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Astronautics [electronic resource] : The Physics of Space Flight / by Ulrich Walter.

By: Walter, Ulrich [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018Edition: 3rd ed. 2018.Description: XXXVI, 828 p. 938 illus., 79 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319743738.Subject(s): Aerospace engineering | Astronautics | Solar system | Mechanics | Gravitation | Aerospace Technology and Astronautics | Space Physics | Classical Mechanics | Classical and Quantum GravityAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 629.1 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Rocket Fundamentals -- Rocket Flight -- Rocket Staging -- Thermal Propulsion -- Electric Propulsion -- Atmospheric and Ascent Flight -- Orbits -- Orbital Maneuvering -- Interplanetary Flight -- Planetary Entry -- Three-Body Problem -- Orbit Perturbations -- Reference Frames -- Orbit Determination -- Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics.-Thermal Radiation Physics and Modeling.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: This introductory text covers all the key concepts, relationships, and ideas behind spaceflight and is the perfect companion for students pursuing courses on or related to astronautics. As a crew member of the STS-55 Space Shuttle mission and a full professor of astronautics at the Technical University of Munich, Ulrich Walter is an acknowledged expert in the field. This book is based on his extensive teaching and work with students, and the text is backed up by numerous examples drawn from his own experience. With its end-of-chapter examples and problems, this work is suitable for graduate level or even undergraduate courses in spaceflight, as well as for professionals working in the space industry. This third edition includes substantial revisions of several sections to extend their coverage. These include both theoretical extensions such as the study of relative motion in near-circular orbits, and more practical matters such as additional details about jet-engine and general rocket performance. New sections address regularized equations of orbital motion and their algebraic solutions and also state vector propagation; two new chapters are devoted to orbit geometry and orbit determination and to thermal radiation physics and modelling.
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Rocket Fundamentals -- Rocket Flight -- Rocket Staging -- Thermal Propulsion -- Electric Propulsion -- Atmospheric and Ascent Flight -- Orbits -- Orbital Maneuvering -- Interplanetary Flight -- Planetary Entry -- Three-Body Problem -- Orbit Perturbations -- Reference Frames -- Orbit Determination -- Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics.-Thermal Radiation Physics and Modeling.

This introductory text covers all the key concepts, relationships, and ideas behind spaceflight and is the perfect companion for students pursuing courses on or related to astronautics. As a crew member of the STS-55 Space Shuttle mission and a full professor of astronautics at the Technical University of Munich, Ulrich Walter is an acknowledged expert in the field. This book is based on his extensive teaching and work with students, and the text is backed up by numerous examples drawn from his own experience. With its end-of-chapter examples and problems, this work is suitable for graduate level or even undergraduate courses in spaceflight, as well as for professionals working in the space industry. This third edition includes substantial revisions of several sections to extend their coverage. These include both theoretical extensions such as the study of relative motion in near-circular orbits, and more practical matters such as additional details about jet-engine and general rocket performance. New sections address regularized equations of orbital motion and their algebraic solutions and also state vector propagation; two new chapters are devoted to orbit geometry and orbit determination and to thermal radiation physics and modelling.

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