Space Vehicle Mechanisms : Elements of Successful Design

Rating:
Summary: Excellent Book
Review: This book does a very good job of presenting a wide range of mechanisms used in space-flight applications. It provides a good description to understand the basic operating principles of the various mechanisms with enough detail to figure out which type of a particular mechanism may be best suited to a particular application. I believe this book also does a good job of not getting too bogged down into abstract and esoteric details. If one wanted to find the aforementioned details, each section has with it a very good list of references; furthermore, each section was written by experts in the field of each type of mechanism presented rather then by a single author who tries to portray some knowledge in all or many areas.