03137nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10516616 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 100601s2010 vaua sb 001 0 eng d 2010019966 1600867626 9781600867620 9781600867637 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)774285678 TL563 .R36 2010eb 629.10285 22 Ramnath, Rudrapatna V. Multiple scales theory and aerospace applications [electronic resource] / Rudrapatna V. Ramnath. Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., c2010. xxiv, 587 p. : ill. AIAA education series Includes bibliographical references and index. pt. I. General theory. Introduction ; Asymptotics and approximations ; Asymptotology and dynamic analysis ; Perturbation theory and nonuniformities ; Multiple time scales ; Foundation and generalization -- pt. II. Systems applications. Linear time-invariant systems ; Linear time-varying systems ; Slowly varying linear systems ; Examples ; Stability and parameter sensitivity ; Control of slowly varying systems ; Turning points ; Error analysis -- pt. III. Vehicle mathematical model. Rigid body equations of motion ; Reference frames and coordinate transformations -- pt. IV. Atmospheric flight. Conventional aircraft dynamics ; Reentry dynamics ; Hypervelocity flight dynamics ; Stability analysis of hypervelocity aircraft ; Flying qualities through variable conditions ; Parameter sensitivity of high-speed aircraft ; Transition dynamics of VTOL aircraft ; VTOL aircraft control design ; Boost control of launch vehicles ; Aircraft wing rock in high-angle-of-attack flight ; A general theory of aircraft wing rock -- pt. V. Space flight. Equatorial orbit perturbation ; Satellite attitude prediction ; Attitude control of spinning satellites ; Attitude control of dual-spin satellites ; Geomagnetic attitude control design of satellites ; Deformable reflector stability ; Active control of membrane mirrors ; Nonlinear deformable reflector ; Heliogyro spacecraft ; Future directions -- Appendix A : Extension of the nth-derivative operator -- Appendix B : Earth's gravity field -- Appendix C : Gravity gradient torque -- Appendix D : Linear periodic systems and Floquet's solution -- Appendix E : Elliptic integrals and elliptic functions. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Aerospace engineering Data processing. Aeronautics Systems engineering. Differentiable dynamical systems. Scaling laws (Statistical physics) Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. AIAA education series. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10516616 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 224189 224189