MISSILE CONFIGURATION DESIGN by Chin, S. S. reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

From The Space Library

MISSILE CONFIGURATION DESIGN

by Chin, S. S.

New York, 1961: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 279 pages, $11.00

Basic principles of design are covered, with aerodynamic factors dominating. Propulsion and structural considerations are included, together with chapters on missile performance, static longitudinal stability and control, maneuvering flight, dynamic stability, aerodynamic launching problems, and free-flight dispersions. There are eight appendices.

Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III