Now you can teach yourself how to apply the power of C++ to simulate multiobject aerospace vehicles. Building on your basic understanding of C++ and your familiarity with flight dynamics, this multimedia, interactive CD-ROM will lead you from simple satellite simulations to unmanned combat air vehicles and sophisticated six-degree-of-freedom simulations of intercept missiles. The 16 labs, divided into 32 training units, will bring to life polymorphism, inheritance, and encapsulation by hands-on experimentation with 27 increasingly more complex programs. In 38 exercises you apply your skills and check your progress against the provided solutions. This CD-ROM complements the textbook "Modeling and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicle Dynamics, AIAA Education Series. It shows you how aerodynamics, propulsion, flight control, and navigation and guidance are translated into C++ code and combined to simulate full-up aerospace vehicles. Besides the book, all you need is the Microsoft Visual C++ 6 compiler and the Microsoft Explorer 6 browser. Included is the link to the CADAC Web Site where you may apply for the free CADAC CD with the CADAC Studio plotting programs. You will be submerged into a total learning experience with video and audio clips and over one thousand hyperlinks connecting the 335 training charts. Programming progresses step-wise from the simple concept of functions to the most sophisticated C++ feature of run-time polymorphism. Best of all, the course has been evaluated by students of the University of Florida and received high marks for clarity and content, while they earned three academic credits.

NOTE! This CD is sold for individual use only and may not be installed on a network or multi-user computer. Unfortunately, library purchases are not available at this time.

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