Author: Rodney C. WingrovePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Space vehicles
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Piloted Simulator Tests of a Guidance System which Can Continuously Predict Landing Point of a Low L/D Vehicle During Atmosphere Re-entry
Author: Rodney C. WingrovePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Space vehicles
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A Guide to Information Sources in Space Science and Technology
Author: Bernard Mitchell FryPublisher: New York : Interscience Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautica - Bibliografia
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
A Study of Synthesis Techniques for Optimal Controllers
Author: B. PaiewonskyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automatic control
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This report is organized as follows. A general discussion of optimal control precedes a section devoted to the mathe matical aspects of optimization. Stochastic problems are taken up next and this is followed by a section on two-point boundary problems. In many cases the main problem is to find an extreme value of a function of several variables. There is a section describing methods for doing this. The sections on synthesis procedures, computational studies and conclusions complete the main portion of the report.
Guides to Information Sources in Science and Technology. Bernard M. Fry and Foster E. Mohrhardt, Editors
Author: Guides to Information Sources in Science and Technology: A guide to information sources in space science and technology, ed. by B. M. Fry and F. E. Mohrhardt
Author: Bernard Mitchell FryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Wingless Flight
Author: R. Dale Reed, Darlene ListerPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813132228
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"Much has been written about the famous conflicts and battlegrounds of the East during the American Revolution. Perhaps less familiar, but equally important and exciting, was the war on the western frontier, where Ohio Valley settlers fought for the land they had claimed -- and for their very lives. George Rogers Clark stepped forward to organize the local militias into a united front that would defend the western frontier from Indian attacks. Clark was one of the few people who saw the importance of the West in the war effort as a whole, and he persuaded Virginia's government to lend support to his efforts. As a result Clark was able to cross the Ohio, saving that part of the frontier from further raids. Lowell Harrison captures the excitement of this vital part of American history while giving a complete view of George Rogers Clark's significant achievements. Lowell H. Harrison, is a professor emeritus of history at Western Kentucky University and is the author or co-author of numerous books, including Lincoln of Kentucky, A New History of Kentucky, and Kentucky's Governors."
Facing the Heat Barrier
Author: T.A. HeppenheimerPublisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486834514
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
This volume from The NASA History Series presents an overview of the science of hypersonics, the study of flight at speeds at which the physics of flows is dominated by aerodynamic heating. The survey begins during the years immediately following World War II, with the first steps in hypersonic research: the development of missile nose cones and the X-15; the earliest concepts of hypersonic propulsion; and the origin of the scramjet engine. Next, it addresses the re-entry problem, which came to the forefront during the mid-1950s, showing how work in this area supported the manned space program and contributed to the development of the orbital shuttle. Subsequent chapters explore the fading of scramjet studies and the rise of the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) program of 1985–95, which sought to lay groundwork for single-stage vehicles. The program's ultimate shortcomings — in terms of aerodynamics, propulsion, and materials — are discussed, and the book concludes with a look at hypersonics in the post-NASP era, including the development of the X-33 and X-34 launch vehicles, further uses for scramjets, and advances in fluid mechanics. Clearly, ongoing research in hypersonics has yet to reach its full potential, and readers with an interest in aeronautics and astronautics will find this book a fascinating exploration of the field's history and future.
Flight Stability and Automatic Control
Author: Robert C. NelsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
This edition of this this flight stability and controls guide features an unintimidating math level, full coverage of terminology, and expanded discussions of classical to modern control theory and autopilot designs. Extensive examples, problems, and historical notes, make this concise book a vital addition to the engineer's library.
Introduction to Aircraft Flight Mechanics
Author: Thomas R. YechoutPublisher: AIAA
ISBN: 9781600860782
Category : Aerodynamics
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Based on a 15-year successful approach to teaching aircraft flight mechanics at the US Air Force Academy, this text explains the concepts and derivations of equations for aircraft flight mechanics. It covers aircraft performance, static stability, aircraft dynamics stability and feedback control.
Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control and Guidance for Aerospace Vehicles
Author: Ali ZolghadriPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1447153138
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control and Guidance for Aerospace demonstrates the attractive potential of recent developments in control for resolving such issues as flight performance, self protection and extended-life structures. Importantly, the text deals with a number of practically significant considerations: tuning, complexity of design, real-time capability, evaluation of worst-case performance, robustness in harsh environments, and extensibility when development or adaptation is required. Coverage of such issues helps to draw the advanced concepts arising from academic research back towards the technological concerns of industry. Initial coverage of basic definitions and ideas and a literature review gives way to a treatment of electrical flight control system failures: oscillatory failure, runaway, and jamming. Advanced fault detection and diagnosis for linear and linear-parameter-varying systems are described. Lastly recovery strategies appropriate to remaining actuator/sensor/communications resources are developed. The authors exploit experience gained in research collaboration with academic and major industrial partners to validate advanced fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control techniques with realistic benchmarks or real-world aeronautical and space systems. Consequently, the results presented in Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control and Guidance for Aerospace, will be of interest in both academic and aerospatial-industrial milieux.