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NASA-SP-2009-4802. NASA History Series. Edited by Steven J. Dick
and Mark L. Lupisella. Authors with diverse backgrounds in science,
history, anthropology, and more, consider culture in the context of
the cosmos. How does our knowledge of cosmic evolution affect
terrestrial culture? Conversely, how does our knowledge of cultural
evolution affect our thinking about possible cultures in the
cosmos? Are life, mind, and culture of fundamental significance to
the grand story of the cosmos that has generated its own
self-understanding through science, rational reasoning, and
mathematics? Book includes bibliographical references and an index.
Although the problem of stability and bifurcation is well
understood in Mechanics, very few treatises have been devoted to
stability and bifurcation analysis in dissipative media, in
particular with regard to present and fundamental problems in Solid
Mechanics such as plasticity, fracture and contact mechanics.
Stability and Nonlinear Solid Mechanics addresses this lack of
material, and proposes to the reader not only a unified
presentation of nonlinear problems in Solid Mechanics, but also a
complete and unitary analysis on stability and bifurcation problems
arising within this framework. Main themes include:
* elasticity and plasticity problems in small and finite
deformation
* general concepts of stability and bifurcation and basic results
* elastic buckling
* plastic buckling of structures
* standard dissipative systems obeying maximum dissipation.
These themes are developed in 20 chapters and illustrated by
various analytical and numerical results. The coverage given here
extends beyond the limited boundaries of previous works, resulting
in a text of lasting interest and value to postgraduate students,
researchers and practitioners working in mechanical, civil and
aerospace engineering, as well as materials science.
This book discusses the emerging field of industrial neuroscience,
and reports on the authors' cutting-edge findings in the evaluation
of mental states, including mental workload, cognitive control and
training of personnel involved either in the piloting of aircraft
and helicopters, or in managing air traffic. It encompasses
neuroimaging and cognitive psychology techniques and shows how they
have been successfully applied in the evaluation of human
performance and human-machine interactions, and to guarantee a
proper level of safety in such operational contexts. With an
introduction to the most relevant concepts of neuroscience,
neurophysiological techniques, simulators and case studies in
aviation environments, it is a must-have for both students and
scientists in the field of aeronautic and biomedical engineering,
as well as for various professionals in the aviation world. This is
the first book to intensively apply neurosciences to the evaluation
of human factors and mental states in aviation.
The book provides a structural analysis of the European space
effort from an institute change perspective. It analyzes the EU-ESA
inter-institutional relationship, gives an overview of the
development of space policy in Europe, and advances the debate
about the impact of the European integration process on existing
institutional actors. While European Space collaboration was
initially developed outside the competences of the European Union
(EU) with space programmes being carried out almost exclusively
under the framework of European Space Agency (ESA) and national
agencies, the EU has gained "shared competences" (Art. 2, TFEU) in
space policy following the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty. Currently
the EU and ESA work together under a Framework Agreement. In 2016,
the EU Commission has published a Communication entitled "European
Space Policy" (ESP). Even though ESA's Member States have agreed to
keep ESA as an intergovernmental organisation during the ESA
Ministerial Council of 2014, the discussion about ESA becoming part
of the EU framework continues. The EU's ambitions for leadership in
European space policy raise question concerning the future of ESA.
The study of institutions lies at the heart of political sciences.
Strikingly the theoretic framework qualifying institutional change
and making it comparable leaves room for more concrete and testable
dimensions of institutional change.
"Advanced Control of Aircraft, Spacecraft and Rockets" introduces
the reader to the concepts of modern control theory applied to the
design and analysis of general flight control systems in a concise
and mathematically rigorous style. It presents a comprehensive
treatment of both atmospheric and space flight control systems
including aircraft, rockets (missiles and launch vehicles), entry
vehicles and spacecraft (both orbital and attitude control). The
broad coverage of topics emphasizes the synergies among the various
flight control systems and attempts to show their evolution from
the same set of physical principles as well as their design and
analysis by similar mathematical tools. In addition, this book
presents state-of-art control system design methods - including
multivariable, optimal, robust, digital and nonlinear strategies -
as applied to modern flight control systems.
"Advanced Control of Aircraft, Spacecraft and Rockets" features
worked examples and problems at the end of each chapter as well as
a number of MATLAB / Simulink examples housed on an accompanying
website at http: //home.iitk.ac.in/ ashtew that are realistic and
representative of the state-of-the-art in flight control.
UNMANNED AIRCRAF T SYSTEMS UNMANNED AIRCRAF T SYSTEMS An unmanned
aircraft system (UAS), sometimes called a drone, is an aircraft
without a human pilot on board instead, the UAS can be controlled
by an operator station on the ground or may be autonomous in
operation. UAS are capable of addressing a broad range of
applications in diverse, complex environments. Traditionally
employed in mainly military applications, recent regulatory changes
around the world are leading to an explosion of interest and
wide-ranging new applications for UAS in civil airspace. Covering
the design, development, operation, and mission profiles of
unmanned aircraft systems, this single, comprehensive volume forms
a complete, stand-alone reference on the topic. The volume
integrates with the online Wiley Encyclopedia of Aerospace
Engineering, providing many new and updated articles for existing
subscribers to that work. The chapters cover the following items:
Airframe configurations and design (launch systems, power
generation, propulsion) Operations (missions, integration issues,
and airspace access) Coordination (multivehicle cooperation and
human oversight) With contributions from leading experts, this
volume is intended to be a valuable addition, and a useful
resource, for aerospace manufacturers and suppliers, governmental
and industrial aerospace research establishments, airline and
aviation industries, university engineering and science
departments, and industry analysts, consultants, and researchers.
This volume is about ultra high-speed cameras, which enable us to
see what we normally do not see. These are objects that are moving
very fast, or that we just ignore. Ultra high-speed cameras invite
us to a wonderland of microseconds. There Alice (the reader) meets
a ultra high-speed rabbit (this volume) and travels together
through this wonderland from the year 1887 to 2017. They go to the
horse riding ground and see how a horse gallops. The rabbit takes
her to a showroom where various cameras and illumination devices
are presented. Then, he sends Alice into semiconductor labyrinths,
wind tunnels, mechanical processing factories, and dangerous
explosive fields. Sometimes Alice is large, and at other times she
is very small. She sits even inside a car engine. She falls down
together with a droplet. She enters a microbubble, is thrown out
with a jet stream, and finds herself in a human body. Waking up
from her dream, she sees children playing a game: "I see what you
do not see, and this is....". Alice thinks: "The ultra high-speed
rabbit showed me many things which I had never seen. Now I will go
again to this wonderland, and try to find something new.
These proceedings present selected research papers from CSNC2017,
held during 23th-25th May in Shanghai, China. The theme of CSNC2017
is Positioning, Connecting All. These papers discuss the
technologies and applications of the Global Navigation Satellite
System (GNSS), and the latest progress made in the China BeiDou
System (BDS) especially. They are divided into 12 topics to match
the corresponding sessions in CSNC2017, which broadly covered key
topics in GNSS. Readers can learn about the BDS and keep abreast of
the latest advances in GNSS techniques and applications.
Explains the reasons, limitations and trade-offs inherent to communications satellites. The first half deals with link power budgets as well as communications hardware and examples of complete link budgets. Spacecraft technology and a description of the objectives and basic operating methods of each of the major supporting subsystems are covered in the last half. Contains end-of-chapter exercises and solutions.
Read all about astonishing airplanes from the history of flight!
Jet into the world of flight and discover its history, from the
first hot air balloons and gliders to today's supersonic spyplanes,
helicopters, and space vehicles. Telling the stories of the
pioneers of aviation, such as Charles Lindburgh and Amelia Earhart,
the black-and-white chapter book Flight is also packed with fun
facts - did you know that early aeroplanes landed on wheels that
were borrowed from cars and motorcycles? Flight is part of the Mega
Bites series, which uncovers the secrets of history, science, and
the natural world. Investigate the most complicated thing in the
universe - your Brain; then journey to the most mysterious as we
dive into a Black Hole; and closer to home, marvel at the genius of
the world's smartest Codebreakers! Whichever title you pick, you'll
get the expert knowledge and fun facts you need on each topic, with
every book packed with illustrations, fun stories, and anecdotes.
The Yearbook on Space Policy, edited by the European Space Policy
Institute (ESPI), is the reference publication analysing space
policy developments. Each year it presents issues and trends in
space policy and the space sector as a whole. Its scope is global
and its perspective is European. The Yearbook also links space
policy with other policy areas. It highlights specific events and
issues, and provides useful insights, data and information on space
activities. The first part of the Yearbook sets out a comprehensive
overview of the economic, political, technological and
institutional trends that have affected space activities. The
second part of the Yearbook offers a more analytical perspective on
the yearly ESPI theme and consists of external contributions
written by professionals with diverse backgrounds and areas of
expertise. The third part of the Yearbook carries forward the
character of the Yearbook as an archive of space activities. The
Yearbook is designed for government decision-makers and agencies,
industry professionals, as well as the service sectors, researchers
and scientists and the interested public.
This book focuses on the finite-time control of attitude
stabilization, attitude tracking for individual spacecraft, and
finite-time control of attitude synchronization. It discusses
formation reconfiguration for multiple spacecraft in complex
networks, and provides a new fast nonsingular terminal sliding mode
surface (FNTSMS). Further, it presents newly designed controllers
and several control laws to enhance the performance of spacecraft
systems and meet related demands, such as strong disturbance
rejection and high-precision control. As such, the book establishes
a fundamental framework for these topics, while also highlighting
the importance of integrated analysis. It is a useful resource for
all researchers and students who are interested in this field, as
well as engineers whose work involves designing flight vehicles.
This prizewinning PhD thesis presents a general discussion of the
orbital motion close to solar system small bodies (SSSBs), which
induce non-central asymmetric gravitational fields in their
neighborhoods. It introduces the methods of qualitative theory in
nonlinear dynamics to the study of local/global behaviors around
SSSBs. Detailed mechanical models are employed throughout this
dissertation, and specific numeric techniques are developed to
compensate for the difficulties of directly analyzing. Applying
this method, several target systems, like asteroid 216 Kleopatra,
are explored in great detail, and the results prove to be both
revealing and pervasive for a large group of SSSBs.
Modern Military Aircraft is a fascinating guide to the most
important military aircraft developed since World War II. This
highly illustrated book features a wide range of aircraft that
served in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, conflicts
in the Middle East and the Falklands. Types of aircraft range from
front line fighters to reconnaissance aircraft to bombers to
interceptors and helicopters. Spanning such famous planes as the
Lockheed Blackbird and the MiG-21, Modern Military Aircraft also
includes lesser-known examples such as the South African Atlas
Cheetah and the EH101 Merlin helicopter. Arranged by countries,
each of the 75 featured aircraft is presented with outstanding
fully annotated three-view colour artworks, development and service
history, specification tables and colour and black-&-white
photographs. With a wealth of information and splendidly presented,
this book is a must for aviation enthusiasts.
Flying and the pilot were significant metaphors of fascism's
mythical modernity. Fernando Esposito traces the changing meanings
of these highly charged symbols from the air show in Brescia, to
the sky above the trenches of the First World War to the violent
ideological clashes of the interwar period.
Space robotics and autonomous systems (Space RAS) play a critical
role in the current and future development of mission-defined
machines that can survive in space while performing exploration,
assembly, construction, maintenance and servicing tasks. They
represent a multi-disciplinary emerging field at the intersection
of space engineering, terrestrial robotics, computer science and
materials. The field is essential to humankind's ability to explore
or operate in space; providing greater access beyond human
spaceflight limitations in the harsh environment of space, and
offering greater operational handling that extends astronauts'
capabilities. Space RAS covers all types of robotics for the
exploration of planet surfaces as well as robotics used in orbit
around the Earth and the sensors needed by the platform for
navigation or control. Written by a team of International experts
on space RAS, this book covers advanced research, technologies and
applications including: sensing and perception to provide
situational awareness for space robotic agents, explorers and
assistants; mobility to reach and operate at sites of scientific
interest on extra-terrestrial surfaces or free space environments
using locomotion; manipulations to make intentional changes in the
environment or objects using locomotion such as placing,
assembling, digging, trenching, drilling, sampling, grappling and
berthing; high-level autonomy for system and sub-systems to provide
robust and safe autonomous navigation, rendezvous and docking
capabilities and to enable extended-duration operations without
human interventions to improve overall performance of human and
robotic missions; human-robot interaction and multi-modal
interaction; system engineering to provide a framework for
understanding and coordinating the complex interactions of robots
and achieving the desired system requirements; verification and
validation of complex adaptive systems; modelling and simulation;
and safety and trust.
This book details aluminum alloys with special focus on the
aluminum silicon (Al-Si) systems - that are the most abundant
alloys second only to steel. The authors include a description of
the manufacturing principles, thermodynamics, and other main
characteristics of Al-Si alloys. Principles of processing, testing,
and in particular applications in the Automotive, Aeronautical and
Aerospace fields are addressed.
This book provides detailed insights into how space and popular
culture intersect across a broad spectrum of examples, including
cinema, music, art, arcade games, cartoons, comics, and
advertisements. This is a pertinent topic since the use of space
themes differs in different cultural contexts, and these themes can
be used to explore various aspects of the human condition and
provide a context for social commentary on politically sensitive
issues. With the use of space imagery evolving over the past sixty
years of the space age, this is a topic ripe for in-depth
exploration. The book also discusses the contrasting visions of
space from the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the reality
of today, and analyzes space vehicles and habitats in popular
depictions of space from an engineering perspective, exploring how
many of those ideas have actually been implemented in practice, and
why or why not (a case of life imitating art and vice versa). As
such, it covers a wide array of relevant and timely topics
examining intersections between space and popular culture, and
offering accounts of space and its effect on culture, language, and
storytelling from the southern regions of the world.
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