Aerospace and aviation technology

Sustainable aviation is a long-term strategy aimed at providing innovative solutions to the challenges facing the aviation industry.

IoT and Spacecraft Informatics provides the theory and applications of IoT systems in the design, development and operation of spacecraft.

Safety Management Systems and their Origins: Insights from the Aviation Industry presents different perspectives on SMS to better decode what it means as a safety approach and what it implicitly conveys beyond safety.

This volume of the series Space Life Sciences provides insights into the latest findings of gravity research and the effect of gravity on biological systems, specifically on a cellular and molecular level.

'Utterly brilliant: a fantastically exciting book.

This book deals with the study of tilt-rotor omnidirectional aerial robots and their application to aerial physical interaction tasks.

Additive Manufacturing for the Aerospace Industry explores the design, processing, metallurgy and applications of additive manufacturing (AM) within the aerospace industry.

This book captures the most exciting advances in the harnessing of space as a global resource.

In Minuteman: A Technical History of the Missile That Defined American Nuclear Warfare, David K.

TAKE TO THE SKIES WITH THIS FULLY UPDATED, DEFINITIVE GUIDE FOR AVIATORS IN TRAINING"e;An outstanding resource for anyone interested in getting a pilot's license.

The aerospace industry has a unique business culture and business practices.

Morphing Aerospace Vehicles and Structures provides a highly timely presentation of the state-of-the-art, future directions and technical requirements of morphing aircraft.

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

As spinning is still involved in around 60% of all aircraft accidents (BFU, 1985 and Belcastro, 2009), this aerodynamic phenomenon is still not fully understood.

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

CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAINBe alert to the impossible.

This contributed monograph is the first work to present the latest results and findings on the new topic and hot field of planetary exploration and sciences, e.

Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue are a widely referenced summary of advances in aeronautical design against fatigue.

Test Techniques for Flight Control Systems of Large Transport Aircraft offers theory and practice of flight control system tests.

Now is the time to fly to space!

This book focuses on the finite-time control of attitude stabilization, attitude tracking for individual spacecraft, and finite-time control of attitude synchronization.

This book focuses on smart materials and structures, which are also referred to as intelligent, adaptive, active, sensory and metamorphic.

Airlines, like most industries, contain a mixture of good and badly managed companies (and perhaps more important, lucky and unlucky companies).

This book is concerned with the sport of soaring, mainly with the mathematical basis of sailplane design and operation.

The emergence of China as a future major participant in international aviation raises some interesting questions, especially from a strategic policy perspective.

Using archival photographs sourced directly from Vietnam, specially commissioned diagrams and combat accounts from veterans, Istv n Toperczer reveals how the MiG-21 defended Vietnam between 1966 and 1968.

An updated and expanded new edition of an authoritative book on flight dynamics and control system design for all types of current and future fixed-wing aircraftSince it was first published, Flight Dynamics has offered a new approach to the science and mathematics of aircraft flight, unifying principles of aeronautics with contemporary systems analysis.

This well regarded series for students taking the commercial and airline transport pilot licences has been substantially revised to bring it into line with the new European Joint Aviation Requirements (JARs) for flight crew licensing.

In research and application of Human Factors in Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems design, development and operation, there remains a lack of clarity regarding the range and integration of activities associated with the need for greater attention to issues such as human error, interface design and teamwork, especially in systems with increased levels of automation.

Exploiting the properties of piezoelectric materials to minimize vibration in rotor-blade actuators, this book demonstrates the potential of smart helicopter rotors to achieve the smoothness of ride associated with jet-engined, fixed-wing aircraft.

This book focuses on the performance and application of fluidic nozzle throats for solid rocket motors, discussing their flow details and characterization performance, as well as the influence of the particle phase on their performance.

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This book addresses the recent trends in thermal and environmental barrier coatings and their applications in extreme environments.

The test pilot and author of Nimrod Rise and Fall shares a collection of over twenty tales from the cockpit of Nimrod aircraft during the Cold War.

Practical Aviation Security is a complete guide to the aviation security system, from crucial historical events, to the policies and policy makers and the major terrorist and criminal acts that have shaped the procedures in use today, to the tip-of-the-spear technologies that are shaping the future.

Critical incident stress management (CISM) is now a well-established method in crisis intervention, and one that is clearly needed within aviation.

An informal history of the personalities and events surrounding the development of airplane stability and control.

This book serves as a comprehensive resource on various traditional, advanced and futuristic material technologies for aerospace applications encompassing nearly 20 major areas.

Dieses kompakte Buch beschreibt die grundlegenden Phänomene der Aeroelastik und soll damit als Referenz- und Nachschlagewerk dienen.

Classic and High-Enthalpy Hypersonic Flows presents a complete look at high-enthalpy hypersonic flow from a review of classic theories to a discussion of future advances centering around the Born-Oppenheim approximation, potential energy surface, and critical point for transition.

This book describes systematically the theory and technology of the precision forming of large, complex and thin-walled superalloy castings for aircraft engines, covering all the important basic aspects of the manufacturing process, including process design, wax pattern, ceramic molds, casting and solidification, heat treatment, repair casting and dimension precision control.

This book describes the reliability research results and experience of BeiDou navigation satellite in engineering development.

The Americans' second year of the war saw the Eighth Air Force finally bombing Berlin, or 'Big-B' as it was known.

An illustrated account of the first jet-powered combat aircraft, the Messerschmitt Me 262, and its short but action-packed career during World War 2.

This book is an ideal and practical resource on the potential impact Artificial Intelligence (AI) can have in space sciences and applications.

Artfully curated by James R.

The lack of widespread education in space safety engineering and management has profound effects on project team effectiveness in integrating safety during design.

This book investigates the time-dependent behavior of fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) at elevated temperatures.