Space Vehicle Dynamics and Control (Kids Go) [Hardcover]

Bong Wie (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1563472619 | ISBN-13: 978-1563472619 | Publication Date: June 1998

"Space Vehicle Dynamics and Control" provides a solid foundation in mathematics modelling analysis and control of space vehicles. More than 200 figures, photographs and tables are featured in detailed sections covering the fundamentals of orbital, attitude and structural motions of space vehicles. The textbook highlights a range of orbital manoeuvring issues: orbital transfer, rendezvous, orbit control and halo orbit determination. Rotational manoeuvre and attitude control of rigid spacecraft under the influence of reaction jet firings, internal energy dissipation and robotic manipulators in the presence of structural modelling uncertainties are also discussed. At the end of each chapter, Dr. Wie includes a helpful list of references for graduate students and working professionals studying spacecraft design. "Space Vehicle Dynamics and Control" requires a thorough knowledge of vector and matrix algebra, calculus, ordinary differential equations, linear system dynamics and engineering mechanics. Some familiarity with structural dynamics and partial differential equations is presumed, and because some problems may require the use of software for the analysis control design and numerical simulation, readers should have access to computational software (ie MATLAB) on a personal computer.

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About the Author

Bong Wie graduated with honors from the Seoul National Universit's aerospace engineering program in 1975. He holds both an M.S. (1978) and Ph.D. (1981) in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University. For four years after graduating from Stanford, Dr Wie worked in the private sector as a control systems engineer for the ford Aerospace Corporation in Palo Alto, Calif, but returned to academia in 1985 as an assistant professor at the University of Texas. In 1989, he moved to Arizona State University as an associate professor in the school's mechanical and aerospace engineering department before accepting a full professorship in 1992. He has consulted for a number of aerospace and engineering corporations, and traveled to Korea and Japan for visiting professorships. Among his affiliations, Dr. Wie is an AIAAA Fellow, a senior member of the American Astronautical Society (AAS), and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 661 pages
• Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563472619
• ISBN-13: 978-1563472619
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,909,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great addition to the literature, March 30, 2000

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This review is from: Space Vehicle Dynamics and Control (Kids Go) (Hardcover)

Bong Wie's "Space Vehicle Dynamics and Control" is, by far, one of the best books ever published in the AIAA Education Series. It packs a lot of info on a multitude of subjects which don't usually come together in a single book. The mathematical preliminaries and the sections on dynamics and control of flexible structures are particularly well done. (This is perhaps the first time a textbook covers the interlacing property of poles & zeros of certain transfer functions, particularly those associated with flexible structures.) In addition, the inclusion of the "H-infinity" topic the way the author did it is very good since, in general, books do not feature the subject in such a concise, objective, useful way. The same is true of the section on halo orbits, as well. Best of all, Wie's having included Kharitonov's theorem comes as a blessing, since the issue is rarely seen in non-European texts.

Unfortunately, in its present form (first edition), the book is not without its flaws. The alphabetical index should indicate explicitly where one can find subjects like the aforementioned interlacing property, as well as bang-bang-type controls. Also, a couple of topics have been omitted altogether: yo-yo devices (possibly deemed too simple) and the more advanced issues pertaining to the extremely important time-varying nonlinear systems (e.g.: time-varying eigenvalues). This is arguably OK, as this last subject, requiring a lot of preliminary material on operator theory, might be considered too advanced for a non-systems book, especially one in the Education Series.

In closing, one must acknowledge Bong Wie for bringing this more-than-welcome addition to the controls literature.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best in its area, September 21, 2006

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James H. McDuffie (Huntsville, Alabama United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Space Vehicle Dynamics and Control (Kids Go) (Hardcover)

This is a rather complete presentation of the knowledge of controls and dynamics needed to design, specify, and analyze spacecraft control sytems. No navigation or guidance is covered. Of course no reference to same is made in the title. The book is primarily a composition of basic control background including modern topics like H-infinity. The H-infinity control discussion is the most understandable out there and its limitations are spelled out clearly, perhaps for the first time. The structural dynamics and controls sections are outstanding with some novelty. Interleaving is not unique to this book, however. Bryson covers it in Control of Spacecraft and Aircraft. Quite frankly, at this point in time most of the spacecraft controller design methodologies are handbook in nature and what is most needed is a good background in the basics that extends into the actual design domain enough to be useful. Bong Wie has provided that in this book for controller design to a greater extend than any other written thus far.

2.0 out of 5 stars good reference but horrible as textbook, February 21, 2011

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This review is from: Space Vehicle Dynamics and Control (AIAA Education) (Hardcover)

This book can be used as a reference if you are already know most of the material. But if you are trying to learn attitude control/determination with background from dynamic system then good luck. Book is full of conceptual thoughts with detail explanation where he arrives at equations. The book also lack real examples and problems are a bunch of derivations that can be easily found in other text. I have good background in aerospace dynamics and have worked in aircraft area. I would recommend Schaub, Junkin's book as their explanations are more systematic and closer to the way aerospace community think including real world examples.