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A Solar Car Primer: A Guide to the Design and Construction of Solar-Powered Racing Vehicles

Springer, 2015

This exciting primer on Solar Racing literally starts from the ground up, describing how the interactions of a vehicle with its environment circumscribe its ultimate success, from aerodynamics to resistance and propulsion. By demonstrating how to mathematically model these underlying physical phenomena, the author helps solar racing competitors...

How Does a Spacecraft Reach the Moon? (Science in the Real World)

Chelsea House Publications, 2009

The Moon is very far from Earth. Yet, scientists have been able to get satellites, shuttles, and other spacecraft into space and a few manned spacecraft to land on the Moon. "How Does a Spacecraft Reach the Moon?" reveals the science behind propulsion and the energy it takes to get large craft into space. Colorful photographs and...

Game Development and Production (Wordware Game Developer's Library)

Wordware Publishing, 2003

Writing comprehensive design documents, accurately estimating tasks and schedules, setting up a comprehensive QA planthese are all important aspects of the game development process that are often underplanned. Game company executive Erik Bethke provides a guidebook...

Combustion Processes in Propulsion: Control, Noise, and Pulse Detonation

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005

"This collection represents the current state-of-the-art in combustion research for air-breathing chemical propulsion. Nearly an equal mix of computational and experimental results are presented from the major players in Pulse Detonation Engines research, providing the reader with a thorough overview of the contemporary technical issues...

Systems Engineering with SysML/UML: Modeling, Analysis, Design (The OMG Press)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2008

According to the Boeing Commercial Aircraft Company, a Boeing 747-400 aircraft has a maximum gross take-off weight (including a typical 416 passengers, 171 cubic meters of freight in the cargo hold, and over 200,000 kg of fuel) of nearly 400,000 kg. Four behemoth engines push the bird at up to 88 percent of the speed of sound for unbelievable...

MEMS and Microstructures in Aerospace Applications

CRC Press, 2005

The promise of MEMS for aerospace applications has been germinating for years, and current advances bring the field to the very cusp of fruition. Reliability is chief among the challenges limiting the deployment of MEMS technologies in space, as the requirement of zero failure during the mission is quite stringent for this burgeoning field....

Hydrodynamics of High-Speed Marine Vehicles

Cambridge University Press, 2006

Hydrodynamics of High-Speed Marine Vehicles discusses hydrodynamic aspects of the three main categories of high-speed marine vehicles, i.e. vessels supported by either the submerged hull, an air cushion or foils. Submerged-hull-supported vessels include planing and semi-displacement vessels. The wave environment, resistance, propulsion,...

Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems: Enabling Technologies for Space Exploration (Springer Praxis Books / Astronautical Engineering)

Springer, 2009

In this second edition of Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems, the authors demonstrate the need to break free from the old established concepts of expendable rockets, using chemical propulsion, and to develop new breeds of launch vehicle capable of both launching payloads into orbit at a dramatically reduced cost and for sustained operations in...

Reflectarray Antennas

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Describes the configuration and principles of a reflectarray antenna, its advantages over other antennas, the history of its development, analysis techniques, practical design procedures, bandwidth issues and wideband techniques, as well as applications and recent developments. Both authors are well respected practitioners who have build these...

Handbook of Ceramic Composites

Springer, 2004

Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) are at the forefront of advanced materials technology because of their light weight, high strength and toughness, high temperature capabilities, and graceful failure under loading. During the last 25 years, tremendous progress has been made in the development and advancement of CMCs under various research...

The High-Velocity Edge: How Market Leaders Leverage Operational Excellence to Beat the Competition

McGraw-Hill, 2010

Generate Better, Faster Results— Using Less Capital and Fewer Resources!

“[The High-Velocity Edge] contains ideas that form the basis for structured continuous learning and improvement in every aspect of our lives. While this book is tailored to business leaders, it should be read by high school seniors,...

FileMaker Pro 7 Bible (Wiley)

For Dummies, 2004

If FileMaker Pro 7 can do it, you can do it too ...

Whether your organization uses Mac, Windows, or a combination of both, FileMaker Pro gives you the tools to build custom database solutions that work. This book teaches you how to use them, whether you’re a FileMaker Pro user, an experienced database developer, or new to database...

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