Aerospace Engineering on the Back of an Envelope

• Main Author: Alber, Irwin E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Space sciences.; Engineering design.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Engineering Design.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

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 phys...

Table of Contents:

• 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.