This book deals with concepts and applications of Aviation, Aerodynamics and spaceflight. Content: Cover; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 -- Aircraft; Chapter 2 -- Atmospheric Entry; Chapter 3 -- Aviation; Chapter 4 -- Satellite; Chapter 5 -- Spacecraft; Chapter 6 -- Wind Tunnel. Abstract: This book deals with concepts and applications of Aviation, Aerodynamics and spaceflight
NASA. Rockets: A Teacher's Guide with Activities in Science, Mathematics, and Technology. Johnson Space Center - Education working group, 38 pages.This publication was developed for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with the assistance of hundreds of teachers in the Texas Region IV area and educators of the Aerospace Education Services Program, Oklahoma State University.Writers:…
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 2008. 342 p.This handbook provides useful information on cost estimating for the entire NASA Cost Estimating Community. It is to be both informative for the new NASA cost estimator and a good reference document for the experienced NASA cost estimator. Based on the extensive feedback from the NASA Cost Estimating Community, the 2008 edition o…
This textbook is based on a 15-year successful approach to teaching aircraft flight mechanics at the U.S. Air Force Academy. It explains all the concepts and derivations of equations for aircraft flight mechanics. It covers; aircraft performance, static stability, aircraft dynamics stability, and feedback control. The chapters present real world applications and contain problems. Each year the …
The author has provided the reader with comprehensive coverage of ship hydrodynamics with a focus on numerical methods now in use. The book provides a global overview of experimental and numerical methods for ship resistance and propulsion, manoeuvring and seakeeping. As boundary element techniques are now in standard use, these are covered in sufficient detail for independent code development.…
From the author of the highly successful The Complete Idiot's Guide to Calculus comes the perfect book for high school and college students. Following a standard algebra curriculum, it will teach students the basics so that they can make sense of their textbooks and get through algebra class with flying colors.
''..a clear and concise introduction to the subject, giving a good grasp of the basics of naval architecture.'' Maritime Journal