Overview

This book unifies all aspects of flight dynamics for the efficient development of aerospace vehicle simulations. Now in its second edition, its purpose is still to provide the reader with a complete set of tools to build, program, and execute simulations. Unlike other books, it uses tensors for modeling flight dynamics in a form invariant under coordinate transformations. For implementation, the tensors are converted into matrices, resulting in compact computer code. The reader can pick FORTRAN templates of missiles, aircraft, or hypersonic vehicles from the complimentary """"CADAC"""" CD-ROM to jump-start a particular application, and plot the results of CADAC Studio. It is the only textbook that combines the theory of modeling with hands-on examples of three-, five-, and six-DoF simulations. This new and enlarged edition also serves as anchor for a self-tutoring, three-part course of aerospace simulations in C++, available from AIAA. Amply illustrated with 318 figures and 44 examples, the text can be used for advanced undergraduate and graduate instruction or for self-study. Seventy eight problems and nine projects amplify the topics and develop the material further.Qualified instructors can obtain a complimentary solution manual from AIAA. This second edition contains two new appendices. The original Appendix C, which reviewed state-of-the-art FORTRAN simulations, has been replaced by the description of three self-study CD-ROMs of aerospace simulations in C++. These CDs broaden the applications of this book by spanning from simple three degrees of freedom cruise missiles to high fidelity missiles, aircraft, and hypersonic vehicles. The new Appendix D lays the theoretical foundation of tensor flight dynamics. It contains the proofs of the rotational time derivative and the Euler transformation.

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Author:   Peter H. Zipfel
Publisher:   American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Imprint:   American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Edition:   Second Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   1.070kg
ISBN:  

9781563478758

ISBN 10:   1563478757
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   15 March 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Overview; Mathematical Concepts in Modeling; Frames and Coordinate Systems; Kinematics of Translation and Rotation; Quatrenions; Translational Dynamics; Attitude Dynamics; Perturbation Equations of Steady and Unsteady Flight; Three-Degree-of-Freedom Simulation; Turbo-Ramjet Propulsion; Five-Degree-of-Freedom Simulation; Proportional Navigation; Gimbaled Seekers; GPS; Six-Degree-of-Freedom Simulation; Oblate Earth Model; Aerodynamic Modeling; Autopilots; INS Modeling; Monte Carlo Analysis; Turbulence Modeling; Cockpit Simulators; Hardware-In-The-Loop Facilities; Wargaming Real-Time Applications; Appendix A: Matrices; Appendix B: CADAC Primer; Appendix C. Aerospace Simulations in C++; Appendix D. Analytical Foundation of Tensor Flight Dynamics.

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