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Inertial navigation is widely used for the guidance of aircraft, missiles ships and land vehicles, as well as in a number of novel applications such as surveying underground pipelines in drilling operations. This book sets out to provide a clear and concise description of the physical principles of inertial navigation, the associated growth of errors and their compensation. There is also detailed treatment of recent developments in inertial sensor technology and a description of techniques for implementing and evaluating such systems.

This text covers basic principles, system mechanization, instrumentation and computation and design analysis. It features particularly modern treatment of inertial sensors, computational techniques for navigation and error analysis, as well as integrated systems incorporating additional navigational aids and examples of current applications in both civilian and military applications. ... Read more

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Excellent Inertial Book
Strapdown Inertial Nav. is an excellent book for those who would like to understand the technology or learn how to process inertial sensor data.

A solid introduction to Strapdown INS
A good introduction from the ground up.Concepts were easily conveyed to the reader.I'm much more comfortable with strapdown systems after reading this book. ... Read more

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This second volume emphasizes spray combustion measurements and model simulation. It includes four areas: spray combustion measurements, modeling and numerical simulation, instability of liquid fueled combustion systems, and spray combustion in certain practical systems. ... Read more

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Satellite Thermal Control Handbook, published by The Aerospace Corporation Press and distributed by AIAA, is a compendium of corporate knowledge and heritage of thermal control of unmanned Earth-orbiting satellites. This practical handbook provides thermal engineers of all experience levels with enough background and specific information to begin conducting thermal analysis and to participate in the thermal design of satellite systems. ... Read more

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A chronicle of the first two decades of how flight and aerostation's evolution.Download Description
Two abortive attempts characterised the sixties of last century in France. As regards the first of these, it was carried out by three men, Nadar, Ponton d'Amecourt, and De la Landelle, who conceived the idea of a full-sized helicopter machine. D'Amecourt exhibited a steam model, constructed in 1865, at the Aeronautical Society's Exhibition in 1868. The engine was aluminium with cylinders of bronze, driving two screws placed one above the other and rotating. ... Read more

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Increasingly, space teleoperators and robots (space telerobots) will take the place of astronauts in planetary and lunar scientific missions to reduce cost and risk. Terrestrial robots have much in common with space robots, but there are important physical differences arising from weightlessness, vacuum, the thermal environment, and the need to minimize mass. Because the technology for building intelligent space robots does not yet exist, they must be supervised by human operators.

This book addresses these concerns, providing extensive, well-illustrated descriptions of existing, planned, and laboratory space telerobot systems, international designs, the role and capabilities of humans in system control and supervision, levels of control autonomy, the economic trade-offs of manned versus telerobotic space operations, and dynamics and control.

The book provides engineers, scientists, managers, policy makers, and students with the underlying technical issues associated with human-supervised space robots and the design, justification, and use of practical space telerobot systems. ... Read more

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A reprint of a historic textbook, primarily intended for the Royal Air Force, and originally published in 1919, this book covers:

Some Mechanical Considerations

Air Flow

Wing Characteristics

Streamline Flow

Dynamics of the Aeroplane

Equilibrium of the Aeroplane

Stability

Structural Materials

Construction

Aero Engines

Air Screws

The Seaplane

Instruments and Their Uses

Types of Machines

Design of an Aeroplane

Rigging, Testing and Maintenance of an Aeroplane

Balloons and Airships

Aerial Navigation

Meteorology

Bomb-Dropping

Wireless Telegraphy in Aircraft

Aerial Photography

The book has many illustrations and diagrams, and is indexed.

At the time of publication, Herman Shaw, B.Sc., A.R.C.S., A.F.Ae.S., was a Royal Scholar, Aeronautical Research Scholar of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, held the Diploma of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, and was a Fellow of the Physical Society of London. ... Read more

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By marrying warhead fundamentals with more modern design approaches, this book will assist new members of the warhead community to learn more rapidly, as well as provide a reference text for those working actively in the field.

The book's chapters are each self-contained articles; however, the topics are linked and may be divided into three groups. The first group provides a broad introduction, as well as four fundamental technology areas, namely, explosives, dynamic characterization of materials, explosive-metal interaction physics, and hydrocodes. The second group presents the mechanics of three major types of warheads, shaped charges, explosively formed projectiles, and fragmentation warheads. The interaction with various types of targets is also presented. The third group addresses test methodology. Flash radiography and high-speed photography are covered extensively, especially from an applications point of view. Special methods are also presented, including the use of tomographic reconstruction of flash radiographs and the use of laser interferometry.

The book is intended for warhead designers, as well as engineering managers and project managers who manage warhead, munitions, and missile development projects. ... Read more

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Moore brings 30 years of experience in weapons development to help bridge the gap between the academic textbook and practical application.

This new book reviews all approaches to calculate aerodynamics, allowing engineers to see the pros and cons of each approach, setting the stage for a semiempircal approach. It contains many approximate aerodynamic methods, bringing together in a single text both linearized and nonlinear aerodynamic methods.

Practicing engineers will value the book's emphasis on understanding the physics involved, understanding the assumptions made to get to the approximate approaches, and on showing final equations used in the solution process. ... Read more

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Spatial disorientation has been blamed for 20% of all fatal mishaps in military aviation and has been named as a factor in many high-profile civilian accidents, such as the death of John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. It occurs when a pilots' sensory systems, such as their vestibular or balance system, cause them to misinterpret their position in flight relative to Earth or other aircraft. Often, pilots do not know they are disoriented until it is too late.

This book is unique because it is the first to cover the entire spectrum of spatial disorientation in flight. This text draws on the knowledge of expert authors from a broad background, several of whom have worked with the AFRL Human Effectiveness Directorate (AFRF/HE) at Wright Patterson AFB, OH and Brooks City-Base, TX.

The book examines the long history of spatial disorientation in flight, describes the movements of aircraft in mathematical detail, and explains how these movements can conspire to fool human sensory systems that evolved for life on the ground. The book examines the structure and functions of the vestibular organs of the inner ear and their limitations under low-visibility flight situations.

The book also examines the visual mechanisms that contribute to perceptions of self motion and describes the contribution of psychological factors to spatial disorientation. The book defines the types of visual and nonvisual illusions pilots experience in flight.

Those chapters set the stage for a highly detailed examination of countermeasures, including ground-based training methodologies, in-flight sorties, instrument training, and display design.

Much of the book is technical, but it is also rich in real-world statistics and anecdotes about accidents and close calls that have been attributed to spatial disorientation. ... Read more

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Combustion Instabilities in an expansive nutshell
Excellent review of the topic. Covers all the major approaches to the subject: modeling, empirical observations, dynamic control, diagnostics...
Highly recommended reading for researchers looking for a well-rounded grasp of the problem and current research.
R.Wainner - AE Ph.D. '99 - Combustion/Optical Diagnostics ... Read more

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Jerome C. Hunsaker's cumulative effect on both American aeronautics and engineering is immense. Early in his career, he established the aeronautical engineering program at MIT and organized the U.S. Navy's aviation design and procurement program during World War I. This meticulous chronicle of Hunsaker's six decades in aeronautics traces both his incredible accomplishments and dispiriting setbacks. In presenting such a detailed account of Hunsaker's influential career, Trimble also traces major trends in engineering and technology in the United States. ... Read more

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Excellent Biography of One of the Pioneers of Aeronautics
Jerome C. "Jerry" Hunsaker was an internationally known teacher and researcher in aerodynamics during the first half of the twentieth century. He made significant contributions to the development of flight systems, fired the enthusiasm of more than a generation of later engineers involved in aviation research, and virtually created the aeronautical engineering program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His career spanned more than six decades of aircraft research and development, where his efforts helped to establish the scientific and mathematical basis for flight. This excellent biography of Hunsaker by William F. Trimble of Auburn University provides a compelling portrait of this pivotal figure in the history of aeronautics.

Born on August 26, 1886, in Creston, Iowa, Hunsaker gratuated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1908, and went on to graduate training at MIT. He earned a doctorate in 1916, and stayed at MIT to create the first American course on aeronautical engineering and to found the internationally famous Department of Aeronautical Engineering. Hunsaker remained at MIT most of the rest of his career, worked closely with the Navy, and trained more an a generation of engineers who carried on his legacy through their engineering accomplishments.

This book does a fine job of capturing the career of this important aeronautical engineer. ... Read more

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With contributions from the leading researchers and scientists in the field, this volume is a compendium of the latest advances in tactical missile propulsion. The objectives of the book are to provide today's designer with a summary of the advances in potential propulsion systems as well as provide a discussion of major design and selection considerations. Authors were chosen for their demonstrated knowledge of and excellence in their respective fields to ensure a complete and up-to-date summary of the latest research and developments. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Northern Ontario Business, published by Laurentian Business Publishing, Inc. on February 1, 2004. The length of the article is 677 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: NORCAT vying to be NASA's driller of choice.(News)(Northern Centre for Advanced Technology Inc)(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Author: Ian Ross
Publication: Northern Ontario Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2004
Publisher: Laurentian Business Publishing, Inc.
Volume: 24Issue: 4Page: 12(1)

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