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

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++. CONTENTS Nomenclature List of Acronyms Chapter 1 Overview PART 1 MODELING OF FLIGHT DYNAMICS Chapter 2 Mathematical Concepts in Modeling Chapter 3 Frames and Coordinate Systems Chapter 4 Kinematics of Translation and Rotation Chapter 5 Translational Dynamics Chapter 6 Attitude Dynamics Chapter 7 Perturbation Equations PART 2 SIMULATION OF AEROSPACE VEHICLES Chapter 8 Three-Degrees-of-Freedom Simulation Chapter 9 Five-Degrees-of-Freedom Simulation Chapter 10 Six-Degrees-of Freedom Simulation Chapter 11 Real-Time Applications Appendix A Matrices Appendix B CADAC_FTN Primer Appendix C Aerospace Simulations in C++ Appendix D Foundation of Tensor Flight Dynamics Appendix E CADAC++ Architecture Index Supporting Materials