Astronautics - The Physics of Space Flight (Hardcover, 3rd ed. 2018)

This introductory text covers all the key concepts, relationships, and ideas behind spaceflight and is the perfect companion for students pursuing courses on or related to astronautics. As a crew member of the STS-55 Space Shuttle mission and a full professor of astronautics at the Technical University of Munich, Ulrich Walter is an acknowledged expert in the field. This book is based on his extensive teaching and work with students, and the text is backed up by numerous examples drawn from his own experience. With its end-of-chapter examples and problems, this work is suitable for graduate level or even undergraduate courses in spaceflight, as well as for professionals working in the space industry. This third edition includes substantial revisions of several sections to extend their coverage. These include both theoretical extensions such as the study of relative motion in near-circular orbits, and more practical matters such as additional details about jet-engine and general rocket performance. New sections address regularized equations of orbital motion and their algebraic solutions and also state vector propagation; two new chapters are devoted to orbit geometry and orbit determination and to thermal radiation physics and modelling.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	March 2019
First published:	2018
Authors:	Ulrich Walter
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 51mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	828
Edition:	3rd ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-74372-1
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Classical mechanics > General Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Space science > Astronautics Promotions
LSN:	3-319-74372-4
Barcode:	9783319743721

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