Aerospace Engineering on the Back of an Envelope
Alber, Irwin E.
Aerospace Engineering on the Back of an Envelope [electronic resource] / by Irwin E. Alber. - XXII, 326 p. online resource. - Springer Praxis Books . - Springer Praxis Books .
Space Shuttle Performance Estimates -- Columbia Shuttle Accident Analysis -- Reentry and Landing of the Orbiter -- Hubble Space Telescope Design -- Solenoid Robot Kicker Design using BotE Techniques.
ZDB-2-EES
Engineers need to acquire ǣBack-of-the-Envelopeǥ survival skills to obtain rough quantitative answers to real-world problems, particularly when working on projects with enormous complexity and very limited resources. In the case studies treated in this book, we show step-by-step examples of the physical arguments and the resulting calculations obtained using the quick-fire method. We also demonstrate the estimation improvements that can be obtained through the use of more detailed physics-based Back-of-the-Envelope engineering models. These different methods are used to obtain the solutions to a number of design and performance estimation problems arising from two of the most complex real-world engineering projects: the Space Shuttle and the Hubble Space Telescope satellite.
9783642225376
10.1007/978-3-642-22537-6 doi
Engineering.
Astrophysics.
Engineering design.
Astronautics.
Engineering.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Engineering Design.
Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
TL787-4050.22
629.1
Aerospace Engineering on the Back of an Envelope [electronic resource] / by Irwin E. Alber. - XXII, 326 p. online resource. - Springer Praxis Books . - Springer Praxis Books .
Space Shuttle Performance Estimates -- Columbia Shuttle Accident Analysis -- Reentry and Landing of the Orbiter -- Hubble Space Telescope Design -- Solenoid Robot Kicker Design using BotE Techniques.
ZDB-2-EES
Engineers need to acquire ǣBack-of-the-Envelopeǥ survival skills to obtain rough quantitative answers to real-world problems, particularly when working on projects with enormous complexity and very limited resources. In the case studies treated in this book, we show step-by-step examples of the physical arguments and the resulting calculations obtained using the quick-fire method. We also demonstrate the estimation improvements that can be obtained through the use of more detailed physics-based Back-of-the-Envelope engineering models. These different methods are used to obtain the solutions to a number of design and performance estimation problems arising from two of the most complex real-world engineering projects: the Space Shuttle and the Hubble Space Telescope satellite.
9783642225376
10.1007/978-3-642-22537-6 doi
Engineering.
Astrophysics.
Engineering design.
Astronautics.
Engineering.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Engineering Design.
Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
TL787-4050.22
629.1