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Exergy analysis and design optimization for aerospace vehicles and systems / edited by Jose A. Camberos, David J. Moorhouse.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 238.
- Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 238
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Space vehicles--Design and construction.
- Space vehicles.
- Space vehicles--Thermodynamics.
- Aerospace engineering.
- Exergy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (658 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Aerospace vehicles and systems
- Place of Publication:
- Reston, VA : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Recognizing a critical need for a holistic approach to systems integration and multidisciplinary analysis and design optimization, the editors pioneered the application of a powerful scientific principle, the second law of thermodynamics, for aerospace engineering.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Foreword""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Nomenclature""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Exergy Analysis""; ""Chapter 3 Applications of Exergy Analysis""; ""Chapter 4 Integrated Subsystem Analysis Using EntropyGeneration Minimization""; ""Chapter 5 Exergy-Based Design Methodology for Airfoil ShapeOptimization and Wing Analysis""; ""Chapter 6 Entropy Generation and Aerospace VehiclePerformance""; ""Chapter 7 Optimization Using Entropy-GenerationMinimization for Maximum Performance of Hypersonic Vehicles""
- ""Chapter 8 Characterization of Aerospace Vehicle Performanceand Mission Analysis Using Exergy""""Chapter 9 Mission-Integrated Synthesis and DesignOptimization (MIS/DO) of Aerospace Vehicles""; ""Chapter 10 MIS/DO Applied to High Performance AerospaceVehicles""; ""Chapter 11 Thermodynamics, Entropy GenerationMinimization, and the Constructal Law""; ""Chapter 12 Quantum Thermodynamics and the Modeling ofNonequilibrium Phenomena: Theory and Future Directions""; ""Chapter 13 Numerical Methods in Light of the Second Law""; ""Postlude""; ""Index""; ""Supporting Materials""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-60086-840-1
- 1-60086-841-X
- OCLC:
- 802058718
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