Modeling and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicle Dynamics (Aiaa Education Series) - Hardcover

Peter H. Zipfel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1624102506 ISBN 13: 9781624102509

Publisher: Amer Inst of Aeronautics &, 2014

Synopsis

Modeling and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicle Dynamics, Third Edition unifies all aspects of flight dynamics for the efficient development of aerospace vehicle simulations. It provides the reader with a complete set of tools to build, program, and execute simulations. Unlike other books, it uses tensors for modeling flight dynamics in a form invariant under coordinate transformations. For implementation, the tensors are converted into matrices, resulting in compact computer code. This book also serves as an anchor for three self-study courses which are based on M&S courses in C++ previously taught at the University of Florida. They are Building Aerospace Simulations in C++; Fundamentals of Six Degrees of Freedom Aerospace Simulation and Analysis in C++; and Advanced Six Degrees of Freedom Aerospace Simulation and Analysis in C++.

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About the Author

Peter H. Zipfel is a graduate of the University Stuttgart, Germany, and the Catholic University of America with a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering. He founded Modeling and Simulation Technologies, which advises and instructs functional integration of aerospace systems using computer simulations. For 35 years he taught courses in modeling and simulation, guidance and control, and flight dynamics at the University of Florida, and over the span of 50 years he created aerospace simulations of helicopters, missiles, aircraft, and hypersonic vehicles for the German Helicopter Institute, the U.S. Army, and the U.S. Air Force. He is an AIAA Associate Fellow and an internationally recognized short course instructor.

Edition details

• Publisher: Amer Inst of Aeronautics &
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1624102506
• ISBN 13: 9781624102509
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 661