Principles of Flight Simulation

David Allerton, quot;Principles of Flight Simulationquot;
Wiley | 2009 | ISBN: 0470754362 | 492 pages | File type: PDF | 5,5 mb
Principles of Flight Simulation is a comprehensive guide to flight simulator design, covering the modelling, algorithms and software which underpin flight simulation.

The book covers the mathematical modelling and software which underpin flight simulation. The detailed equations of motion used to model aircraft dynamics are developed and then applied to the simulation of flight control systems and navigation systems. Real-time computer graphics algorithms are developed to implement aircraft displays and visual systems, covering OpenGL and OpenSceneGraph. The book also covers techniques used in motion platform development, the design of instructor stations and validation and qualification of simulator systems.

An exceptional feature of Principles of Flight Simulation is access to a complete suite of software (www.wiley.com/go/allerton) to enable experienced engineers to develop their own flight simulator �C something that should be well within the capability of many university engineering departments and research organisations.
Based on C code modules from an actual flight simulator developed by the author, along with lecture material from lecture series given by the author at Cranfield University and the University of Sheffield
Brings together mathematical modeling, computer graphics, real-time software, flight control systems, avionics and simulator validation into one of the faster growing application areas in engineering
Features full colour plates of images and photographs.

Principles of Flight Simulation will appeal to senior and postgraduate students of system dynamics, flight control systems, avionics and computer graphics, as well as engineers in related disciplines covering mechanical, electrical and computer systems engineering needing to develop simulation facilities.
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Symmetry Theory in Molecular Physics with Mathematica: A new kind of tutorial book

William McClain, quot;Symmetry Theory in Molecular Physics with Mathematica: A new kind of tutorial bookquot;
Springer | 2009 | ISBN: 0387734694 | 689 pages | File type: PDF | 10,8 mb
After a few initial chapters on the basics of Mathematica, the logic of the book is controlled by group theory. It continues to teach Mathematica by example as the need arises, so an important use is always at hand for any new operator that is taught. To many science students, this is a greatly preferred way of learning a new computer language.

The main part of the book follows a strictly logical development that should be acceptable to the most rigorous minded people, while maintaining an engaging style in the spirit of Numerical Recipes by , Flannery, Teukolsky, and Vetterling. The essence of this style is to be just a little opinionated about good and bad ways to calculate things, but to give such advice without provoking offense, and always on an objective basis.

After this comes the development of classes and irreducible representations, culminating in a complete proof that for every group the number of classes is equal to the number of representations, so that all character tables must be square. The proof is motivated throughout by numerical constructions that rouse curiosity, and draw the reader into a rediscovery of Schur��s Lemmas, which thereby become truly interesting results, rather than the mysterious, dry statements often presented. This section culminates in a method for calculating the entire character table of a group. This is especially important for permutation groups that describe flexible molecules, for which are there very few published character tables.

Once the character tables are established, the real meat of physical applications can begin. The author emphasizes that every application has the same structure: (1) The construction of a reducible representation on the basis of some physical property, (2) its separation into irreducible components, and (3) the interpretation in terms of the quot;symmetry speciesquot; so produced. Because Mathematica and the xyz representations are close at hand, the separation into irreducible components can be done quickly.
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Practical Astronomy

Practical Astronomy
Kite Press | English | March 15, 2007 | ISBN: 140674607X | 296 pages | File type: PDF | 12 mb
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PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY A TEXTBOOK FOR ENGINEERING SCHOOLS AND A MANUAL OF FIELD METHODS BY GEORGE L. HQSMER Associate Professor of Geodesy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology THIRD EDITION NEW YORK JOHN WILEY SONS, INC. LONDON CHAPMAN HALL, LIMITED TA-5C 1 Observation on Polaris for Azimuth Frontispiece CCflPYRIGHT, 1910, 1917 AND 1925 BY GEORGE L. HOSMER PREFACE THE purpose of this volume is to furnish a text in Practical Astronomy especially adapted to the needs of civil-engineering students who can devote but little time to the subject, and who are not likely to take up advanced study of Astronomy. The text deals chiefly with the class of observations which can be made with surveying t instruments, the methods applicable to astronomical and geodetic instruments being treated b t briefly. It has been the authors intention to produce a book hich is intermediate between the text-book written for the student of Astronomy or Geodesy and the short chapter on the subject generally given in text-books on Surveying. The subject has therefore been treated from the standpoint of the engineer, who is interested chiefly in obtaining results, and those refinements have been omitted which are beyond the requirements of the work which can be performed with the engineers transit. This has led to the introduction of some rather crude mathematical processes, but it is hoped that these are presented in such a way as to aid the student in gaining a clearer conception of the prob lem without conveying wrong notions as to when such short-cut methods can properly be applied. The elementary principles have been treated rather elaborately but with a view to making these principles clear rather than to the introduction of refiner ments. Much space has been devoted to the Measurement of Time because this subject seems to cause the student more difficulty thar y other branch of Practical Astronomy. The attempt has I v J made to arrange the text so that it will be a convenient reference book for the engineer who is doing field work. For convenience in arranging a shorter course those subjects ill iv PREFACE which are most elementary are printed in large type. The mat ter printed in smaller type may be included in a longer course and will be found convenient for reference in field practice, par ticularly that contained in Chapters X to XIII. The author desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to those who have assisted in the preparation of this book, especially to Professor A. G. Robbins and Mr. J. W. Howard of the Massa chusetts Institute of Technology and to Mr. F. C. Starr of the George Washington University for valuable suggestions and crit icisms of the manuscript. G. L. H. BOSTON, June, 1910. PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION THE adoption of Civil Time in the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac in place of Astronomical Time in effect in 1925 necessitated a complete revision of this book. Advantage has been taken of this opportunity to introduce several improve ments, among which may be mentioned the change of the no tation to agree with that now in use in the principal textbooks and government publications, a revision of the chapter on the different kinds of time, simpler proofs of the refraction and parallax formulae, the extension of the article on interpolation to include two and three variables, the discussion of errors by means of differentiation of the trigonometric formulae, the in troduction of valuable material from Serial 166, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, a table of convergence of the meridians, and several new illustrations. In the chapter on Nautical As tronomy, which has been re-written, tfee method bf Marcq Saint-Hilaire and the new tables H. O. 201 and 203 for laying down Sumner lines are briefly explained. An appendix on Spherical Trigonometry is added for convenience of reference.
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Abernathy's Surgical Secrets, Sixth Edition

Alden H. Harken MD, quot;Abernathy's Surgical Secrets, Sixth Editionquot;
Mosby | 2008 | ISBN: 032305711X | 534 pages | File type: PDF | 2,9 mb
The new edition of this leading volume in the Secrets Series?? offers the very latest overview of surgical practice. A two-color page layout, question-and-answer approach, and a list of the quot;Top 100 Secretsquot; in surgery gives you the perfect concise board review or handy clinical reference, while updated coverage throughout equips you with all of the most current and essential knowledge in the field. Valuable pearls, tips, and memory aids make this the perfect resource for a fast surgical review or reference.

Uses bulleted lists, tables, short answers, and a highly detailed index to expedite reference.
Includes pearls, tips, and memory aids, making it perfect as a handy surgical review for board exams or clinical reference.
Covers all of today's most common surgical procedures and techniques.
Presents a quot;Controversiesquot; section in many chapters that highlights the pros and cons of selected procedures and approaches.
Features a compact trim size for enhanced portability.

Features revisions throughout to provide you with an up-to-date overview of today's surgical care and practice.
Includes new chapters on mechanical ventilation, bariatric surgery, adrenal incidentaloma, mechanical circulatory support, and professionalism, to keep you current.
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From Bauhaus to Eco-House: A History of Ecological Design

Peder Anker, quot;From Bauhaus to Eco-House: A History of Ecological Designquot;
Louisiana State University Press | 2010 | ISBN: 0807135518 | 216 pages | File type: PDF | 1,4 mb
Global warming and concerns about sustainability recently have pushed ecological design to the forefront of architectural study and debate. As Peder Anker explains in FROM BAUHAUS TO ECOHOUSE, despite claims of novelty, debates about environmentally sensitive architecture has been ongoing for nearly a century. By exploring key moments of inspiration between designers and ecologists from the Bauhaus projects of the interwar period to the eco-arks of the 1980s, Anker traces the historical intersection of architecture and ecological science and assesses how both remain intertwined philosophically and pragmatically within the still-evolving field of ecological design.

The idea that science could improve human life attracted architects and designers who looked to the science of ecology to better their methodologies. Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus school, thought that designed form should follow the laws of nature in order to function effectively. With the Bauhaus movement, ecology and design merged and laid the foundation of modernist architecture.

Anker discusses in detail how the former faculty members of the Bauhaus school-including L??szl?3 Maholy-Nagy and Herbert Bayer-left Nazi Germany in the mid 1930s and engaged with ecologists during their quot;London periodquot; and in the U.S. A subsequent generation of students and admirers of Bauhaus, such as Richard Buckminster Fuller and Ian McHarg, picked up their program, and-under the general banner of merging art and science in the design process-Bauhaus-minded architects began to think ecologically while some ecologists lent their ideas to design.

Anker charts complicated currents of ecological design thought spanning
pre- and post-World War II and through the cold war, including pivotal changes such as the emergence of space exploration and new theories on closed-system living in space capsules, space stations, and planetary colonies. Space ecology, Anker explains, inspired leading landscape designers of the 1970s, who used the imagined life of astronauts as a model for how humans should live in harmony with nature. Theories of how to design for extraterrestrial living impacted design and ecological thinking for earth-based living as well, as evidenced in the Disney's Spaceship Earth attraction as well as in the Biosphere 2 experiments in Arizona in the early 1990s.

Illuminating important connections between theories about the relationship between humans and the built environment, Anker's provocative study pres new insight into a critical period in the evolution of environmental awareness.
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