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Based on a long engineering experience, this book offers a comprehensive and state-of-the-art analysis of aerodynamic and flight mechanic entry topics. This updated edition had new chapters on Re-entry on Mars mission, flight quality, rarefied aerodynamics and re-entry accuracy. In addition, it provides a large set of application exercises and solutions.

Martian Outpost provides a detailed insight into the various technologies, mission architectures, medical requirements, and training needed to send humans to Mars. It focuses on mission objectives and benefits, and the risks and complexities that are compounded when linked to an overall planet exploration program involving several expeditions and setting up a permanent presence on the surface.

The first section provides the background to sending a human mission to Mars. Analogies are made with early polar exploration and the expeditions of Shackleton, Amundsen, and Mawson. The...

This volume contains the contributions to the scientific anniversary colloquium in honor of the 100th birthday of Hermann Schlichting, Braunschweig, September 2007. His outstanding achievements in boundary layer theory and aircraft aerodynamics are reviewed by invited scholars. Contributions of current leading research by the institutes formerly lead by Hermann Schlichting, the Institute of Fluid Mechanics of the Technische Universitat Braunschweig and the Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology of German Aerospace Center, in the fields of numerical flow simulation, experimental...

Luminescent molecule sensors, called pressure-sensitive paint (PSP) and temperature-sensitive paint (TSP), measure factors essential for understanding the aerodynamic performance and heat transfer characteristics of flight vehicles. They provide a powerful tool for experimental aerodynamicists to obtain a deeper understanding of the rich physical phenomena in complex flows around a flight vehicle. This book helps the reader to understand the physics and chemistry and the capabilities of PSP and TSP. It provides an overview of the wide scope of applications and explains the system...