
Manned Spacecraft Design Principles
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Description
Key Features
- Presents a brief, to-the-point primer that includes a detailed introduction to the information required at the preliminary design stage of a manned space transportation system
- Involves the reader in the preliminary design of a modern manned spacecraft and associated launch vehicle
- Includes key concepts relating to human factors and crew support systems
- Contains standard, empirical, and classical methods in support of the design process
- Culminates in the preparation of a professional quality design report
Readership
System and subsystem engineers, spacecraft equipment designers, spacecraft operators, space scientists, students in aerospace engineering
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction and Outline of a Spacecraft Design Report
- I.1 Subjects Covered
- I.2 An Approach for a Design Course
- I.3 Suggestions for Report Preparation
- Chapter 1. Manned Spaceflight
- Abstract
- 1.1 Where Space Begins
- 1.2 Staying in Space
- 1.3 Getting into Space
- 1.4 The First Fifty Years of Human Spaceflight
- 1.5 The Near Future of Human Spaceflight
- 1.6 Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 2. Earth’s Atmosphere
- Abstract
- 2.1 The Atmospheric Environment
- 2.2 Equation of State and Hydrostatic Equilibrium
- 2.3 The 1976 U.S. Standard Atmosphere Model
- 2.4 Flow Properties Using the Atmospheric Models
- 2.5 Tables of Atmospheric Properties
- 2.6 Other Model Atmospheres
- 2.7 Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 3. The Space Environment
- Abstract
- 3.1 Gravitational Effects
- 3.2 Gas Density and Drag Effects
- 3.3 The Sun
- 3.4 The Magnetic Field
- 3.5 Van Allen Radiation Belts
- 3.6 The Ionosphere
- 3.7 Meteoroids and Orbital Debris
- 3.8 Spacecraft Charging
- 3.9 Useful Constants, Acronyms, and Conversions
- 3.10 Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 4. Manned Hypersonic Missions in the Atmosphere
- Abstract
- 4.1 Transatmospheric Manned Missions
- 4.2 Transatmospheric Vehicles
- 4.3 Flight Trajectories in the Atmosphere
- 4.4 Reusable Spaceplane Design Issues
- 4.5 Transatmospheric Flight Missions in the Near Future
- 4.6 Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 5. Orbital Mechanics
- Abstract
- 5.1 Space Mission Geometry
- 5.2 Energy and Angular Momentum in Orbits
- 5.3 Orbital Transfer for Atmospheric Entry
- 5.4 The Ground Track of an Orbit
- 5.5 The Spacecraft Horizon
- 5.6 Interplanetary Trajectories
- 5.7 Constants and Conversion Factors
- 5.8 Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 6. Atmospheric Entry Mechanics
- Abstract
- 6.1 General Equations of Motion
- 6.2 Gliding Entry Trajectories
- 6.3 Deceleration During Entry
- 6.4 Heating During Entry
- 6.5 Ballistic Entry
- 6.6 Gliding Entry
- 6.7 Low-Speed Return and Recovery: Parachutes
- 6.8 Low-Speed Return and Recovery: Spaceplanes
- 6.9 Summary of Constants and Parameters
- 6.10 Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 7. Launch Mechanics
- Abstract
- 7.1 General Equations for Launch Vehicles
- 7.2 Thrust, Lift, and Drag for a Simplified Boost Analysis
- 7.3 The Nondimensional Equations of Motion
- 7.4 Simplified Boost Analysis with Constant Thrust and Zero Lift and Drag
- 7.5 Staging of Rockets
- 7.6 Longitudinal Stability of Launch Vehicles
- 7.7 General Launch Vehicle Design Considerations
- 7.8 Summary of Constants and Parameters
- 7.9 Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 8. Spacecraft Flight Mechanics
- Abstract
- 8.1 Space Vehicle Flight Mechanics and Performance Analysis
- 8.2 Hypersonic Aerodynamics
- 8.3 Blunt Bodies in Hypersonic Flight
- 8.4 Slender Bodies in Hypersonic Flight
- 8.5 Thermodynamic Properties of Air
- 8.6 Dynamics of Spacecraft
- 8.7 Spacecraft Control Systems
- 8.8 Summary of Constants and Conversion Factors
- 8.9 Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 9. Thermal Protection Systems
- Abstract
- 9.1 Basic Stagnation Point Heat Transfer Correlations
- 9.2 Approximate Air Chemistry
- 9.3 Stagnation Point Heat Transfer
- 9.4 Heat Transfer Around a Hemispherical Nose
- 9.5 Heat Transfer Around a Spherically Capped Cone
- 9.6 Heat Shields for Reentry Vehicles
- 9.7 Heat Transfer Similarity Parameters
- 9.8 Heat Shield Development and Practical Applications
- 9.9 Constants, Conversions, and TPS Acronyms
- 9.10 Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 10. Spacecraft Configuration Design
- Abstract
- 10.1 The Spacecraft Environment and Its Effect on Design
- 10.2 EC and LS Systems
- 10.3 Structure, Propulsion, Power, and Control Systems
- 10.4 Crew Support Systems
- 10.5 Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 11. Safety, Reliability, and Risk Assessment
- Abstract
- 11.1 System Safety and Reliability
- 11.2 Apportioning Mission Reliability
- 11.3 The Reliability Function
- 11.4 Failure Rate Models and Reliability Estimation
- 11.5 Apportionment Goals
- 11.6 Overview of Probabilistic Risk Assessment
- 11.7 Top Functional Failures of Spacecraft
- 11.8 PRA of the Space Shuttle
- 11.9 Crew Flight Safety
- 11.10 Human Factors in Risk Management
- 11.11 The Weibull Distribution
- 11.12 Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 12. Economic Aspects of Space Access
- Abstract
- 12.1 Elements of Spacecraft Cost
- 12.2 Costs of the Apollo Program
- 12.3 Costs of the Space Shuttle Program
- 12.4 Price Per Pound to Orbit
- 12.5 Components of Launch Cost
- 12.6 Cost Estimation Relations
- 12.7 Nomenclature
- References
- Appendix A. Hypersonic Aerodynamics
- A.1 One-Dimensional Flow Relations
- A.2 Normal Shocks
- A.3 Stagnation Pressure on a Body in Hypersonic Flow
- A.4 Oblique Shocks
- A.5 Small Disturbance Theory
- A.6 Prandtl–Meyer Expansion
- A.7 Conical Flow
- A.8 Newtonian Flow
- A.9 Influence of Body Shape
- A.10 Effects of Angle of Attack
- A.11 Nomenclature
- References
- Appendix B. Spaceplane Coordinates
- B.1 Space Shuttle Orbiter
- B.2 USAF/NASA X-24C
- B.3 North American X-15
- B.4 Soviet Spaceplane Bor-4
- B.5 Northrop HL-10 Lifting Body
- B.6 Hermes Spaceplane
- B.7 Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences HIMES Spaceplane (Japan)
- B.8 Estimated Lift Drag and Moment Data for Several Spaceplanes
- B.9 Similarities in Hypersonic Spaceplanes
- B.10 Nomenclature
- Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 647
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 2015
- Published: November 13, 2015
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128044254
- eBook ISBN: 9780124199767
About the Author
Pasquale Sforza
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Ratings and Reviews
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GeraldMullen Tue Oct 16 2018
Manned Spacecraft Design Principles
A great read - informative and well written. This is an excellent tour of both conventional launch vehicles and space plane type applications. The author does a good job of explaining the physical principles, then presenting 'quick' approximate methods, followed by a discussion of more in-depth computational techniques where appropriate. I work in the space industry, and would thoroughly recommend this book to both engineers working on real projects and aerospace students. I've used it on several occasions to good effect.