Aerospace and aviation technology

This textbook provides a coherent and structured overview of fluid mechanics, a discipline concerned with many natural phenomena and at the very heart of the most diversified industrial applications and human activities.

Young addresses the impressive expansion across existing and developing commercial space business markets, with multiple private companies competing in the payload launch services sector.

This book collects selected papers from the 27th Conference of Spacecraft TT&C Technology in China held in Guangzhou on November 9-12, 2014.

A fast-moving account that details Even-Epstein's experiences particularly in the intense conflicts of 1967, the Six Day War, and 1973, the Yom Kippur War.

This book discusses the journey of Dr.

This book summarizes what is currently known about gravity sensing and response mechanisms in microorganisms, fungi, lower and higher plants; starting from the historical eye-opening experiments from the 19th century up to today's extremely rapid advancing cellular, molecular and biotechnological research.

The purpose of The Dragon in the Cockpit is to enhance the mutual understanding between Western aviation human-factors practitioners and the Chinese aviation community by describing some of the fundamental Chinese cultural characteristics pertinent to the field of flight safety.

This book focuses on the combustion performance and application of innovative energetic materials for solid and hybrid space rocket propulsion.

This book focuses on flight vehicles and their navigational systems, discussing different forms of flight structures and their control systems, from fixed wings to rotary crafts.

This book describes the technologies of wireless power beaming to the aerospace crafts, such as the drone, flying car, aircraft, spacecraft, and rocket.

New York Times bestseller for fans of First Man: A “breathtaking” insider history of NASA’s space program—from astronauts Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton (Entertainment Weekly).

The context of leadership has changed.

The book collects selected papers presented at the 6th International Conference on Aerospace System Science and Engineering (ICASSE 2022), organized by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and hosted by University of Toronto, Canada in July 2022.

If the United States hopes to continue as a leader in space, it must invest now in better earth-to-orbit technology by replacing obsolete launch facilities while also developing a new class of more robust and reliable vehicles.

Experimental Techniques, Rotating Machinery & Acoustics, Volume 8: Proceedings of the 33rd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2015, the eighth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book includes a carefully curated selection of contributions that were presented at the 17th International Conference on Space Operations (SpaceOps) held in Dubai, UAE, from March 6th to 10th, 2023.

The study of flight dynamics requires a thorough understanding of the theory of the stability and control of aircraft, an appreciation of flight control systems and a grounding in the theory of automatic control.

An illustrated study of the clashes between B-29s conducting night raids on Japan and the Japanese nightfighters protecting the Home Islands from 1944 45.

A true revolution has rocked the space industry, as Silicon Valley and new startup companies around the world have shaken up the status quo.

Each time we see grim pictures of aircraft wreckage on a rain-drenched crash site, or scenes of tired holiday travelers stranded in snow-covered airports, we are reminded of the harsh impact that weather can have on the flying public.

A fascinating insight into how the Allies learned about the capabilities and limitations of the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force and Japanese Army Air Force through flight testing and evaluation of enemy equipment.

This book demonstrates how to formulate the equations of mechanical systems.

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.

The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) has been accrediting air and ground transport services since 1991.

The goal of this book is to serve both as a practical technical reference and a resource for gaining a fuller understanding of the state of the art of spacecraft momentum control systems, specifically looking at control moment gyroscopes (CMGs).

"e;Manned Spaceflight Log"e; discusses over 40 recent spaceflights from September 2006 through September 2012, a time of great change in human spaceflight history.

Aerodynamic design of aircraft presented with applications, using CFD software and featuring tutorials, exercises, and mini-projects.

Rotating Machinery, Optical Methods & Scanning LDV Methods, Volume 6: Proceedings of the 40th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2022, the sixth volume of nine from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This is the first Structural Dynamics book focused on this indispensable aspect of liquid rocket engine design.

The updated and improved second edition of Direct Gear Design details a nonstandard gear design approach that makes it possible to significantly improve gear drive performance.

Bistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar covers bistatic SAR in a comprehensive way, presenting theory, method and techniques, as well as the most recent research and near-future applications.

As far back as the twelfth century, people have loved to parachute.

This contributed volume contains the research results presented at the 4th Machining Innovations Conference, Hannover, September 2013.

A rigorous introduction to the theory and applications of state estimation and association, an important area in aerospace, electronics, and defense industries.

Heat Transfer: A Systematic Learning Approach presents valuable tools for understanding heat transfer mechanisms and provides a clear understanding of complex turbulent flows.

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

The first comprehensive resource expressly for aerospace engineers!

This book is the first of a series of volumes that cover the topic of aerospace actuators following a systems-based approach.

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 contains select papers presented during the 2nd National Conference on Small Satellites, discussing the latest research and developments relating to small satellite technology.

Ballistic Missile and Aerospace Technology, Volume IV: Re-entry is a collection of manuscripts presented at the Sixth Symposium on Ballistic Missile and Aerospace Technology, held in Los Angeles, California, in August 1961.

Quo Vadis: Evolution of Modern Navigation presents an intelligent and intelligible account of the essential principles underlying the design of satellite navigational systems-with introductory chapters placing them in context with the early development of navigational methods.

This book shares a range of new and diverse insights on On-Orbit Servicing (OOS), and examines its implications especially from political, legal, economic, and security perspectives.

This book is based on the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the Global Space Governance study commissioned by the 2014 Montreal Declaration that called upon civil society, academics, governments, the private sector, and other stakeholders to undertake an international interdisciplinary study.

This fully revised and updated third edition covers the physical and mathematical fundamentals of vibration analysis, including single degree of freedom, multi-degree of freedom, and continuous systems.