SPACECRAFT-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS by Daniel Hastings, Henry B. Garrett, Alexander J. Dessler ( 9780521607568 )

Item Details

Title:

SPACECRAFT-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS

By:

Daniel Hastings, Henry B. Garrett, Alexander J. Dessler

Format:

Paperback

List price:

£105.00

Our price:

£91.88

Discount:

12.5% off

You save:

£13.12

ISBN 10:

0521607566

ISBN 13:

9780521607568

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

22 May, 2004

Series:

Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series

Pages:

320

Description:

Introductory graduate textbook in spacecraft design and how space environment affects operations in space, for space scientists and engineers.

Synopsis:

Spacecraft interact with the space environment in ways that may affect the operation of the spacecraft as well as any scientific experiments that are carried out from the spacecraft platform. In turn the study of these interactions provides information on the space environment. The adverse environmental effects, such as the effect of the radiation belts on electronics, and spacecraft charging from the magnetospheric plasma, means that designers need to understand interactive phenomena to be able to effectively design spacecraft. This has led to the new discipline of spacecraft-environment interactions. The emphasis in this book is on the fundamental physics of the interactions. Spacecraft-Environment Interactions is a valuable introduction to the subject for all students and researchers interested in the application of fluid, gas, plasma and particle dynamics to spacecraft and for spacecraft system engineers.

Illustrations:

114 b/w illus. 41 tables

Publication:

Imprint:

Cambridge University Press

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

ATMOSPHERIC DATA ANALYSIS (PB)

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS (PB)

GASKINETIC THEORY (PB)

GUIDE TO MITIGATING SPACECRAFT CHARGING EFFECTS