Fundamentals of Aerospace Navigation and Guidance

Fundamentals of Aerospace Navigation and Guidance
Author: Pierre T. Kabamba
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2014-08-29
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1107070945

This text covers fundamentals in navigation of modern aerospace vehicles. It is an excellent resource for both graduate students and practicing engineers.

Terminal Guidance

Terminal Guidance
Author: Don Pendleton
Publisher: Gold Eagle
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2011-12-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1459282337

U.S. intelligence agencies are picking up chatter about something big coming their way. A series of calculated executions of undercover intelligence personnel in Washington, London and Pakistan convinces the Oval Office that this is the attack the world has feared. The Stony Man teams deploy to the hot spots, fighting to connect the dots in a plot to blow dirty bombs in Boston and Peshawar. And every minute counts as the warriors seek to smash a deadly alliance of terror that seems to have unlimited power and resources.

Space Vehicle Dynamics and Control

Space Vehicle Dynamics and Control
Author: Bong Wie
Publisher: AIAA
Total Pages: 692
Release: 1998
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9781563472619

A textbook that incorporates the latest methods used for the analysis of spacecraft orbital, attitude, and structural dynamics and control. Spacecraft dynamics is treated as a dynamic system with emphasis on practical applications, typical examples of which are the analysis and redesign of the pointing control system of the Hubble Space Telescope and the analysis of an active vibrations control for the COFS (Control of Flexible Structures) Mast Flight System. In addition to the three subjects mentioned above, dynamic systems modeling, analysis, and control are also discussed. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Missile Guidance and Pursuit

Missile Guidance and Pursuit
Author: N A Shneydor
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1782420592

The continuing evolving capability of guided weapons demands ever more knowledge of their development. This modern and comprehensive book covers the control aspect of guidance of missiles, torpedoes, robots, and even animal predators, from the viewpoint of the pursuer. The text studies trajectories, zones of interception, the required manoeuvre effort, time of flight, launch envelopes, and stability of the guidance process. Mathematics at first-year university level is the only prerequisite. Acquaintance with feedback control theory would be helpful to the reader. - Covers the control aspect of guidance of missiles, torpedoes, robots, and even animal predators, from the viewpoint of the pursuer - Studies trajectories, zones of interception, the required manoeuvre effort, time of flight, launch envelopes, and stability of the guidance process

Resource Manual for Airport In-terminal Concessions

Resource Manual for Airport In-terminal Concessions
Author:
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0309213533

'TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 54: Resource Manual for Airport In-Terminal Concessions provides guidance on the development and implementation of airport concession programs. The report includes information on the airport concession process; concession goals; potential customers; developing a concession space plan and concession mix; the Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) program; and concession procurement, contracting, and management practices"--Publisher's description.

Orbital Relative Motion and Terminal Rendezvous

Orbital Relative Motion and Terminal Rendezvous
Author: Jean Albert Kéchichian
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2021-04-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030646572

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of time-fixed terminal rendezvous around the Earth using chemical propulsion. The book has two main objectives. The first is to derive the mathematics of relative motion in near-circular orbit when subjected to perturbations emanating from the oblateness of the Earth, third-body gravity, and atmospheric drag. The mathematics are suitable for quick trajectory prediction and the creation of computer codes and efficient software to solve impulsive maneuvers and fly rendezvous missions. The second objective of this book is to show how the relative motion theory is applied to the exact precision-integrated, long-duration, time-fixed terminal rendezvous problem around the oblate Earth for the general elliptic orbit case. The contents are both theoretical and applied, with long-lasting value for aerospace engineers, trajectory designers, professors of orbital mechanics, and students at the graduate level and above.

Report

Report
Author: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 154
Release: 1959
Genre: Jet propulsion
ISBN:

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Total Pages: 400
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Optimal Guidance and Its Applications in Missiles and UAVs

Optimal Guidance and Its Applications in Missiles and UAVs
Author: Shaoming He
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2020-05-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030473481

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the recent advances in the domain of optimal guidance, exploring the characteristics of various optimal guidance algorithms and their pros and cons. Optimal guidance is based on the concept of trajectory optimization, which minimizes the meaningful performance index while satisfying certain terminal constraints, and by properly designing the cost function the guidance command can serve as a desired pattern for a variety of mission objectives. The book allows readers to gain a deeper understanding of how optimal guidance law can be utilized to achieve different mission objectives for missiles and UAVs, and also explores the physical meaning and working principle of different new optimal guidance laws. In practice, this information is important in ensuring confidence in the performance and reliability of the guidance law when implementing it in a real-world system, especially in aerospace engineering where reliability is the first priority.