Conference on Aerospace System Science and Engineering (ICASSE 2019), held in Toronto, Canada, on July 30-August 1, 2019, and jointly organized by the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Designed as a technical reference for instrument-rated pilots who want to maximize their skills in an Instrument Flight Rules environment, this revised and up-to-date edition of the Federal Aviation Administrations Instrument Procedures Handbook contains the most current information on FAA regulations, the latest changes to procedures, and guidance on how to operate safely within the National Airspace System in all conditions.

This book presents contributions to the 18th biannual symposium of the German Aerospace Aerodynamics Association (STAB).

This book presents, in a comprehensive way, current unmanned aviation regulation, airworthiness certification, special aircraft categories, pilot certification, federal aviation requirements, operation rules, airspace classes and regulation development models.

Artfully curated by James R.

This book tells the story of the four missions to maintain Hubble's successful operation.

Focusing on the orbital mechanics tools and techniques necessary to design, predict, and guide a trajectory of a spacecraft traveling between two or more bodies in a Solar System, this book covers the dynamical theory necessary for describing the motion of bodies in space, examines the N-body problem, and shows applications using this theory for designing interplanetary missions.

This book describes the future of the Artemis Lunar Program from the years 2017 to about 2030.

This monograph details basic concepts and tools fundamental for the analysis and synthesis of linear systems subject to actuator saturation and developments in recent research.

This book presents an analytical framework for calculating the fracture toughness of generally layered beam structures with an elastically coupled response and hygrothermal stresses.

Crew Resource Management, Second Edition continues to focus on CRM in the cockpit, but also emphasizes that the concepts and training applications provide generic guidance and lessons learned for a wide variety of "e;crews"e; in the aviation system as well as in the complex and high-risk operations of many non-aviation settings.

For civil aviation to progress it has never been just about technology and business practices.

International aviation is a massive and complex industry that is crucial to our global economy and way of life.

TO A NATION enthralled by the heroic exploits of the Mercury astronauts, the launch of Lt.

On a cold January morning in 1986, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Challenger, despite warnings against doing so by many individuals, including Allan McDonald.

A Complete, Fully Updated Guide to COMMERCIAL AVIATION SAFETYPresenting the latest procedures and standards from U.

The public debate over civilian use of drones is intensifying.

The two-volume work, Structural Dynamics Fundamentals and Advanced Applications, is a comprehensive work that encompasses the fundamentals of structural dynamics and vibration analysis, as well as advanced applications used on extremely large and complex systems.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Space Information Network, SINC 2016, held in Kunming, China, in August 2016.

This book presents the design of modular architecture flight simulators.

Sustainable Composites for Aerospace Applications presents innovative advances in the fabrication, characterization and applications of LDH polymer nanocomposites.

Introduction to Optimum Design, Fourth Edition, carries on the tradition of the most widely used textbook in engineering optimization and optimum design courses.

This book describes the development and design of a unique combined data and power management infrastructure The use in small satellites gives some particular requirements to the systems like potential hardware failure robustness and handling of different types of external analog and digital interfaces.

This book describes in detail a method of direct optimization, which makes it possible to choose the best trajectory of an aircraft in conditions of its limited resource.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

A celebration of the machine and the men who took to the skies in defence of Britain.

The Yearbook on Space Policy is the reference publication analysing space policy developments.

Presents an updated, full-color, second edition on thermodynamics, providing a structured approach to this subject and a wealth of new problems.

This book investigates Venus and Mercury prospective energy and material resources.

The objective of this book is to present a number of related chapters on the subject of gender issues in the workplace of the aviation industry.

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

MEMS for automotive and aerospace applications reviews the use of Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) in developing solutions to the unique challenges presented by the automotive and aerospace industries.

Experimental Methods in Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics focuses on how to analyze and solve the classic heat transfer and fluid mechanics measurement problems in one book.

The ability of the United States Air Force (USAF) to keep its aircraft operating at an acceptable operational tempo, in wartime and in peacetime, has been important to the Air Force since its inception.

This concise book focuses on the reliability of traction electrical drives.

This brief focus on drilling of polymer matrix composites for aerospace and defence applications.

Half a century before the 'flying wing' B-2 stealth bomber entered service, John K.

This book surveys recent applications of inspection models, maintenance models and cumulative damage models, as well as discusses the policies involved with these models.

Der Einsatz von Brennstoffzellensystemen im Flugzeug bietet die Möglichkeit, die Funktionen Strom, Wasser- und Inertgaserzeugung mit Hilfe eines einzigen Systems zu gewährleisten, Hilfssysteme (Wassertanks, die konventionelle APU und das FTIS) können ebenso entfallen wie die zusätzliche Speicherung von Wasser.

Sensors and Instrumentation, Volume 8.

Nonlinear Structures & Systems, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 40th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2022, the first volume of nine from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

The major changes taking place in technology have some of the greatest effect in the world of aviation.

This book investigates and analyzes several disturbing trends in government support for space physics research over the past decade.

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.

This volume of the Series SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences summarizes the newest finding in the field of mental health and physiological exercise in Space.