Astronautics books

In conjunction with the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the...  Read More >>

This paper documents the result of a future technology forecast study to determine when operationally useful nano...  Read More >>

The subsonic aerodynamic performance of a blended wing body aircraft constructed using selective laser sintering...  Read More >>

Technological progress in a number of areas to include aerodynamics, micro- electronics, sensors, microelectromechanical...  Read More >>

The micro pulsed plasma thruster (micro-PPT) is a simple and versatile electric thruster capable of performing multiple...  Read More >>

A Pulse Detonation Engine (PDE) combusts fuel air mixtures through a form of combustion: detonation. The resulting...  Read More >>

An effort was undertaken to understand the impact of different film cooling configurations in a true scale turbine...  Read More >>

Using the commercially available FLUENT 3-D flow field solver, this research effort investigated vortex breakdown...  Read More >>

This study performed an aeroelastic analysis of a joined-wing SensorCraft. The analysis was completed using an aluminum...  Read More >>

The Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) at Arnold AFB, TN currently has a computer program which, through...  Read More >>

A new flight controller was evaluated through piloted simulation and flight test conducted at the USAF Test Pilot...  Read More >>

The US military must be prepared to take advantage of reusable launch vehicles should the NASA-led effort to develop...  Read More >>

The Air Force invested $16M in NASA's X-37 program and will have exclusive testing of two of these space platforms...  Read More >>

The thermal characteristics of a Hall thruster directly influence thruster and spacecraft design. High temperatures...  Read More >>

This report presents a detailed comparison of the potential and Euler formulations for describing the equations...  Read More >>

""Computation of the Transonic Flow About a Swept Wing in the Presence of an Engine Nacelle"" presents a detailed...  Read More >>

Comparative Tests of Small Laminated and Solid Spruce Beams for Aeroplane Construction, by Sydney V. James, presents...  Read More >>

This research uses existing experimental wind tunnel data to develop a non-linear model that is used to characterize...  Read More >>

The aerospace field requires structural materials that can maintain superior mechanical properties while subjected...  Read More >>

Recent progress in the generation and sustainment of gas discharges at atmospheric pressure has energized research...  Read More >>

The static aeroelastic behavior of the Nighthawk mini unmanned aerial vehicle is examined using acombined experimental...  Read More >>

To support the Global Strike mission, an autonomous trajectory optimization technique is presented to minimize the...  Read More >>

The Air Force Institute of Technology's (AFIT) Advanced Navigation Technology (ANT) Center has recently delved into...  Read More >>

Development of a continuously operating pulsed detonation engine (PDE) without a high energy ignition system or...  Read More >>

It has been proposed that the implementation of a pulsed detonation combustor in a high-bypass turbofan engine would...  Read More >>