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| Energiya-Buran: The Soviet Space Shuttle |
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Energiya-Buran: The Soviet Space Shuttle
Author : Bart Hendrickx, Bert Vis | Published by Springer Praxis
PDF Format, 544 pages | 17037 KB | RS Information: In Energiya-Buran: the Soviet Space Shuttle, the authors describe the long development path of the Soviet space shuttle system, consisting of the Energiya rocket and the Buran orbiter. The program eventually saw just one unmanned flight in November 1988 before the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union sealed its fate. After a Foreword provided by lead Buran test pilot Igor Volk, the authors look at the experience gradually accumulated in high-speed aeronautics with the development of various Soviet rocket planes and intercontinental cruise missiles between the 1930s to 1950s and the study of several small spaceplanes in the 1960s. Next the authors explain how the perceived military threat of the US Space Shuttle led to the decision in February 1976 to build a Soviet equivalent, and explore the evolution of the design until it was frozen in 1979. Following this is a detailed technical description of both Energiya and Buran and a look at nominal flight scenarios and emergency situations, highlighting similarities and differences with the US Space Shuttle. The authors then expand on the managerial aspects of the Energiya-Buran program, sum up the main design bureaus and production facilities involved in the project and describe the infrastructure needed to transport the hardware and prepare it for launch at the Baikonur cosmodrome. They go on to detail the selection and training of teams of civilian and military test pilots for Buran, crew assignments for the first manned missions and preparatory flights aboard Soyuz spacecraft. Next the focus turns to the extensive test program that preceded the first flight of Buran, notably the often trouble-plagued test firings of rocket engines, the first flight of Energiya with the enigmatic Polyus payload, test flights of subscale models and atmospheric approach and landing tests. After an analysis of Western speculation on the Soviet space shuttle effort in the pre-glasnost era, a detailed account is given of final preparations for the maiden flight of Buran and the mission itself. In the final chapters the authors look at the gradual demise of the project in the early 1990s, the fate of the Soviet orbiters and their cosmodrome infrastructure, cancelled missions, and the many planned derivatives of the Energiya rocket. Attention is also paid to technological spin-offs such as the Zenit and Sea Launch projects and the RD-180 and RD-191 rocket engines. Finally, an overview is given of alternative spaceplane proposals during and after the Buran era, including the MAKS air-launched spaceplane, the Kliper spacecraft and various single-stage-to-orbit systems. The book closes off with key specifications of the Energiya-Buran system, short biographies of the Buran pilots, an extensive list of Russian acronyms, a short bibliographical essay and a detailed index. Based largely on Russian sources, it is richly illustrated with some 250 pictures and diagrams. Although Energiya-Buran was primarily a program of unfulfilled promises and shattered dreams, it represented a major technological breakthrough for the Soviet Union and its story deserves to be told.
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| Wrightscape : Frank Lloyd Wright's Landscape Designs |
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Wrightscape : Frank Lloyd Wright's Landscape Designs| 20 Mb | 396 Pages | PDF | RS Author: Charles E. Aguar and Berdeana Aguar Publisher: McGraw-Hill , 2002 Overview: Here is the first book to examine the environmental landscape designs of Frank Lloyd Wright, probably the world's best known and most influential architect. WRIGHTSCAPES analyzes 85 of his works, and pays particular attention to site planning, landscape design, community scale, and regional planning. The authors include many original diagrams, rare archival material, and some 200 photographs, many never published before. WRIGHTSCAPES also chronicles how and way Wright's famous ecological sensabilities were established and how his design aspirations went far beyond accepted definitions of architecture. WRIGHTSCAPES is ideal for required or supplemental reading within many curriculums of architecture, landscape architecture, and city planning or urban design. Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction: Forces That Shaped the Young Architect Chapter 2: The Emergent Years: 1889-1897 Chapter 3: The Oak Park Studio Years: 1897-1909 Chapter 4: The Pivotal Years: 1909-1915 Chapter 5: The California Years: A Search for New Direction, 1916-1923 Chapter 6: The Closing Years of an Era: 1923-1929 Chapter 7: The Depression Years--A Time for Reflection, 1929-1937 Chapter 8: The Taliesin Fellowship Years--The Era of Usonia: 1937-1959 Afterword
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| Lighting Design Basics |
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Lighting Design Basics | 10Mb | PDF | RS Author: Mark Karlen and James Benya. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Contents Chapter 1 Introduction: How to Use This Book Chapter 2 Light Sources Chapter 3 Luminaires Chapter 4 Switching and Dimming Chapter 5 Daylighting Chapter 6 Lighting Calculations Chapter 7 Documenting Lighting Design Chapter 8 Lighting Concepts: The Layers Approach Chapter 9 A Basic Approach to Lighting Design Chapter 10 Residential Lighting Design Chapter 1 1 Office and Corporate Lighting Design Chapter 12 Hospitality Lighting Design Chapter 13 Health Care /Institutional Lighting Design Chapter 14 Lighting for Stores Chapter 15 Lighting Common Spaces Chapter 16 The Professional Process of Lighting Chapter 17 Collaborating With Lighting Designers Chapter 18 Computers and Lighting Design Chapter 19 Developing Skills Beyond the Basics
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