Modeling and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicle Dynamics (Aiaa Education Series)

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 567 pages
• Published by: AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast
• Edition: 2nd Edition April 15, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1563478757
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1563478758
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Weighs: 2.4 pounds

Product Description
This book unifies all aspects of flight dynamics for the efficient development of aerospace vehicle simulations. It provides the reader with a complete set of tools to build, program, and execute simulations. Unlike other books, it uses tensors for modeling flight dynamics in a form invariant under coordinate transformations. For implementation, the tensors are converted to matrices, resulting in compact computer code. The reader can pick templates of missiles, aircraft, or hypersonic vehicles to jump-start a particular application.

It is the only textbook that combines the theory of modeling with hands-on examples of three-, five-, and six-DoF simulations. Free access to eight prototype simulations and to CADAC Studio–used in the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Germany–is included with the book.

Amply illustrated with 318 figures and 44 examples, the text can be used for advanced undergraduate and graduate instruction or for self-study. Also included are 77 problems that enhance the ability to model aerospace vehicles and nine projects that hone the skills for developing three-, five-, and six-DoF simulations. Instructors may request a solution manual at no cost from the publisher. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About The Author
Peter H. Zipfel is a graduate of the University of Stuttgart, Germany, and the Catholic University of America with a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering. Currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Florida, he's also worked with the German Helicopter Institute, the U.S. Army , and U.S. Air Force. He has forty years of experience in aerospace vehicle simulation including helicopters, missiles, airplanes, and hypersonic vehicles and has written several journal articles and numerous technical reports. He is the recipient of U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force awards, is a former member of the Missile Sciences Techncial Committee of AIAA, and is an AIAA Associate Fellow. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Modeling and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicle Dynamics (Aiaa Education Series) (Hardcover) This book is mostly THEORY with less emphasis on application. The title should be "Theory of Modeling and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicle Dynamics". It does do a great job on the theory but simulations are software and require code and there is very little coverage of this in this book. The simulation code the book uses is Fortran. I don't even believe they teach Fortran at the universities anymore.