Author: Publisher:
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Author: Applied Nonsingular Astrodynamics
Author: Jean Albert KéchichianPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108576753
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
This essential book describes the mathematical formulations and subsequent computer simulations required to accurately project the trajectory of spacecraft and rockets in space, using the formalism of optimal control for minimum-time transfer in general elliptic orbit. The material will aid research students in aerospace engineering, as well as practitioners in the field of spaceflight dynamics, in developing simulation software to carry out trade studies useful in vehicle and mission design. It will teach readers to develop flight software for operational applications in autonomous mode, so to actually transfer space vehicles from one orbit to another. The practical, real-life applications discussed will give readers a clear understanding of the mathematics of orbit transfer, allow them to develop their own operational software to fly missions, and to use the contents as a research tool to carry out even more complex analyses.
Flexible Spacecraft Dynamics, Control and Guidance
Author: Leonardo MazziniPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319255401
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This book is an up-to-date compendium on spacecraft attitude and orbit control (AOC) that offers a systematic and complete treatment of the subject with the aim of imparting the theoretical and practical knowledge that is required by designers, engineers, and researchers. After an introduction on the kinematics of the flexible and agile space vehicles, the modern architecture and functions of an AOC system are described and the main AOC modes reviewed with possible design solutions and examples. The dynamics of the flexible body in space are then considered using an original Lagrangian approach suitable for the control applications of large space flexible structures. Subsequent chapters address optimal control theory, attitude control methods, and orbit control applications, including the optimal orbital transfer with finite and infinite thrust. The theory is integrated with a description of current propulsion systems, with the focus especially on the new electric propulsion systems and state of the art sensors and actuators.
Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts
Author: S. BöhmePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662123827
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1180
Book Description
From the reviews: Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts has appeared in semi-annual volumes since 1969 and it has already become one of the fundamental publications in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics and neighbouring sciences. It is the most important English-language abstracting journal in the mentioned branches. ... The abstracts are classified under more than hundred subject categories, thus permitting a quick survey of the whole extended material. The AAA is a valuable and important publication for all students and scientists working in the fields of astronomy and related sciences. As such it represents a necessary ingredient of any astronomical library all over the world." Space Science Reviews #1 "Dividing the whole field plus related subjects into 108 categories, each work is numbered and most are accompanied by brief abstracts. Fairly comprehensive cross-referencing links relevant papers to more than one category, and exhaustive author and subject indices are to be found at the back, making the catalogues easy to use. The series appears to be so complete in its coverage and always less than a year out of date that I shall certainly have to make a little more space on those shelves for future volumes." The Observatory Magazine #1
Japanese Science and Technology, 1983-1984
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information BranchPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
Applied Mechanics Reviews
Author: The F. Landis Markley Astronautics Symposium
Author: John L. CrassidisPublisher: Univelt
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
NASA Scientific and Technical Reports
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scientific and Technical Information DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 2300
Book Description
A Selected Listing of NASA Scientific and Technical Reports for 1966
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 2084
Book Description
Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization
Author: Bruce A. ConwayPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 113949077X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This is a long-overdue volume dedicated to space trajectory optimization. Interest in the subject has grown, as space missions of increasing levels of sophistication, complexity, and scientific return - hardly imaginable in the 1960s - have been designed and flown. Although the basic tools of optimization theory remain an accepted canon, there has been a revolution in the manner in which they are applied and in the development of numerical optimization. This volume purposely includes a variety of both analytical and numerical approaches to trajectory optimization. The choice of authors has been guided by the editor's intention to assemble the most expert and active researchers in the various specialities presented. The authors were given considerable freedom to choose their subjects, and although this may yield a somewhat eclectic volume, it also yields chapters written with palpable enthusiasm and relevance to contemporary problems.