UID:
almahu_9949195252202882
Format:
XXII, 326 p.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 2012.
ISBN:
9783642225376
Series Statement:
Springer Praxis Books
Content:
Engineers need to acquire "Back-of-the-Envelope" survival skills to obtain rough quantitative answers to real-world problems, particularly when working on projects with enormous complexity and very limited resources. In the case studies treated in this book, we show step-by-step examples of the physical arguments and the resulting calculations obtained using the quick-fire method. We also demonstrate the estimation improvements that can be obtained through the use of more detailed physics-based Back-of-the-Envelope engineering models. These different methods are used to obtain the solutions to a number of design and performance estimation problems arising from two of the most complex real-world engineering projects: the Space Shuttle and the Hubble Space Telescope satellite.
Note:
Space Shuttle Performance Estimates -- Columbia Shuttle Accident Analysis -- Reentry and Landing of the Orbiter -- Hubble Space Telescope Design -- Solenoid Robot Kicker Design using BotE Techniques.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783642225383
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783642438714
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783642225369
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-22537-6
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22537-6
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