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Engineering Quick Reference Website
Airfoils
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Applied Aerodynamics: A Digital Textbook
- This site is an Internet version of Applied Aerodynamics.
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FoilSim and CurveBall Download (NASA)
- Simulation software available for download for predicting airflow around
various airfoil shapes.
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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.
- 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.
GPS (Global Positioning System)
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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.
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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.
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GPS Basics [Satellite Navigation Product Teams]
- Detailed explanation of how GPS works, its history, its various
applications and GPS policy.
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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.
Miscellaneous
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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.
- iCivilEngineer
- Useful for both students and professionals in civil engineering, this site
provides both links and documents relating to architectural engineering,
construction, earthquake engineering, environmental engineering, geotechnical
engineering, hydraulic engineering, structural engineering, and surveying. The
Transportation Engineering category has an excellent section on airport
engineering.
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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
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Find it @ NASA
- One place to search all of the NASA Web servers at all of the research
facilities.
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NASA Documents Online
- A title listing of many fulltext NASA documents.
- NASA Glenn Research
Center Technical Reports
- Over 3361 NASA technical report abstracts and over 3042 fulltext 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
Report Server
- The NTRS database allows searching of various servers such as CASI TRS,
which are maintained by numerous NASA research centers. These servers index 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 fulltext 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.
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.
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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.
Databases
Engineering Resources
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AIAA Citation Database
- The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) site
provides a database indexing AIAA Meeting papers back to 1963 as well as
selected AIAA journals. If you are an affiliate of ERAU, you may access
fulltext AIAA Papers (1963 to current) as well as fulltext AIAA Journals
throught the Library's 'Databases & Periodical Indexes,' available through
ERNIE. Alternatively, the
Hunt Library provides most AIAA papers from 1982 to date in microfiche format
and has print subcriptions to many AIAA journals.
- ASCE's Civil Engineering
Database
- This resource from the American Society of Civil Engineers indexes all
publications (journals, conference proceedings, books, etc.) from 1970 to
present. Use an asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol and enclose boolean
operators (and, or, not) within quotes ('AND') when searching. Search results
typically include full citation and abstract. Fulltext ASCE journals from 1995
to present are available online to ERAU Daytona Beach campus affiliates via
the Library's 'Databases & Periodical Indexes,' accessible through
ERNIE.
- ASSIST
Quick Search
- Almost 104,000 Department of Defense standards and specifications, also
known as 'mil specs,' are available here in full text. Search by word in the
title, by document ID, by document number or by FSC (Federal Supply Class).
The documents are available in .pdf format.
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DTIC ONLINE: Public Technical Reports
- Sponsored by the Defense Technical Information Center , DTIC Online
searches publicly accessible information sources and includes report citations
and many full-text technical reports.
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Find it @ NASA
- One place to search all of the NASA Web servers at all of the research
facilities.
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Intute: E-journals search engine
- Search the content of over 350 freely available full-text science,
engineering and technology ejournals.
- Intute:
Science, Engineering and Technology Database
- An interdisciplinary database that includes the best Internet resources
for teaching, learning and research, covering the physical sciences,
engineering, computing, geography, mathematics and environmental science.
- MatWeb
- Online Materials Information Resource This site is provided by Automatic
Creations, Inc., and gives access to the composition and properties of almost
20,000 engineering materials. These materials can be searched for by property,
category, property group, or name (i.e., 4130 steel).
- NASA Technical
Report Server
- The NTRS database allows searching of various servers such as CASI TRS,
which are maintained by numerous NASA research centers. These servers index 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 fulltext format.
General Interest Resources
- BNET Research Center
- Locate millions of fulltext articles from thousands of magazines and
journals.
- Librarian's Index to the
Internet
- Updated daily, a searchable collection of Web links on every topic.
- Scitopia.org
- Simultaneously search over 21 leading science and technology societies,
including IEEE, AIAA, SAE, AIP, ASCE, and ASME for article citations and
abstracts. Patent information and government documents are also searchable.
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Statistical Resources on the Web
- A ton of statistical sources for topics including transportation,
politics, weather and much, much more.
Medical Resources
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FAA Aviation Medicine Reports
- Published by the FAA, the FAA AM index provides access to Aviation
Medicine reports by subject, author and chronologically. Most reports are also
fulltext at this site. You may also access the entire collection in fulltext
format at the Hunt Library website at
http://amelia.db.erau.edu;
just click on 'Online Full-Text Resources,' then 'FAA Aviation Medicine
Reports.'
- PubMed
- PubMed is the publicly accessible version of MEDLINE developed by the
National Library of Medicine. It contains citations from over 3,900
international biomedical journals, some of which are owned by the Hunt Library
including Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. Journal coverage
is provided from 1966 through the present. In most cases, an abstract is
included with the citation.
PubMed Central, a subset of PubMed, contains fulltext documents, many of
which pertain to aviation/aerospace medicine.
Military Resources
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AULIMP
- AULIMP is the Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals from
1990 through the present. This index is searchable by journal title, author,
subject heading, or keyword. A simple search (the default choice) is
restricted to a single field. An advanced search will allow you to search
different fields. The result list shows the article titles, you can click on
the 'Full Citation' to see more complete information.
- Searchmil.com
- All the results found by this search engine are pages which have the .mil
extension to their Web address or URL.
- US Army Aeromedical
Research Laboratory
- Established in 1962, the AARL provides aviation medical research support
to Army aviation activities. Click on "Technical Reports" for a dropdown menu,
then select "Search for Tech Reports." Most accurate searching is by Report
Number; many documents are full text.
Transportation Resources
- Transportation
Research Board (TRB) Publications Index
- This index contains over 30,000 annotated citations from the 1920's to the
present. It includes individual papers from the Transportation Research
Records, conference proceedings, circulars, and TR News. The Hunt
Library owns many of the Research Records and also has a subscription to the
periodical, TR News.
- TRANweb
- The Transportation Article File from Northwestern University. It indexes a
large number of journal articles some of which can be found in the Hunt
Library. Searching should look familiar to ERAU students because Northwestern
is using the same software as the Hunt Library's online catalog, Voyager.
- TRIS
online
- The Transportation Research Information Services from the Transportation
Research Board. An index of over 450,000 items including books, journal
articles and research reports from the 1960's to the present. After
identifying a useful source, ERAU students are welcome to speak with a
Reference Librarian to determine if the item is in the Hunt Memorial Library.
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