Spacecraft interact with the space environment in ways that may affect the operation of the spacecraft as well as any scientific experiments that are carried out from the spacecraft platform. In turn the study of these interactions provides information on the space environment. The adverse environmental effects, such as the effect of the radiation belts on electronics, and spacecraft charging from the magnetospheric plasma, means that designers need to understand interactive phenomena to be able to effectively design spacecraft. This has led to the new discipline of spacecraft-environment interactions. The emphasis in this book is on the fundamental physics of the interactions. Spacecraft-Environment Interactions is a valuable introduction to the subject for all students and researchers interested in the application of fluid, gas, plasma and particle dynamics to spacecraft and for spacecraft system engineers.
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'... a valued addition to my bookshelf, as it will be to others.' G. G. Swinerd, Journal of Aerospace Engineering
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Spacecraft interact with the space environment in ways that affect the operation of the spacecraft. The emphasis in this book is on the fundamental physics of the interactions. This book will be a valuable introduction to the subject for all engineering and space science students and researchers.
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Reasonably good overview of the subject,
This review is from: Spacecraft-Environment Interactions (Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series) (Paperback)
A reasonably good overview of the space environment, and its effects on spacecraft (something that more spacecraft engineers should be familiar with). The content is a little light in some areas, and the authors have a nasty habit of pulling complex equations out of thin air with little explanation (and, in some cases, errors). However, they do a good job of pulling together material that would otherwise be scattered among various journal articles and technical reports, and presenting it in a cohesive manner. It won't tell you the whole story, but it will at least get you started. A reasonable choice as a text for a semester class on the space environment, so long as it is supplemented with other material (such as relevant articles, sections of NASA handbooks, etc.)
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Before the space age began, it was realized that space was not empty. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fundamental length, neutral gas interactions, plasma scales, atmospheric drag, plasma interactions, plasma sources, ambient space environment, spacecraft surface charging, repelled species, asteroidal meteoroids, cometary meteoroids, charging codes, spacecraft interactions, bumper shield, attracted species, relative impact velocity, neutral gas flow, plasma contactors, arc rate, aluminum shielding, oxygen erosion, spacecraft potential, spacecraft surfaces, electrodynamic tethers, spacecraft charging Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Monte Carlo, Permission of Kluwer Academic Publishers, Particle Impacts, Journal of Geophysical Research, American Geophysical Union, The Plasma Environment, Langford Lane, South Atlantic, The Space Radiation Environment, Radiation Invariants, Elsevier Science Ltd, Future Trends, Double Slab, Radiation Interactions, Activity Conditions, Van Allen, Man-Made Environments, Upper Quadrant, Dosimeter Combined, Neutral Gas Scales, Space Shuttle, The Ambient Space, Space Command, Trapped-Proton Environment, Data Behind Dome Browse Sample Pages:
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Before the space age began, it was realized that space was not empty. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fundamental length, neutral gas interactions, plasma scales, atmospheric drag, plasma interactions, plasma sources, ambient space environment, spacecraft surface charging, repelled species, asteroidal meteoroids, cometary meteoroids, charging codes, spacecraft interactions, bumper shield, attracted species, relative impact velocity, neutral gas flow, plasma contactors, arc rate, aluminum shielding, oxygen erosion, spacecraft potential, spacecraft surfaces, electrodynamic tethers, spacecraft charging Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Monte Carlo, Permission of Kluwer Academic Publishers, Particle Impacts, Journal of Geophysical Research, American Geophysical Union, The Plasma Environment, Langford Lane, South Atlantic, The Space Radiation Environment, Radiation Invariants, Elsevier Science Ltd, Future Trends, Double Slab, Radiation Interactions, Activity Conditions, Van Allen, Man-Made Environments, Upper Quadrant, Dosimeter Combined, Neutral Gas Scales, Space Shuttle, The Ambient Space, Space Command, Trapped-Proton Environment, Data Behind Dome Browse Sample Pages:
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- Protection of Materials and Structures from Space Environment: ICPMSE-6 (Space Technology Proceedings) by J. Kleiman on page 524
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- Chemical Dynamics in Extreme Environments by Rainer A. Dressler on page 482
- Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere and Ocean (Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series) by Gary E. Thomas in Front Matter
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