Aerospace Engineering on the Back of an Envelope

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.

Sommario

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Irwin E Alber, Irwin E. Alber
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.04.2014
• EAN: 9783642438714
• ISBN: 978-3-642-43871-4
• Pagine: 326
• Dimensioni: 173 mm x 20 mm x 241 mm
• Peso: 606 g
• Illustrazioni: XXII, 326 p.
• Serie: Springer Praxis Books; Springer Praxis Books
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Tecnica aerospaziale; B, Sonnensystem: Sonne und Planeten, Konstruktion, Entwurf, Angewandte Physik, astronautics, Earth and Environmental Science, Engineering Design, Technical design, Aerospace engineering, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Space Physics, Space sciences, Solar system: the Sun and planets