Aerospace engineering

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "As airplanes and related flying objects such as pilotless aircraft develop and are refined, additional improvements in their design require more knowledge and an increasing awareness of the results of research efforts, as well as an understanding of the fundamental principles upon which analysis is based. Modifications...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "The purpose of this book is to bridge the gap between the field of aeronautical engineering and airplane design and the other professional fields of engineering, architecture, and general design. The material originated in a course conducted by the University of California as part of its Engineering, Science, and...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical)Purpose: Authoritative Reference.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Nondestructive Testing Monographs and Tracts #5NB: "This series concentrates on the methods of, and techniques in, nondestructive testing (NDT) and will publish information and data obtained from applications, exper-imentation, and theory; improved methodology; instrumentation modification and developments; application of the methodology to new and...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical). Purpose: Training & Education. Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Textbook on strengths of materials written by Fred B. Seely, M.S., Professor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois.From Preface to Second Edition: "It has been the aim in preparing the second edition to give special emphasis to the engineering significance of this subject, and not merely emphasis to mathematical methods of analysis."...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "An actual demand does, however, seem to exist for a book at an intermediate level [on the mechanics of flight], say, on the borderline between the last year of college and the first year of graduate work. It is assumed that the reader of the present text knows the principles of calculus and has some training in general...