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Synopsis
This handbook has been customized for practitioners in the field
of aviation and aerospace engineering. Mechanical engineering
applications have been filtered to specifically address aircraft
and spacecraft science and military engineering. The result aims
to be a benchmark resource of reference, data and look-up
information for engineers in every field. It also aims to provide
a one-stop reference for engineers of all disciplines in the
interrelated fields of aeronautical and aerospace engineering.
In the past, aerospace engineers and students have had to access a
wide array of trade publications and books for comprehensive
coverage of their highly specialized industry. But thanks to
McGraw-Hill, those days are gone forever.
That's because with The Standard Handbook for Aeronautical and
Astronautical Engineers, those practitioners now have a
resource that delivers a combination of reference, data, and handy
information - all within the pages of a single, easy-to-use
volume!
Containing contributions from more than 50 aerospace specialists -
and edited by an internationally renowned aeronautical engineering
expert and educator - this handbook frames the technological
applications in a perspective that specifically addresses aircraft
and engineering science. As a result, you get insightful,
practical guidance into the gamut of aerospace engineering,
including:
- Instrumentation and control
- Aeronautical and astronautical propulsion
- Aerospace structures
- Aerodynamics, flight mechanics, control, and stability
- Avionics and astrionics
- Aircraft design
- Spacecraft
- Earth's environment and space
- And much, much more!
Plus, The Standard Handbook for Aeronautical and Astronautical
Engineers is richly illustrated with hundreds upon hundreds of
informative diagrams, charts, and graphs. From basic engineering
science and mathematics to astrodynamics, this book is the one
resource that all starting and mature aerospace engineers need to
take their work to new heights.
About the Author
Mark Davies is Professor of Engineering Science, Head of the
Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Department, and Founder
Director of the Stokes Research Institute at the University of
Limerick in Ireland. He was a Rolls-Royce research scholar at
Cambridge University, earning his Ph.D. with a thesis on aircraft
engine blade flutter. From there he went to Oxford University to
research gas turbine heat transfer. His present research interests
range from entropy generation in turbomachinery to electronic
system reliability.
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