Aerospace Engineering on the Back of an Envelope (Paperback, 2012 ed.)

Engineers need to acquire "Back-of-the-Envelope" 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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Springer Praxis Books
Release date:	April 2014
First published:	2012
Authors:	Irwin E. Alber
Dimensions:	240 x 168 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	326
Edition:	2012 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-43871-4
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Aerospace & aviation technology > General Promotions
LSN:	3-642-43871-7
Barcode:	9783642438714

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