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Series Editor-in-Chief
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., Reston, Virginia

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Henderson, David M. (David Melvin), 1935
Applied cartesian tensors for aerospace simulations /David M. Henderson.
p. cm. (AIAA education series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Flight simulators Mathematics. 2. Calculus of tensors. I. Title. II. Series.
TL712.5.H46 2006
629.132 52078 dc22 2006000085

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Acknowledgments

During my aerospace career, I have worked with many engineers and scientists and have learned greatly from them. I hope that the explanatory style of the text presents the analyses and information concisely for the young engineers and scientists coming into this field of knowledge.

I would like to acknowledge many of those who worked with me over...