Space manufacturing III: Proceedings of the fourth Princeton/AIAA conference, May 14-17, 1979

Grey, Jerry & Christine Krop (edits)

American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics

AIAA Guide for Human Performance Measurements

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

This guide provides technical information for the design of three mechanical interfaces required for spacecraft servicing. Achieving a degree of commonality individually and collectively for this genral class of interfaces should simplify the servicing of the variety of Orbital Replaceable Units.

AIAA Guide for Berthing - Docking - Grasping Interfaces for Serviceable Spacecraft: Standard (AIAA Standards)

Engineering & Transportation

American Institute Of Aeronautics and As

Engineering

In this first volume in the Space Biology and Medicine series, contributors describe the current status of their understanding of space, highlighting physical and ecological conditions as well as heavenly bodies, and provide general information that will prove useful in the later volumes. The book is divided into four parts: Part I, Historical Perspective; Part II, The Space Environment; Part III, Life in the Universe; and Part IV, Space Exploration. Chapter contributions were made by both U.S. and Russian authors. The book also features an appendix of Astronomical and Physical Quantities, a detailed subject index, and an 8-page color section.

Space Biology and Medicine (Space and Its Exploration, Volume 1)

Science & Math

V. Kotelnikov

M. Ivanov

Astronomy & Space Science

This text constitutes the proceedings from the 43rd Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, which took place in October 2000. Topics covered include: law and ethics of space activities in the new millennium; the exploitation of non-terrestrial resources; and cyberterrorism.

Proceedings of the 43rd Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space (AIAA Conference Proceedings)

American Institute of Aeronautics

This full-color textbook will help students and professionals understand the space environment and its impacts on spacecraft design, engineering, and performance. While the primary emphasis of the book is the Earth's environment and its effects on spacecraft, it also addresses the extraterrestrial environment and the effects of radiation on humans in space. The book begins with an introduction to the history of spacecraft failures, risk management, reliability and quality assurance techniques, and parts reliability. It goes on to provide an overview of the structure of the Sun; the structure, origin, and models of the geomagnetic field; gravitational field of the Earth; Earth's magnetosphere and radiation environment; neutral environment including fundamentals of the kinetic theory of gases; variation of pressure with altitude and hypoxia of humans; electromagnetic propagation; the effect of atomic oxygen on materials; plasma surrounding the Earth; transport and effects of photon and charged particle radiation on electronics and tissue; spacecraft contamination; techniques to mitigate debris impact; and heat transfer and thermal control of spacecraft. An appendix provides important astrodynamic constants and parameters of the celestial bodies in the solar system. Problem sets and examples are included, and a solution manual is available for instructors.

The Space Environment and Its Effects on Space Systems (AIAA Education)

Pisacane, Professor Aerospace Engineering Department Vincent L

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 7-10, 2008

Unknown, Author

In 1956, the shock of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the horrors of the war that followed were still fresh in the minds of America's leaders. When the Soviet Union exploded its own atomic bomb in August 1949, the sense of vulnerability increased, with the realization that the next surprise attack could destroy American cities and kill millions of people. Deterring an attack required knowing Soviet capabilities and intentions. To gather that information, the U-2 spyplane had begun photographing large sections of the Soviet Union, flying at altitudes far above the reach of their air defenses. But while the U-2 could go where it wanted, the Soviets could track it from border to border. It was only a matter of time before their interceptors or missiles would be able to knock it out of the sky. The only hope was to make the U.S. aircraft invisible to their air defense radars. And if it couldn't be made invisible, then a new aircraft would be needed. This is where the story of stealth and the Blackbird begins. Based on interviews, memoirs, and oral histories of the scientists and engineers involved, recently declassified CIA documents, and photographs, reports, and technical drawings from Lockheed and Convair, this is a technical history of the evolution of the Lockheed A-12 Blackbird. It begins with the attempts to make the U-2 invisible to Soviet radars, presents the subsonic and supersonic designs for the follow-on aircraft, and describes the competition between Convair and Lockheed to accomplish a quantum leap in performance. It traces the evolution of various technical approaches and explains engineering concepts in terms accessible to the educated layperson.

From Rainbow to Gusto: Stealth and the Design of the Lockheed Blackbird (Library of Flight)

History

Paul A. Suhler

Military

This book is intended for practitioners seeking an overview of different computational intelligence techniques with aerospace applications, and for newcomers looking for fundamental information with advanced examples. It provides a look into the world of computational intelligence, detailing techniques across four main areas of aerospace sciences: robotics, multidisciplinary design, aerodynamics, and space.

Computational Intelligence in Aerospace Sciences (Progress in Aeronautics and Astronautics Series)

Massimiliano Vasile

Victor M. Becerra

The most exciting moment for an aeronautical engineer is when his or her design becomes a working aircraft, the endpoint of a journey that begins in the classroom. A required textbook for all cadets at the United States Air Force Academy, Introduction to Aeronautics: A Design Perspective shows students the methods and thought processes involved in designing aircraft. They learn through the use of specific analytical principles, practical examples, and case studies, with corresponding problems to solve. The Third Edition includes new or revised material on: Stealth; Boundary Layer Equations; Maximum Trimmable Lift Coefficient; Drag Curves; Flight Test; Aircraft Mechanisms.

Introduction to Aeronautics, Third Edition (AIAA Education Series)

Steven Brandt

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