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Personal name Alber, Irwin E.,
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Title Aerospace engineering on the back of an envelope /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Irwin E. Alber.
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Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Heidelberg :
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Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Chichester, UK :
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Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2012.
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Extent xix, 326 pages :
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Series statement Springer-Praxis books in astronautical engineering
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Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1. Introduction -- 2. Design of a high school science-fair electro-mechanical robot -- 3. Estimating Shuttle launch, orbit, and payload magnitudes -- 4. Columbia Shuttle accident analysis with Back-of-the-Envelope methods -- 5. Estimating the Orbiter reentry trajectory and the associated peak heating rates -- 6. Estimating the dimensions and performance of the Hubble Space Telescope -- --
505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Miscellaneous information 1.
Title Introduction --
Miscellaneous information 1.1.
Title Why Back-of-the-Envelope engineering? --
Miscellaneous information 1.1.1.
Title Back-of-the-Envelope engineering; an important adaptation and survival skill for students and practicing engineers --
Miscellaneous information 1.1.2.
Title Design of a high school science fair electro-mechanical robot --
Miscellaneous information 1.1.3.
Title Design of a new commercial rocket launch vehicle for a senior engineering student's design project --
Miscellaneous information 1.1.4.
Title Preliminary design of a new telescope system by an engineer transferred to a new optical project --
Miscellaneous information 1.1.5.
Title Examining the principles and ideas behind Back-of-the- Envelope estimation --
Miscellaneous information 1.2.
Title What is a Back-of-the-Envelope engineering estimate? --
Miscellaneous information 1.2.1.
Title Tradeoffbetween complexity and accuracy --
Miscellaneous information 1.2.2.
Title Back-of-the-Envelope reasoning --
Miscellaneous information 1.2.3.
Title Fermi problems --
Miscellaneous information 1.2.4.
Title An engineering Fermi problem --
Miscellaneous information 1.3.
Title General guidelines for building a good engineering model --
Miscellaneous information 1.3.1.
Title Step by step towards estimation --
Miscellaneous information 1.3.2.
Title Quick-Fire estimates --
Miscellaneous information 1.4.
Title Quick-Fire estimate of cargo mass delivered to orbit by the Space Shuttle --
Miscellaneous information 1.4.1.
Title Cargo mass problem definition --
Miscellaneous information 1.4.2.
Title Level-0 estimate: the empirical ''rule of thumb'' model --
Miscellaneous information 1.4.3.
Title Level-1 estimate: cargo mass using a single stage mathematical model based on the ideal rocket velocity equation --
Miscellaneous information 1.4.4.
Title Level-2 estimate: cargo mass using a two stage vehicle model based on the ideal rocket velocity equation --
Miscellaneous information 1.4.5.
Title Level-3 estimate: cargo mass delivered by a two stage vehicle; based on a revised estimate for second stage structural mass fraction --
Miscellaneous information 1.4.6.
Title Impact of added knowledge and degree of model complexity --
Miscellaneous information 1.4.7.
Title Moving from the Shuttle to the Hubble Space Telescope --
Miscellaneous information 1.5.
Title Estimating the size of the optical system for the Hubble Space Telescope --
Miscellaneous information 1.5.1.
Title System requirements for the HST --
Miscellaneous information 1.5.2.
Title Shuttle constraint on HST size --
Miscellaneous information 1.5.3.
Title Estimating the length of the HST optical package --
Miscellaneous information 1.6.
Title Concluding remarks --
Miscellaneous information 1.7.
Title Outline of this book --
Miscellaneous information 1.8.
Title References --
Miscellaneous information 2.
Title Design of a high school science-fair electro-mechanical robot --
Miscellaneous information 2.1.
Title The Robot-Kicker Science Fair Project --
Miscellaneous information 2.2.
Title Back-of-the-Envelope model and analysis for a solenoid kicking device --
Miscellaneous information 2.2.1.
Title Defining basic dimensions and required soccer ball velocity --
Miscellaneous information 2.2.2.
Title Setting up a Bot Emodel for the solenoid kicking soccer ball problem --
Miscellaneous information 2.2.3.
Title Model for solenoid kicker work and force --
Miscellaneous information 2.2.4.
Title Final design requirements for linear-actuator solenoid and supporting electrical system --
Miscellaneous information 2.3.
Title Appendix: Modeling of the temperature rise produced by ohmic heating from single or multiple solenoid-actuator kicks --
Miscellaneous information 2.3.1.
Title Quick-Fire problem approach --
Miscellaneous information 2.3.2.
Title Problem definition and sketch --
Miscellaneous information 2.3.3.
Title The baseline mathematical model --
Miscellaneous information 2.3.4.
Title Physical parameters and data --
Miscellaneous information 2.3.5.
Title Numerical results --
Miscellaneous information 2.3.6.
Title Interpretation of results --
Miscellaneous information 2.4.
Title References --
Miscellaneous information 3.
Title Estimating Shuttle launch, orbit, and payload magnitudes --
Miscellaneous information 3.1.
Title Introduction --
Miscellaneous information 3.1.1.
Title Early Space Shuttle goals and the design phase --
Miscellaneous information 3.1.2.
Title The Shuttle testing philosophy and the need for modeling --
Miscellaneous information 3.1.3.
Title Back-of-the-Envelope analysis of Shuttle launch, orbit, and payload magnitudes --
Miscellaneous information 3.2.
Title Shuttle launch, orbit, and reentry basics --
Miscellaneous information 3.2.1.
Title The liftoffto orbit sequence --
Miscellaneous information 3.2.2.
Title Reentry --
Miscellaneous information 3.3.
Title Inventory of the Shuttle's mass and thrust as input to the calculation of burnout velocity --
Miscellaneous information 3.3.1.
Title Burnout velocity --
Miscellaneous information 3.3.2.
Title The velocity budget --
Miscellaneous information 3.3.3.
Title Mass inventory --
Miscellaneous information 3.3.4.
Title Thrust and specific impulse inventory --
Miscellaneous information 3.4.
Title Mass fraction rules of thumb --
Miscellaneous information 3.5.
Title Quick-Fire modeling of the takeoffmass components and takeoffthrust using SMAD rules of thumb --
Miscellaneous information 3.5.1.
Title Quick-Fire problem approach --
Miscellaneous information 3.5.2.
Title Problem definition and sketch --
Miscellaneous information 3.5.3.
Title Mathematical/''Rule of Thumb'' empirical models --
Miscellaneous information 3.5.4.
Title Physical parameters and data --
Miscellaneous information 3.5.5.
Title Numerical calculation of total takeoffmass, cargo bay mass, and total takeoffthrust --
Miscellaneous information 3.5.6.
Title Interpretation of the Quick-Fire results --
Miscellaneous information 3.5.7.
Title From Quick-Fire estimates to Shuttle solutions using more accurate inputs --
Miscellaneous information 3.6.
Title Ideal velocity change Dv for each stage of an ideal rocket system --
Miscellaneous information 3.6.1.
Title Propellant mass versus time --
Miscellaneous information 3.6.2.
Title Time varying velocity change --
Miscellaneous information 3.6.3.
Title Effective burnout time and average flow rate --
Miscellaneous information 3.6.4.
Title Ideal altitude or height for each rocket stage --
Miscellaneous information 3.7.
Title Dvideal estimate for Shuttle first stage, without gravity loss --
Miscellaneous information 3.7.1.
Title Estimate of SSME propellant mass burned during first stage --
Miscellaneous information 3.7.2.
Title First stage mass ratio and average effective exhaust velocity --
Miscellaneous information 3.7.3.
Title Average specific impulse for the ''parallel'' (solidþliquid) first stage burn --
Miscellaneous information 3.7.4.
Title Dvideal estimate for Shuttle first stage --
Miscellaneous information 3.7.5.
Title Dvideal and altitude as functions of time, for the Shuttle first stage --
Miscellaneous information 3.8.
Title The effect of gravity on velocity during first stage flight --
Miscellaneous information 3.8.1.
Title Modeling the effects of gravity for a curved flight trajectory --
Miscellaneous information 3.8.2.
Title Time-varying pitch angle model --
Miscellaneous information 3.8.3.
Title Effect of gravity on rocket velocity during first stage flight --
Miscellaneous information 3.8.4.
Title Effect of gravity on rocket height during first stage flight --
Miscellaneous information 3.8.5.
Title Comparing model velocity and altitude with Shuttle data --
Miscellaneous information 3.8.6.
Title Gravity loss magnitudes for previously flown launch systems --
Miscellaneous information 3.8.7.
Title Model velocity, with gravity loss, compared with flight data --
Miscellaneous information 3.8.8.
Title Calculation of gravity-loss corrected velocity at first stage burnout --
Miscellaneous information 3.9.
Title The effect of drag on Shuttle velocity at end of first stage flight --
Miscellaneous information 3.9.1.
Title Modeling the effects of drag in the equation of motion --
Miscellaneous information 3.9.2.
Title Estimating first stage drag loss --
Miscellaneous information 3.9.3.
Title Final drag and gravity-corrected velocity at first stage burnout; key elements of the overall ''velocity budget'' for the first stage --
Miscellaneous information 3.10.
Title Calculation of second stage velocities and gravity losses --
Miscellaneous information 3.10.1.
Title Pitch and gravity loss modeling for the second stage flight period --
Miscellaneous information 3.10.2.
Title Time-varying gravity loss solution, region 2a --
Miscellaneous information 3.10.3.
Title Time-varying velocity solution, region 2b --
Miscellaneous information 3.10.4.
Title Combined velocity solution for regions1, 2a, and 2b and v(MECO) --
Miscellaneous information 3.11.
Title Summary of predicted Dv budget for the Shuttle --
Miscellaneous information 3.12.
Title Comparison of Back-of-the-Envelope modeled Shuttle velocity and altitude as a function of time to NASA's numerical prediction for all stages --
Miscellaneous information 3.12.1.
Title Comparison of model velocity with NASA's numerical prediction --
Miscellaneous information 3.12.2.
Title Comparison of model altitude with NASA's numerical prediction --
Miscellaneous information 3.12.3.
Title Modeled altitude sensitivity to pitch time scale --
Miscellaneous information 3.13.
Title Estimating mission orbital velocity requirements for the Shuttle --
Miscellaneous information 3.13.1.
Title Part1: circular orbital velocity --
Miscellaneous information 3.13.2.
Title Part2: elliptical orbits and the Hohmann transfer Dv's --
Miscellaneous information 3.13.3.
Title Numerical values for transfer orbit Dv's --
Miscellaneous information 3.13.4.
Title Time of flight for a Hohmann transfer --
Miscellaneous information 3.13.5.
Title Direct insertion to a final orbital altitude (without using a parking orbit) --
Miscellaneous information 3.14.
Title A Back-of-the-Envelope model to determine Shuttle payload as a function of orbit altitude --
Miscellaneous information 3.14.1.
Title Analytic model for payload as a function of orbital altitude --
Miscellaneous information 3.14.2.
Title Approximate linearized solution for payload --
Miscellaneous information 3.14.3.
Title Reduction in useful cargo mass due to increases in OMS propellant mass --
Miscellaneous information 3.14.4.
Title OMS models for correcting cargo or payload mass --
Miscellaneous information 3.14.5.
Title Model for rate of change of ''useful cargo'' with altitude --
Miscellaneous information 3.14.6.
Title Approximate analytic model for useful cargo --
Miscellaneous information 3.14.7.
Title Modeling missions to the International Space Station --
Miscellaneous information 3.15.
Title Tabulated summary of Back-of-the-Envelope equations and numerical results --
Miscellaneous information 3.16.
Title References --
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Miscellaneous information 4.
Title Columbia Shuttle accident analysis with Back-of-the-Envelope methods --
Miscellaneous information 4.1.
Title The Columbia accident and Back-of-the-Envelope analysis --
Miscellaneous information 4.1.1.
Title Bot Emodeling goals for the Columbia accident --
Miscellaneous information 4.1.2.
Title Quick estimation vs accurate estimation --
Miscellaneous information 4.2.
Title Quick-Fire modeling of the impact velocity of a piece of foam striking the Orbiter wing --
Miscellaneous information 4.2.1.
Title Interpretation of Quick-Fire results --
Miscellaneous information 4.2.2.
Title The bridge to more accurate Bot Eresults --
Miscellaneous information 4.3.
Title Modeling the impact velocity of a piece of foam debris relative to the Orbiter wing; estimations beyond the Quick-Fire time results --
Miscellaneous information 4.3.1.
Title Looking at the collision from an earth-fixed or moving Shuttle coordinate system --
Miscellaneous information 4.3.2.
Title The constant drag approximation --
Miscellaneous information 4.3.3.
Title Analytically solving for the impact velocity and mass, given the time to impact --
Miscellaneous information 4.3.4.
Title Summary of results for constant acceleration model compared to data --
Miscellaneous information 4.3.5.
Title The non-constant acceleration solution --
Miscellaneous information 4.3.6.
Title An estimate of impact velocity and particle mass, taking the time to impact as given (the ''inverse'' problem) --
Miscellaneous information 4.3.7.
Title Comparing Osheroff 's ''inverse'' calculations to our ''direct'' estimate results --
Miscellaneous information 4.3.8.
Title Concluding thoughts on the impact velocity estimate --
Miscellaneous information 4.4.
Title Modeling the impact pressure and load caused by impact of foam debris with an RCC wing panel --
Miscellaneous information 4.4.1.
Title The impact load --
Miscellaneous information 4.4.2.
Title Impact overview --
Miscellaneous information 4.4.3.
Title Impact load mathematical modeling --
Miscellaneous information 4.4.4.
Title Elastic model for the impact stress --
Miscellaneous information 4.4.5.
Title Elastic-plastic impact of a one-dimensional rod against a rigid-wall --
Miscellaneous information 4.4.6.
Title The elastic-plastic model --
Miscellaneous information 4.4.7.
Title Numerical results and plotted trends --
Miscellaneous information 4.4.8.
Title Impact area estimate --
Miscellaneous information 4.4.9.
Title Load estimate --
Miscellaneous information 4.4.10.
Title Impact loading time scale (Bot E) --
Miscellaneous information 4.4.11.
Title Loading time histories, numerical simulations --
Miscellaneous information 4.5.
Title Develop a Back-of-the-Envelope engineering stress equation for the maximum stress in the RCC panel face for a given panel load --
Miscellaneous information 4.5.1.
Title Bot Epanel stress model --
Miscellaneous information 4.5.2.
Title Estimates for the allowable maximum stress or critical load parameters for failure --
Miscellaneous information 4.5.3.
Title Final comments on the prediction of possible wing damage or failure --
Miscellaneous information 4.6.
Title Summary of results for Sections 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4 --
Miscellaneous information 4.7.
Title References --
Miscellaneous information 5.
Title Estimating the Orbiter reentry trajectory and the associated peak heating rates --
Miscellaneous information 5.1.
Title Introduction --
Miscellaneous information 5.2.
Title The deorbit and reentry sequence --
Miscellaneous information 5.3.
Title Using Quick-Fire methods to crudely estimate peak heating rate and total heat loads from the initial Orbiter kinetic energy --
Miscellaneous information 5.3.1.
Title Quick-Fire problem definition and sketch --
Miscellaneous information 5.3.2.
Title The Quick-Fire baseline mathematical model, initial results, and interpretation --
Miscellaneous information 5.4.
Title Alook at heat flux prediction levels based on an analytical model for blunt-body heating --
Miscellaneous information 5.4.1.
Title Numerical estimates of Stanton number using the Sutton- Graves constant --
Miscellaneous information 5.5.
Title Simple flight trajectory model --
Miscellaneous information 5.5.1.
Title Asimple Bot Emodel for the initial entry period; the entry solution --
Miscellaneous information 5.5.2.
Title The equilibrium glide model --
Miscellaneous information 5.6.
Title Calculating heat transfer rates in the peak heating region --
Miscellaneous information 5.6.1.
Title Selecting the nose radius --
Miscellaneous information 5.6.2.
Title Comparing the model maximum rate of heat transfer, q_wmax , with data --
Miscellaneous information 5.6.3.
Title Model estimate for nose radiation equilibrium temperature, Tmax --
Miscellaneous information 5.6.4.
Title Model calculations of q_w as a function of time --
Miscellaneous information 5.6.5.
Title Model calculations for total heat load at the stagnation point --
Miscellaneous information 5.7.
Title Appendix: Bot Emodeling of non-Orbiter entry problems --
Miscellaneous information 5.8.
Title References --
Miscellaneous information 6.
Title Estimating the dimensions and performance of the Hubble Space Telescope --
Miscellaneous information 6.1.
Title The Hubble Space Telescope --
Miscellaneous information 6.1.1.
Title HST system requirements --
Miscellaneous information 6.1.2.
Title HST engineering systems --
Miscellaneous information 6.1.3.
Title Requirements for fitting the HST into the Orbiter --
Miscellaneous information 6.2.
Title The HST Optical Telescope design --
Miscellaneous information 6.2.1.
Title The equivalent system focal length --
Miscellaneous information 6.2.2.
Title How do designers determine the required system focal ratio, Feq? --
Miscellaneous information 6.2.3.
Title Telescope plate scale --
Miscellaneous information 6.2.4.
Title Selection of HST's primary mirror focal ratio, F 1 1/4 jf1j=D --
Miscellaneous information 6.2.5.
Title Calculating the magnification m and exact constructional length L --
Miscellaneous information 6.2.6.
Title Estimating the secondary mirror diameter --
Miscellaneous information 6.2.7.
Title Estimating the radius of curvature of the HST secondary mirror --
Miscellaneous information 6.3.
Title Modeling the HST length --
Miscellaneous information 6.3.1.
Title The light-shield baffle extension --
Miscellaneous information 6.3.2.
Title Modeling the length of the light shield --
Miscellaneous information 6.3.3.
Title The length of the instrument section --
Miscellaneous information 6.3.4.
Title Calculating the total HST telescope length --
Miscellaneous information 6.4.
Title Summary of calculated HST dimensions --
Miscellaneous information 6.5.
Title Estimating HST mass --
Miscellaneous information 6.5.1.
Title Primary mirror design --
Miscellaneous information 6.5.2.
Title Estimating primary mirror mass --
Miscellaneous information 6.5.3.
Title The estimated total HST system mass and areal density --
Miscellaneous information 6.5.4.
Title Some final words on the HST mass estimation exercise --
Miscellaneous information 6.5.5.
Title Onward to an estimate of HST's sensitivity --
Miscellaneous information 6.6.
Title Back-of-the-Envelope modeling of the HST's sensitivity or signal to noise ratio --
Miscellaneous information 6.6.1.
Title Defining signal to noise ratio --
Miscellaneous information 6.6.2.
Title Modeling the mean signal, S --
Miscellaneous information 6.6.3.
Title Modeling the noise --
Miscellaneous information 6.6.4.
Title Final equation for signal to noise ratio --
Miscellaneous information 6.6.5.
Title Final thoughts on Bot Eestimates for HST sensitivity --
Miscellaneous information 6.7.
Title References.
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