Overview
- Shows how to very quickly estimate solutions for complex problems Puts the focus on real world problems
- Includes many examples of actual problems like the Space Shuttle and the Hubble Telescope
- Useful as a basic resource tool and set of skill for practitioners and students
- Assists in developing quick tests of new design concepts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (6 chapters)
Keywords
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Aerospace Engineering on the Back of an Envelope
Authors: Irwin E. Alber
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22537-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-22536-9Published: 14 March 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43871-4Published: 17 April 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-22537-6Published: 05 March 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 326
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Engineering Design, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)