A textbook for an advanced undergraduate course in which Zipfel (aerospace engineering, U. of Florida) introduces the fundamentals of an approach to, or step in, design that has become a field in and of itself. The first part assumes an introductory course in dynamics, and the second some specialized knowledge in subsystem technologies. Practicing engineers in the aerospace industry, he suggests, should be able to cover the material without a tutor. Rather than include a disk, he has made supplementary material available on the Internet. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This package includes the hardback, Modeling and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicle Dynamics and the CD-ROM, Building Aerospace Simulations in C++.

A modern and unified treatment of the mechanics, planning, and control of robots, suitable for a first course in robotics.