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Buch (Softcover): Fachbuch
Fundamentals of Aerospace Engineering
Master the Principles of Flight, Rocketry, and Aerodynamic Design
Verlag:
Independently Published Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35725462
EAN: 9798188786656
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Mo, 12.10.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 134.–
Beschreibung
Aerospace engineering asks one unforgiving question of every vehicle: will the forces balance. A wing must lift the weight it carries, an engine must produce more thrust than the airframe creates in drag, and a structure must survive every load without exceeding what the material can bear - all at minimum weight. Most students meet this discipline through a stack of separate courses and textbooks - one for aerodynamics, another for propulsion, another for structures, another for orbital mechanics - each with its own notation and its own starting assumptions. The result is often a fragmented understanding, where a formula gets applied outside the regime it was derived for, or a result from one chapter never connects to the vehicle-level trade-offs it was meant to inform. >What you will learn. How the standard atmosphere, fluid conservation laws, and dimensional analysis form the working environment every later calculation depends on. How lift, drag, and moment arise from first principles, from airfoil and thin-wing theory through finite-wing effects and compressible, high-speed flow. How to work through aircraft performance - climb, ceiling, range, endurance, take-off and landing, and turning flight - using one consistent set of equations of motion. Stability and control, aerospace structures and materials, and both air-breathing and rocket propulsion, each with fully worked, checked examples. Orbital mechanics and spacecraft systems design, from the two-body problem through practical mission budgets for power, thermal control, and propellant. A complete flight-vehicle design synthesis that carries a single mission requirement through conceptual design for an aircraft, a launch vehicle, and a spacecraft mission. Practice problems and a full, boxed answer key at the end of every chapter, for immediate self-checking. Key topics covered. >Who this book is for. >Begin building a clearer understanding of the subject with a guide designed around the challenges that matter most - from the first equation of motion to a complete vehicle design.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Kevin A. Huf
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 376