Engineering
Airfoils
- Applied Aerodynamics: A Digital Textbook
- This site is an Internet version of Applied Aerodynamics.
- FoilSim and CurveBall Download (NASA)
- Simulation software available for download for predicting airflow around various airfoil shapes.
- The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage
- A very long list of aircraft identifying what airfoils were used in construction. From the Dept. of Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering at the Univ. of Illinois.
- Theory of Airfoil Sections
- This site provides access to the appendices of Theory of Airfoil Sections. These appendices contain tables of coordinates of a selection of NACA profiles, mean lines and sections. Note: Some links on the page may not be maintained.
- UIUC Airfoil Data Site
- Sponsored by the Dept. of Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering at the Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, this is a collection of over 1550 airfoil coordinates. The site also has links to additional airfoil Web pages.
Associations
- AIAA
- The home page of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics provides information about publications, standards, conferences, membership, technical activities and employment services. AIAA Meeting Papers back to 1963 may be searched by clicking on "Publications & Papers" across the top of the screen. Under "Search the AIAA Electronic Library," click on "advanced search." You can choose to limit your search to certain types of publications (meeting papers, standards, etc.) or search select journal titles. If you are an affiliate of ERAU, you may also access fulltext AIAA Papers (1963 to current) as well as fulltext AIAA Journals through the Library's "Databases & Periodical Indexes," available through ERNIE.
- ASCE
- The official homepage of the American Society of Civil Engineers offers membership information, conference details, publications, etc.
- ASTM
- The site for the American Society for Testing and Materials lists standards, technical publications and other items of interest to members.
- National Society of Professional Engineers
- This official homepage covers membership, licensure and educational issues. Provides job boards, salary information and online resumes in the employment section, and links to selected articles from PE Magazine.
- Royal Aeronautical Society
- Provides history, industry news, membership information, conference listings and publication descriptions.
- SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers)
- This site has membership, training and events information. Search Aerospace Standards and browse papers by broad topic area. Many SAE papers are available in the Hunt Library's Documents collection; Aerospace Standards are available within the library on CD-ROM.
- SAWE
- Homepage of the Society of Allied Weight Engineers whose focus is mass properties engineering .
- Society of Women Engineers
- Official homepage of SWE, providing membership and conference information, career assistance and scholarship news.
Ethics
- Online Ethics Center
- Sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering, this site aims to assist engineers and students with ethical questions which arise in the course of their work through case studies, essays and articles. Includes sections dealing with employment, legal issues, responsible research and computers/technology.
Miscellaneous
- Aerodynamics for Students
- An electronic textbook from the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Sydney, Australia.
- Center for Aviation Systems Reliability
- The CASR provides inspection tools and training materials to the commercial aviation industry. Descriptions of various inspection methods may be found at their website.
- Civil Jet Aircraft Design
- Useful in project design studies, this website is intended to be used in conjunction with the book of the same name. Click on 'Data Sets' on the left to access Aircraft (specification, mass, geometric and performance data), Engine (takeoff, climb, cruise, dimensions, layout), Airport, Atmosphere/Airspeeds and Units/Conversions data files.
- How Stuff Works
- Search by keyword or select a subject category to browse.
- NASA Technical Report Writing
- From the Glenn Research Center, a document which explains the basics of writing 'reports that are both technically correct and easy to read.'
- Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students
- Samples and guidelines for laboratory reports, progress reports, proposals and other kinds of technical documents.
NASA Resources
- Find it @ NASA
- One place to search all of the NASA Web servers at all of the research facilities.
- NACA Archive
- Contains a comprehensive collection of full-text NACA publications. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA, 1915-1958) was the predecessor of NASA. Publications available from 1917 - 1958.
- NASA Documents Online
- A title listing of many fulltext NASA documents.
- NASA Glenn Research Center Technical Reports
- Over 4000 NASA technical report abstracts, most with full-text documents online.
- NASA Headquarters
- This site includes information about NASA's budget as well as NASA's research projects.
- NASA Home Page
- This site includes information about NASA's organization, including links to all of the NASA Centers, NASA's mission, frequently asked questions, and more.
- NASA Technical Reports Server
- The NTRS database indexes a large number of technical reports and conference papers from NACA (predecessor to NASA, 1915-1958), the NASA collection (1958 to the present) and the NIX collection (images, photos, movies). Many documents appear in full-text format.
- Online Cost Models
- The Cost Estimating Group at the Johnson Space Center has mounted on the Web a number of tools to estimate the costs of development and production for new projects, including cost models for aircraft turbine engines, airframes, and advanced missions (spacecraft). All of these cost models are written in JavaScript. The Group has also included glossaries of terms and abbreviations on these pages to assist you in using these models.
- Spinoff
- Spinoff is a publication of NASA's Technology Transfer Office. It chronicles the secondary use of NASA technology in areas such as medicine, environment, recreation, consumer goods, and computer technology. This site provides full-text issues from 1976 to the present in pdf format and a searchable database of spinoff products. The Library has Spinoff in our collection (TL787.N3 S63) from 1976 through the present.
Navigation
- Global Positioning System Overview
- Written by Peter Dana at the University of Texas at Austin and updated in August 1999. This is a thorough overview of all the parts that make up the GPS system including the satellites, the tracking stations and the receivers.
- Global Positioning System: Assessing National Policies
- The pdf version of a RAND policy study which details the commercial and military uses of GPS and its impact on U.S. policy.
- GPS Basics [Satellite Navigation Product Teams]
- Detailed explanation of how GPS works, its history, its various applications and GPS policy.
- GPS Primer
- From the Aerospace Corporation, involved in building and maintaining the GPS system, this is an introduction to the global positioning system. Click on chapter titles from the menu on the left, or download the pdf version.
- Surveillance and Broadcast Services
- This FAA site provides extensive information on Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology.
Wind Tunnels
- Wind Tunnel Connection
- The stated goal of this site is 'to list every [wind tunnel] site in the world.' Provides links to sub-, tran-, super-, and hypersonic wind tunnel research.
- Wind Tunnel Enterprise
- A list of wind tunnels at NASA's Langley Research Center which provide 'ground test requirements for both atmospheric and planetary flight vehicles...The focus of the experimental facilities within the Wind Tunnel Enterprise (WTE) is to provide low cost research capabilities for developing an understanding of flow phenomena.'
- Wind Tunnels (NASA Ames Research Center)
- Designed for potential wind tunnel customers, this site describes the Ames Research Center and provides information regarding available wind tunnels and test planning procedure.
- Wind Tunnels of NASA
- Online version of the book by the same name. The print copy may be found at Hunt Library with call number TL 567 .W5 B2.
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