Modeling and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicle Dynamics

Thisbook unifies all aspects of flight dynamics for the efficientdevelopment of aerospace vehicle simulations. It provides the readerwith a complete set of tools to build, program, and executesimulations. Unlike other books, it uses tensors for modeling flightdynamics in a form invariant under coordinate transformations. Forimplementation, the tensors are converted to matrices, resulting incompact computer code. The reader can pick templates of missiles,aircraft, or hypersonic vehicles to jump-start a particularapplication.

Itis the only textbook that combines the theory of modeling withhands-on examples of three-, five-, and six-DoF simulations. Freeaccess to eight prototype simulations and to CADAC Studio–used inthe United States, United Kingdom, France, and Germany–is includedwith the book.

Amplyillustrated with 318 figures and 44 examples, the text can be usedfor advanced undergraduate and graduate instruction or forself-study. Also included are 77 problems that enhance the ability tomodel aerospace vehicles and nine projects that hone the skills fordeveloping three-, five-, and six-DoF simulations. Instructors mayrequest a solution manual at no cost from the publisher.