| Main Title |
Aerospace Engineering on the Back of an Envelope [electronic resource] / |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| Author |
Alber, Irwin E.
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| Publisher |
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, |
| Year Published |
2012 |
| Call Number |
TL787-4050.22 |
| ISBN |
9783642225376 |
| Subjects |
Engineering ;
Astrophysics ;
Engineering design ;
Astronautics
|
| Internet Access |
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| Collation |
XXII, 326 p. online resource. |
| Notes |
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
| Contents Notes |
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. |
| Place Published |
Berlin, Heidelberg |
| Corporate Au Added Ent |
SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Title Ser Add Ent |
Springer Praxis Books |
| Host Item Entry |
Springer eBooks |
| PUB Date Free Form |
2012 |
| Series Title Untraced |
Springer Praxis Books |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
computer |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
online resource |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20140418043950 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
SPRINGER |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
02560nam a22004815i 45 |
