Elements of Space Technology (eBook)

Rudolph X. Meyer (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

1999 | 1. Auflage
329 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-050548-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is written for an introductory course in space technology. It is intended for senior or graduate level aerospace engineering students and professional engineers seeking a thorough understanding of the aerospace aspects of space systems. As such it focuses on the primary physics and engineering fundamentals necessary to understand and design space based systems. The book does not include the basics of spacecraft electronics, because this is covered in many systems and electronics books and is typically covered in follow-up courses.


* Derived from the author's thirty years of experience in the aerospace industry and several years of university teaching experience
* More than 130 illustrations
* Advanced subjects and problems indicated by asterisks(*)allow the reader and the instructor to omit topics without losing continuity
* All chapters correspond to the engineering subdivisions typically found in the aerospace industry
* Includes United States and international technologies
* Extensive appendix of important data, not easily located in other sources
* The book does not include the basics of spacecraft electronics

Inhalt

Cover 1
Contents 6
Preface 10
CHAPTER 1. REFERENCE FRAMES AND TIME 14
1.1 Reference Frames 14
1.2 Motion in Accelerated Reference Frames 20
1.3 Example: The Yo-Yo Despin Mechanism 22
1.4 Euler Angles and Transformations of Coordinates 25
1.5 Time Intervals and Epoch 27
CHAPTER 2. FORCES AND MOMENTS 34
2.1 Gravity 34
2.2 Thrust 44
2.3 Aerodynamic Forces and Moments 50
2.4 Free Molecule Flow 53
2.5 Solar Radiation Pressure 60
2.6 Atmospheric Entry 62
CHAPTER 3. ORBITS AND TRAJECTORIES IN AN INVERSE SQUARE FIELD 72
3.1 Kepler Orbits and Trajectories 73
3.2 Position as a Function of Time 78
3.3 D'Alembert and Fourier-Bessel Series 79
3.4 Orbital Elements 81
3.5 Spacecraft Visibility above the Horizon 84
3.6 Satellite Observations and the f and g Series 86
3.7 Special Orbits 88
3.8 Perturbations by Other Astronomical Bodies 94
3.9 Planetary Flyby and Gravity Assist 98
3.10 Relativistic Effects 104
CHAPTER 4. CHEMICAL ROCKET PROPULSION 110
4.1 Configurations of Liquid-Propellant Chemical Rocket Motors 112
4.2 Configurations of Solid-Propellant Motors 114
4.3 Rocket Stages 116
4.4 Idealized Model of Chemical Rocket Motors 124
4.5 Ideal Thrust 129
4.6 Rocket Motor Operation in the Atmosphere 130
4.7 Two- and Three-Dimensional Effects 135
4.8 Critique of the Ideal Model 139
4.9 Elements of Chemical Kinetics 140
4.10 Chemical Kinetics Applications to Rocket Motors 148
4.11 Liquid Propellants 152
4.12 Propellant Tanks 156
4.13 Propellant Feed Systems of Launch Vehicles 160
4.14 Thrust Chambers of Liquid-Propellant Motors 168
4.15 Pogo Instability and Prevention 171
4.16 Thrust Vector Control 173
4.17 Engine Control and Operations 175
4.18 Liquid-Propellant Motors and Thrusters on Spacecraft 178
4.19 Components of Solid-Propellant Rocket Motors 183
4.20 Hybrid-Propellant Rocket Motors 188
CHAPTER 5. ORBITAL MANEUVERS 194
5.1 Minimum Energy Paths 194
5.2 Lambert's Theorem 197
5.3 Maneuvers with Impulsive Thrust 201
5.4 Hohmann Transfers 205
5.5 Other Transfer Trajectories 207
5.6 On-Orbit Drift 209
5.7 Launch Windows 210
5.8 Injection Errors and Their Corrections 212
5.9 On-Orbit Phase Changes 215
5.10 Rendezvous Maneuvers 218
5.11 Gravity Turn 222
CHAPTER 6. ATTITUDE CONTROL 228
6.1 Principal Axes and Moments of Inertia of Spacecraft 231
6.2 The Euler Equations for Time-Dependent Moments of Inertia 236
6.3 The Torque-Free Spinning Body 238
6.4 Attitude Control Sensors 243
6.5 Attitude Control Actuators 253
6.6 Spin-Stabilized Vehicles 264
6.7 Gravity Gradient Stabilization 275
CHAPTER 7. SPACECRAFT THERMAL DESIGN 282
7.1 Fundamentals of Thermal Radiation 282
7.2 Spacecraft Surface Materials 291
7.3 Model of a Spacecraft as an Isothermal Sphere 294
7.4 Earth Thermal Radiation and Albedo 297
7.5 Diurnal and Annual Variations of Solar Heating 298
7.6 Thermal Blankets 299
7.7 Thermal Conduction 302
7.8 Lumped Parameter Model of a Spacecraft 303
7.9 Thermal Control Devices 312
Appendices 320
Index 338

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.5.1999
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• ISBN-10: 0-08-050548-1 / 0080505481
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-050548-0 / 9780080505480