A single source of essential information for aerospace engineers
This fully revised resource presents theories and practices from more than 50 specialists in the many sub-disciplines of aeronautical and astronautical engineering―all under one cover. The Standard Handbook for Aerospace Engineers, Second Edition, contains complete details on classic designs as well as the latest techniques, materials, and processes used in aviation, defense, and space systems. You will get insightful, practical coverage of the gamut of aerospace engineering technologies along with hundreds of informative diagrams, charts, and graphs.
Standard Handbook for Aerospace Engineers, Second Edition covers:
•Futures of aerospace
•Aircraft systems
•Aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, and acoustics
•Aircraft performance
•Aircraft flight mechanics, stability, and control 
•Avionics and air traffic management systems
•Aeronautical design
•Spacecraft design
•Astrodynamics
•Rockets and launch vehicles
•Earth’s environment and space
•Attitude dynamics and control
 
From the Publisher

Dr. Brij Agrawal is a distinguished professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director of Spacecraft Research and Design Center at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS).Prior to joining NPS in 1989, Dr. Agrawal  worked for 20 years in research, design and development of communications Satellites at COMSAT and INTELSAT. He is the author of Design of Geosynchronous Spacecraft. He is a Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a Member of International Academy of Astronautics.
Dr. Max Platzer is a distinguished professor emeritus in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). Prior to joining NPS in 1970 he was a member of the Saturn space launch vehicle development team at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and head of the aeromechanics research group at the Lockheed-Georgia Research Center. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
 
About the Author
Dr. Brij Agrawal is a distinguished professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director of Spacecraft Research and Design Center at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS).Prior to joining NPS in 1989, Dr. Agrawal  worked for 20 years in research, design and development of communications Satellites at COMSAT and INTELSAT. He is the author of Design of Geosynchronous Spacecraft. He is a Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a Member of International Academy of Astronautics.
Dr. Max Platzer is a distinguished professor emeritus in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). Prior to joining NPS in 1970 he was a member of the Saturn space launch vehicle development team at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and head of the aeromechanics research group at the Lockheed-Georgia Research Center. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.