This text is suitable for students in courses on aircraft design and for professionals with various engineering backgrounds who need to learn about unmanned aircraft systems. "The objective is to prov
Gunlach does consider commercial applications, and even touches on military matters when they overlap, but the book's main focus is on civil unmanned aircraft systems, used by civilians and by civilia
This text discusses the conceptual stages of mission design, systems engineering, and orbital mechanics, providing a basis for understanding the design process for different components and functions o
This is an updated version of a text presenting a unified treatment of the interdisciplinary areas involved in space vehicle and mission design from the viewpoint of the systems engineer. Intending th
Covering both propeller-driven and jet aircraft, Kimberlin (aviation systems, U. of Tennessee) describes the methodologies of flight testing and performance measurement of aircraft. His text is intend
Approaching the topic from the perspective of fluid dynamics, Azuma (emeritus, U. of Tokyo, Japan) mathematically describes the modes of biomechanical locomotion of flying and swimming creatures, such
Overviews the design process, systems engineering, and trade-off analysis of space transportation systems, focusing on winged, reusable launch vehicles. Hammond, who works for a NASA contractor, deal
A consulting engineer for aerospace companies, Bielawa updates his 1993 graduate textbook and engineering reference on fundamentals of helicopter design. The second edition accounts for the rise of th
Pisacane (aerospace engineering, US Naval Academy and biomedical engineering, Johns Hopkins U.) gives students and professionals a better understanding of the environment of space and its effects on s
Aircraft designers Nicolai and Carichner, currently with Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works, define aircraft design as both a science and an art, with compromise based on current requirements and available
Yakimenko draws from the course he teaches at the Naval Postgraduate School to outline the MathWorks' MATLAB and Simulink development and modeling environment and shows undergraduate and graduate aero
Presents a text/disk package for the study of uncontrolled aircraft motions and the stability and performance of automatic flight control systems. The accompanying disk contains five computer programs
The basic algorithmic elements for solving hyperbolic, elliptic, and parabolic equations presented in the opening chapters are applied to solving the transonic small disturbance equations, the full po
For aerospace students with a special interest in the mathematical description of the motion of flight vehicles, Henderson synthesizes the mathematical derivation, notes, and technical reports of his
Structural engineer Przemieniecki (PhD, U. of London, UK) proposes and describes a new method of finite element structural analysis that provides the means for assessing the accuracy of results obtain
Based on a course on gas turbine engine controls developed and taught by the authors to Air Force, Navy, and Army engineers, this book covers the design of engine control and monitoring systems, for b
