Alber Aerospace Engineering on the Back of an Envelope
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-642-22537-6
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, 326 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Springer Praxis Books
ISBN: 978-3-642-22537-6
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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.
Zielgruppe
Professional/practitioner
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
Space Shuttle Performance Estimates.- Columbia Shuttle Accident Analysis.- Reentry and Landing of the Orbiter.- Hubble Space Telescope Design.- Solenoid Robot Kicker Design using BotE Techniques.
