Aerospace Engineering on the Back of an Envelope [electronic resource] /by Irwin E. Alber.
by Alber, Irwin E [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookSeries: Springer Praxis Books: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : 2012.Description: XXI, 326 p. 98 illus., 73 illus. in color. online resource.ISBN: 9783642225376.Subject(s): Engineering | Astrophysics | Engineering design | Astronautics | Engineering | Aerospace Technology and Astronautics | Engineering Design | Extraterrestrial Physics, Space SciencesDDC classification: 629.1 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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.
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