Aerospace Engineering

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Propulsion Technology (5)

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A History of Aeronautics
by E. Charles Vivian - Classic Book Library , 2005
Evelyn Charles Vivian (1882 - 1947) gives a detailed account of the history of aeronautics through 1920. Famous fliers are discussed and the evolution of the aeroplane is covered. The advancements in engine design are also included.
(1396 views)

Aerial Vehicles
by Thanh Mung Lam - IN-TECH , 2009
The book on aerial vehicles: design and development, UAV trajectory generation, unmanned helicopters, flight control system optimization, intelligent aerial vehicles, autonomous formation flight, asymmetric hovering flapping flight, and much more.
(2206 views)

Apollo by the Numbers: A Statistical Reference
by Richard W. Orloff - NASA History Division , 2004
With the passage of time there are opportunities to reconsider Project Apollo anew. This book draws out the statistical information about each of the flights that have been long buried in numerous technical memoranda and historical studies.
(2362 views)

Basics of Space Flight
by Dave Doody - NASA , 2009
This tutorial is designed to help operations people identify the range of concepts associated with deep space missions, and grasp the relationships among them. It also enjoys popularity with people interested in interplanetary space flight.
(2555 views)

Dynamics
by Jaume Peraire - MIT OpenCourseWare , 2004
The text includes fundamentals of Newtonian mechanics, kinematics, particle dynamics, motion, work and energy, impulse and momentum, systems of particles and rigid body dynamics. Applications to aerospace engineering are discussed.
(2198 views)

Dynamics of Nonlinear Systems
by Alexandre Megretski - MIT OpenCourseWare , 2003
An introduction to nonlinear deterministic dynamical systems. Topics covered: nonlinear ordinary differential equations; planar autonomous systems; fundamental theory: Picard iteration, contraction mapping theorem, and Bellman-Gronwall lemma; etc.
(707 views)

Facing the Heat Barrier: A History of Hypersonics
by T. A. Heppenheimer - NASA , 2007
Hypersonics is the study of flight at speeds where aerodynamic heating dominates the physics of the problem. Typically this is Mach 5 and higher. Hypersonics is an engineering science with close links to supersonics and engine design.
(1354 views)

Fundamentals of Multiphase Flow
by Christopher E. Brennen - Cambridge University Press , 2005
The book for graduate students and researchers at the cutting edge of investigations into the fundamental nature of multiphase flows. It is intended as a reference book for the basic methods used in the treatment of multiphase flows.
(4020 views)

Introduction to the Aerodynamics of Flight
by Theodore A. Talay - NASA History Division , 1975
This book is an introductory course in aerodynamics. It provides more than a layman's treatment of the subject but not the detail as taught in many individual courses on the college level. The result is a highly qualitative, illustrated set of notes.
(1817 views)

NASA Engineers and the Age of Apollo
by Sylvia Doughty Fries - NASA History Office , 1992
This is the story less of heroes than of a generation of engineers who made Apollo possible. It is thus the story of the men and women who stood where the shadow was deepest. Their story is told largely in their own words.
(1403 views)

Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990
by Roger E. Bilstein - United States Government Printing , 1989
This is a concise history of NACA and its successor agency, NASA. This edition not only updates the historical record, but restores aeronautics to its due place in the history of the agency and of mankind's most fascinating and continuing voyage.
(2259 views)

Quest for Performance: The Evolution of Modern Aircraft
by Laurence K. Loftin, Jr. - United States Government Printing , 1985
This volume traces the technical development of the airplane from a curiosity at the beginning of World War I to the highly useful machine of today. Included are significant aircraft that incorporated important technical innovations.
(1297 views)

Remembering the Space Age
by Steven J. Dick - NASA , 2009
Thought-provoking ideas, views, and speculative reasoning. The book itself is divided into three parts: National and Global Dimensions of the Space Age; Remembrance and Cultural Representation of the Space Age; and Reflections of the Space Age.
(2287 views)

Societal Impact of Spaceflight
- NASA , 2007
Has the Space Age had a significant effect on society? This volume is to examines the effects of spaceflight on society through scholarly research, making use especially of the tools of the historian and the broader social sciences and humanities.
(1250 views)

Space Handbook
by Robert W. Buchheim - RAND Corporation , 2007
Written as a basic guide on the uses and characteristics of space systems, this book discusses astronautics and its applications, technology in the space environment, rocket vehicles, propulsion systems, propellants, internal power sources, etc.
(3087 views)

Spacecraft Dynamics
by Thomas R. Kane - McGraw Hill , 1983
This book is an outgrowth of courses taught at Stanford University and at UCLA. It is intended for use as a textbook in courses of instruction at the graduate level and as a reference work for engineers engaged in research in this field.
(3227 views)

The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology
by Ivan D. Ertel, at al. - NASA , 2007
The chronology of the Apollo spacecraft and the lunar mission provides documented information covering a wide range of happenings directly and indirectly related to the program. Written for historians and others interested in the great adventure.
(2297 views)

The First Flight Across The Atlantic
by Ted Wilbur - NC-4 50th Anniversary Committee , 1969
Early in 1919, a young Naval Aviator predicted that trans-oceanic flight was "a perfectly safe and sane commercial proposition, not a gigantic gamble." The U.S.Navy NC-4 proved how right he was with the first flight across the Atlantic.
(2262 views)

The Secret of Flight
by Johan Hoffman, Johan Jansson, Claes Johnson , 2008
A theory of subsonic flight based on a combination of analysis and computation. We uncover a mechanism for the generation of substantial lift at the expense of small drag of a wing, which is fundamentally different from the classical theories.
(2311 views)

The Smell Of Kerosene: A Test Pilot's Odyssey
by Donald L. Mallick - University Press of the Pacific , 2005
The book tells the dramatic story of a NASA research pilot who logged over 11,000 flight hours in more than 125 types of aircraft. Mallick gives the reader fascinating first-hand descriptions of his carrier operations and his research flying career.
(2359 views)

The story of the aeroplane
by Claude Grahame-White - Small, Maynard and Co , 1911
The book on the early history of aeroplane, written by Claude Grahame-White, the pioneer of flight. It covers the beginning development in Europe, the first historic flight, development of the aeroplane engine, first fatal accidents, and more.
(1746 views)

The Wind and Beyond
by James R. Hansen, - NASA History Office , 2003
A documentary journey into the history of aerodynamics in America. How ideas about aerodynamics first developed and how the technology evolved to forge the airplane into the revolutionary machine is the epic story told in this book.
(1400 views)

Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story
by R. Dale Reed - NASA History Office , 2005
A story of the most unusual flying machines ever flown, the lifting bodies. It is a story about the engineers who committed a significant part of their lives to prove that the concept was a viable one for use in spacecraft of the future.
(1399 views)