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CEAS LIBRARY RESOURCES IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
By James
W. Clasper,
Assistant Engineering & Applied Science Librarian
College of Engineering & Applied Science (CEAS) Library, University
of Cincinnati, 850L Baldwin Hall, M.L. #18, (513) 556-1452
BOOKS dealing with Aerospace Engineering can be located through the UC Library Catalog. You can search in the UC Library Catalog by author, title, keyword or subject. General subject headings that can be used include:
AERODYNAMICS; AERONAUTICS...; AIRPLANES; ASTRONAUTICS; FLIGHT; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT--TRANSMISSION; HELICOPTERS; JET PROPULSION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; ROCKETRY; ROCKETS (AERONAUTICS); STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TURBOMACHINES; and VIBRATION (AERONAUTICS).
Access Science (Available through OhioLink on the Web)
Advances in Dynamics and Control (TL589.4.A33 2004) (Also available through UC on the Web)
Aeronautical Engineer's Data Book (Available through UC on the Web)
Aerospace Engineering Desk Reference (TL551.A47 2009)
Aerospace Facts and Figures (TL501 .A534 2009)
Aerospace Structural Metals Handbook (TA698.A385 1997)
Aerothermodynamics of Aircraft Engine Components (TL574.A45 A37 1985)Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine and Rocket Propulsion (TL574.A45 O28 1997)
AIAA Aerospace Design Engineers Guide (TL551.A32 2003)
Aircraft Engine Design (TL709.5.T87 M38 2002 reserves)
Applied Aerodynamics: A Digital Textbook (Available on the Web)
Basic Helicopter Aerodynamics (Available through UC on the Web)
Bibliography of Supersonic Cruise Research (TL521.3N1 no. 1117) stacks
Biomedical Engineering Fundamentals (R856B513 2006) (Also available through UC on the Web)Biomedical Engineering Handbook, 3rd ed., 2006, v.1, v.2, and v.3 (Available through UC on the Web)
Calculators Online Center ... Aeronautics & Aerospace Engineering (Available on the Web)
Caltech Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories Fluid Mechanics Technical Reports (Available on the Web)
Caltech Large-Eddy Simulation and Subgrid-Scale Modeling for Turbulent Mixing and Reactive Flows (Available on the Web)
Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary, 2nd edition, 2009. (Available through UC on the Web)
Communication Satellites (TK5104 .M3555 2007)Composite Materials for Aircraft Structures (TL699.C57 B35 2004) (Also available through UC on the Web)
Compressible Aerodynamics Calculator (Available on the Web)The CRC Handbook of Thermal Engineering (TJ260 .C69 2000)
CRCnetBASE (Available through UC on the Web)
Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms (TL509.C73 2006)
Dictionary of Space Technology (TL788.A53 1999)Digital Avionics Handbook (TL695.D45 2007)
Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences (phys QC854 .A48 2003) (Also available through UC on the Web)
Elements of Propulsion - Gas Turbines and Rockets (TL709.M388 2006) (Also available through UC on the Web)
Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering (TL509.E535 2010 v.1-9)
Encyclopedia of Flight (TL545.E53 2002)
Encyclopedia of Space Science and Technology (phys QB497.E53 2003)
Engineered Materials Handbook (TA403.E497 1987 v.1-4)
Eshbach's Handbook of Engineering Fundamentals (TA151.E8 2009 5th edition)
Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery (TJ267.D5 2010)
Fluid Mechanics: With Problems and Solutions, and an Aerodynamic Laboratory (phys TA357 .K728 2005) (Available through OhioLINK on the Web)
Flow Measurement Engineering Handbook (TA357.5.M43M55 1996)
Fluid Flow Calculator (Available on the Web)
Fluid Mechanics and Dynamics Problem Solver (TA357.F5783 1996)Fundamentals of Aircraft and Airship Design (TL671.2.N5 2010)
Gas Turbine Handbook: Principles and Practices (TJ778.G48 2010)Gas Turbine Combustion : Alternative Fuels and Emissions (TJ778 .L417 2010)
Gas Turbines : A Handbook of Air, Land, and Sea Applications (TJ778.S63 2008)
Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization: A Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors (Available on the Web)
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century (Available on the Web)
Handbook of Acoustical Measurements and Noise Control ( TD892.H32 1991)
Handbook of Fluid Dynamics (TA357.H2858 1998)
Handbook of Fluid Dynamics and Fluid Machinery (TA357.H286 1996)
Handbook of Fluids in Motion (QC145.3.H36 1983)
Handbook of Heat and Mass Transfer (TJ350.H36 1986)
Handbook on Satellite Communications (TK5104.H36 2002)Handbook of Space Technology (TL794.H2613 2009)
International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems (TL785.8.L3I825 2004)An Introduction to Aircraft Structural Analysis (TL671.6 .M36 2010)
Jane's Aero-Engines (TL701.J36 no.25(2009))
Jane's All the World's Aircraft (TL501.A57 latest edition in reference)
Knovel (subject area: Aerospace & Radar Technology)
Knovel Unit Converter (Available through UC on the Web)
Mark Wade's Encyclopedia Astronautica (Available on the Web)
Material Properties Handbook (TL698.R6)
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (Access Science) (Available through OhioLink on the Web)McGraw-Hill's Engineering Companion (TA145.M294 2002)
Metallic Materials and Elements for Aerospace Vehicle Structures (Available through UC on the Web)
Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization (MMPDS), 2003 (Available through UC on the Web)
North American Space Directory (TL512.U7 2006)
NASA Thesaurus vol. 1 vol. 2 (Available on the Web)OhioLINK Electronic Book Center (EBC) (Available to OhioLINK institutions on the Web)
Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion: Principles, Practice and New Developments (Available to OhioLINK institutions on the Web)
SAE Dictionary of Aerospace Engineering (TL509.S24 1998)SAE Fatigue Design Handbook, 3rd ed. (TL240.S237 1997)
Selective Guide to Literature on Aerospace Engineering, 1997 (TL790.D46 1997) (Also available on the Web)
Standard Handbook for Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineers (TL509.S664 2003)
Theory, Tables, and Data for Compressible Flow (TL574.C4 B76 1990)Titanium (TA480.T54 L88 2003) (Also available through UC on the Web)
UIUC Airfoil Data Site (Available on the Web)Understanding Aircraft Structures (TL671.6 .C88 2005)
United States Air Force Dictionary (Available through UC on the Web)
DATABASES are electronic equivalents of printed indexes and abstracts. They can be searched rapidly and provide improved subject searching capabilities. Some databases relevant to Aerospace Engineering are:
Aerade Reports Archive (1909-1958) (Available on the Web)
Aerospace Database (1962- ) (Available through UC on the Web)
AIAA Electronic Library (1963- ) (Available on the Web; content available to UC only)
Applied Mechanics Reviews (Available through UC on the Web)
CERAMICS ABSTRACTS/WORLD CERAMICS ABSTRACTS (1978- ) (Available to UC on the Web)
COMPENDEX (Engineering Index) (Available through OhioLink from 1969)
Contrails (formerly the Wright Air Development Center Digital Library) (Available on the Web)DTIC Online (Available on the Web from 1985)
ENGINEERED MATERIALS ABSTRACTS (1986- ) (Available through UC on the Web)
IEEE Xplore (1988- ) (Available through UC on the Web)
INSPEC (1969- ) (Available through OhioLink)
MathSciNet (1940- ) (Available through OhioLink)
Mechanical and Transportation Abstracts (1966- ) (Available through UC on the Web)
METADEX (1966- ) (Available through UC on the Web)
NASA's Life Science Data Archive (LSDA) (1961- ) (Available on the Web)
NASA (NACA) Technical Reports Server (1917- )
NTIS (1964- ) (Available through UC on the Web)
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (1861- ) (Available through OhioLINK)
SAE Publications and Standards Database, 1906-2005 (CEAS Library CD-ROM Station #1)
SPIE Digital Library (1990- ) (Available through UC on the Web)
JOURNALS are a good source of information on recent developments. Selected titles currently received by the CEAS Library are listed below.
Acta Astronautica (TL787.A27) (Also available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Advances in Space Research (Available to OhioLink institutions on the web)
Aerospace America (TL501.A68) (See Full Text Electronic Journals for online choices)
Aerospace Science and Technology (Available to OhioLink institutions on the web)
AIAA Journal (Available through UC on the Web)
Air and Space Europe (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Aircraft Design (Available to OhioLink institutions on the web)
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology (TL501.A555) (Also available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine (RC1050.A36)
Aviation Week and Space Technology (TL501.A7) (See Full Text Electronic Journals for online choices)
Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (QB351.C398) (Also available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Combustion Science and Technology (QD516.C616) (Also available to OhioLINKinstitutions on the Web)
Composite Structures (TA5418.89.C6C624) (Also available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
European Journal of Mechanics (QA801.J632 and QA801.J634)
Experimental Mechanics (TA401.E85)
Flight International (TL501.F5) (See Full Text Electronic Journals for online choices)
IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine (TL3000.A1I134) (Available through UC on the Web)
IEEE Control Systems Magazine (TJ213.C69) (Also available through UC on the Web)
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (TL3000.A1I15) (Also available through UC on the Web)
International Journal of Control (TJ212.I55) (Also available through UC on the Web)
International Journal of Fatigue (TA630.I6) (Also available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research (QC145.2 .F55) (Also available through UC on the Web)
International Journal of Multiphase Flow (TA357.I57) (Also available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)International Journal of Turbo and Jet-Engines (TH751.I57)
Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information and Communication (Available through UC on the Web)
Journal of Aerospace Engineering (TA1.J58)
Journal of Aircraft (Available through UC on the Web)
Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (TJ1.A7 ser.A) (Also available through UC on the Web)Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer (TJ260.J6) (Also available through UC on the Web)
Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics (Available through UC on the Web)
Journal of Propulsion and Power (Available through UC on the Web)
Journal of Sound and Vibration (QC221.J6) (Also available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (Available through UC on the Web)
Journal of the Astronautical Sciences (TL787.J6)Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications (Available through UC on the Web)
Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer (Available through UC on the Web)
Journal of Turbomachinery (TJ1.A72) (Also available through UC on the Web)
NASA Tech Briefs Newsletter Archives (Available on web)
Noise Control Engineering Journal (TD891.N655)
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part G, Journal of Aerospace Engineering (TJ1.I567) (Also available through UC on the Web)
Progress in Aerospace Sciences (TL500.P7) (Also available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Space Technology (Available to OhioLink institutions on the web)
TECHNICAL REPORTS COLLECTIONS
The CEAS Library holds an extensive collection of NATO RTO (Research and Technology Organization) / AGARD (Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research), NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), and NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) reports. The Contrails (formerly the Wright Air Development Center Digital Library) database is a developing collection that will provide access to WADC technical reports from the 1950s and 1960s. See Reference Librarian for assistance in locating these materials.
PATENTS are an excellent source of technical information.
U.S. Patent Full Text Databases (1790- ) (Applications from 3/15/2001) (Available on the Web)
Freepatentsonline (1976 December- ) (Available on the Web)
Espacenet : Europe's Network of Patent Databases (dates vary by country) (Available on the Web)
SOFTWARE
NASA Tech Briefs Software Center (Available on the Web)
IMAGES
ASU Space Exporation Resources (Available on the Web)
Johnson Space Center (Available on the Web)
Lunar and Planetary Institute (Available on the Web)
NASA Image Exchange (Available on the Web)
National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) Image Resources (Available on the Web)
STANDARDS
Aerospace Industries Association of America Standards (Microfiche 36)
Annual Book of ASTM Standards (TA401.A67 2011)
SAE Aerospace Standards (Microfiche 36)
Prepared by the U.C. Office of Research and Advanced Studies. Provides access to resources related to research and graduate education at the University of Cincinnati (http://www.uc.edu/research/)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES a selected listing is provided below. You can also consult the Associations Unlimited (formerly the Encyclopedia of Associations) (HS17.E5) or the National Trade and Professional Associations of the United States (HD2425.D53). Note that many professional societies maintain links on their websites to other related societies and to Internet resources in this discipline.
Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), 1000 Wilson Blvd, Suite 1700, Arlington, VA 22209-3928 (703) 358-1000
AHS International -- The Vertical Flight Society , 217 North Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314 (703) 684-6777
American Institute of Aeronauctics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1801 Alexander Bell Dr., Suite 500, Reston, VA 20191-4344 (703) 264-7500 or (800) 639-2422
American Astronautical Society (AAS) , 6352 Rolling Mills Pl., Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22152-0020 (703) 866-0020
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 345 East 47th St. New York, NY 10017 (212) 705-7722 (800) THE ASME
Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI), 22800 Cedar Point Rd. Brook Park, OH 44142 (216) 962-3000
SAMPE, 1161 Parkview Dr. Corvina, CA 91724-3748 (626) 331-0616
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 400 Commonwealth Dr. Warrendale, PA 15096 (412) 776-4841
Society of Flight Test Engineers, 1007 West Ave. M-14, Suite F, Palmdale, CA 93551 (805) 538-9715
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) , One SME Drive Box 930 Dearborn, MI 48121 (313) 271-1500
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