June 24, 2009 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce that the new book Computational Modelling and Simulation of Aircraft and the Environment: Volume I: Platform Kinematics and Synthetic Environment is now available through the AIAA Educational Series.
Written by Dominic Diston, the director of aerospace programmes and the systems engineering theme leader for the University of Manchester Aerospace Research Institute, in Manchester, England, the text provides a comprehensive guide to the derivation of computational models for aerospace operations from basic physical and mathematical principles. It takes into account the multidisciplinary nature of the aerospace environment and the integrated nature of the models needed to represent it.
The text uses MATLAB® software in every major example, with high-level math appearing in the appendices, and gives the reader sufficient information to represent the basic architecture of the synthetic environment. The author has drawn from his experience as a modelling and simulation specialist with BAE Systems along with his more recent academic career to create a resource that will appeal to senior/graduate students and industry practitioners alike.
The major subjects covered by the book include the following:
- Computational Modelling;
- Platform Kinematics;
- Geospatial Reference Model;
- Positional Astronomy;
- Geopotential fields; and
- Atmosphere.
Appendices include: Introduction to MATLAB®; Data and Functions; and Organizations.
(Published by John Wiley & Sons, 2009, 384 pages, Hardback; ISBN-13: 978-1-60086-704-0; List Price: $94.95.) Review copy requests may be e-mailed to janices@aiaa.org. Orders may be placed online: www.aiaa.org/books; by mail: AIAA Publications Customer Service, P.O. Box 960, Herndon, VA, 20172-0960; by phone: 800.682.2422 or 703.661.1595; or by fax: 703.661.1501.
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