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""""Written by one of the leading aerospace educators of our time, each sentence is packed with information. An outstanding book. - Private Pilot""""Illuminated throughout by new twists in explaining familiar concepts, helpful examples and intriguing by-the-ways. A fine book."""" - Canadian Aeronautics and Space JournalThis classic by a Stanford University educator and a pioneer of aerospace engineering introduces the complex process of designing atmospheric flight vehicles. An exploration of virtually every important subject in the fields of subsonic, transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic aerodynamics and dynamics, the text demonstrates how these topics interface and how they complement one another in atmospheric flight vehicle design. The mathematically rigorous treatment is geared toward graduate-level students, and it also serves as an excellent reference. Problems at the end of each chapter encourage further investigation of the text's material, the study of fresh ideas, and the exploration of new areas.

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Author:   Holt Ashley
Publisher:   Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:   Dover Publications Inc.
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9780486672137

ISBN 10:   0486672131
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   17 May 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

1. The Morphology of Flight Vehicles 2. Equations of Motionb for Right Flight Vehicles 3.Introduction to Vehicle Aerodynamics 4. Aerodynamic Terms for Equations of Motion; Airloads on Thin Wings 5. Propulsive Terms-One Dimensional Analysis of Jet and Rocket Propulsion 6. Small-Perturbation Response and Dynamic Stability of Flight Vehicles 7. Solution of the Small-Perturbation Equations of Motion 8. Static Stability, Trim, Static Performance and related Subjects 9. Dynamic Performance: Boost from Nonrotating and Rotating Planets; Numerical Itegration of Ordinary Differential Equations 10. Aerodynamic Terms for Equations of Motion; Slender and Blunt Bodies 11. Dynamic performance: Atmospheric Enrtry 12. The Uses of Optimization References Index

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Holt Ashley (1923-2006) was Professor Emeritus of Astronautics and Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Best known for his pioneering research and books in the field of aeroelasticity, he devised methods that changed the design of structures ranging from wings to wind turbines.

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