Useful links
This page contains many useful links of high-quality scientific search engines, web portals, web libraries, literature repositories, scientific software resources, and other sites that somehow relate to the subject of this website. This page aims to be a useful starting point for scientific research in (aerospace) technology, and searches for scientific (Matlab/Simulink) software.
Scientific programming resources, with emphasis on Matlab
- The Mathworks
- Matlab homepage
- The Mathworks - Downloads
- download page from The Mathworks
- The Mathworks - Matlab Central
- this page provides links to the Matlab/Simulink file-exchange (which includes a dedicated aerospace section), the Matlab Usenet newsgroup, and the Matlab FAQ
- Mathtools.net
- very large technical computing portal, includes many Matlab links
- Scientific Web
- portal with emphasis on scientific software for specific fields of science; includes a Matlab section
- The OpenScience Project
- open-source scientific software portal (the portal is still small, but the number of software entries seems to be growing steadily)
- Scientific software at the dmoz open directory project
- scientific software section of the dmoz web-directory; includes a dedicated Matlab section
- The Matlab WebRing
- this page lists the members of the Matlab Webring (not very active anymore)
- Indiana University Stat/Math center
- site with some introductionary information about Matlab; provides several links to other on-line Matlab tutorials
- Cambridge University Engineering Department
- this Matlab page of the Department of Engineering of Cambridge University provides some useful links to Matlab toolboxes, tutorials, and short articles
- Matlab Educational Sites
- a useful list of educational sites for Matlab and Simulink, maintained by the creators of the Mastering Matlab website
- Software links from Salvador Vera Ballesteros
- Partly spanish/partly english site with links to several scientific software packages, including many Matlab resources
- Matlab links from Juan Carlos Cockburn
- another useful list of Matlab references
- The comp.soft-sys.matlab newsgroup on Usenet (News)
- this group is frequently visited by many helpful people who are always willing to assist with all kinds of Matlab-related questions
- Web-archive of comp.soft-sys.matlab
- the same newsgroup as above, but this one has a web-interface and a huge newsgroup archive
- CSSM Matlab FAQ
- list of frequently asked questions in from comp.soft-sys.matlab
- Matlab FAQ by Michele Zavada
- another list of frequently asked Matlab questions, maintained by Michele Zavada from The MathWorks
- Old Matlab FAQ (PDF)
- an old (1996), but very detailed list of frequently asked questions, maintained by Matt Wette and Anders Holtsberg
Scientific web portals, with emphasis on aerospace technology
- AERADE Aerospace and Defense portal
- portal to aerospace and defense resources on the Internet from Cranfield university
- Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library
- engineering portal with a large aerospace section
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Virtual Library
- large virtual library with a wealth of aerospace and aviation resources
- Engineering section of the Yahoo! directory
- engineering section of Yahoo!; includes a dedicated Aerospace section
- Technology section of the dmoz open directory project
- engineering section of the dmoz web-directory; includes a dedicated Aerospace section
- Control Engineering Virtual Library
- virtual library with many links to control engineering research groups all across the world
- The WWW virtual library
- portal to a large number of virtual libraries for many different sciences
- CompletePlanet.com
- portal to many specialist search engines and databases
Engineering resources, with emphasis on aerospace technology
- NASA Scientific & Technical Information
- scientific aerospace information from NASA
- NASA Technical Reports Server
- search technical reports in the NTRS database
- NATO Research & Technology organization
- NATO repository of technical publications, with strong emphasis on military applications
- NLR publications
- starting point to browse publications of the Dutch Aerospace Laboratory NLR, many of which can be obtained in PDF format
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- very commendable initiative by MIT, whereby many of their course materials are being made available on-line
- Delft University of Technology library
- provides many useful scientific literature resources, including a dedicated aerospace section
- CiteSeer Scientific Digital Library
- powerful scientific library that indexes Postscript and PDF research articles on the Web
- METReS - MAGiC Engineering Technical Report Service
- an online database (the National Reports Catalogue), containing information on engineering technical reports and their locations, an associated electronic full text archive, and other related services (this site is no longer maintained)
- See How It Flies
- a free online book by John S. Denker about the perceptions, procedures, and principles of flight
- Irrotational Plane Flows of an Inviscid Fluid
- fluid dynamics tutorial by Prof. Colombini from the University of Genoa, with some nicely animated GIFs of airflow and force distribution past a wing-profile
- Advanced topics in Aerodynamics
- a nice, free, electronic document about aerodynamics, aeronautics and propulsion systems
- Georgia Tech School of Aerospace Engineering
- some downloadable publications from the Controls Group of the Georgia Tech School of Aerospace Engineering
- ACSL publications from AEgis Technologies
- a long list of publications about ACSL applications, several of which are aerospace-related
- Literature links from Salvador Vera Ballesteros
- Partly spanish/partly english site with links to several scientific magazines and publishers
- JSBSim links for aircraft model developers
- a list of useful links for developers of aircraft models, maintained by the maker of the JBSim open source flight dynamics model; includes many links to online books, reports, and tutorials
- FlightGear links for flight simulation and flight model developers
- a similar list of links, this time maintained by developers of FlightGear, an impressive Open Source flightsimulation program
- Flight simulation resources from SimDynamics
- a list of useful resources for flight-simulation; includes several direct download links to some useful NASA reports
- The NASA Glenn Learning Technologies Project
- a nice with aeronautics and math resources, providing a nice overview over some basic concepts in science and engineering (includes links to some useful software packages)
Aerospace engineering in The Netherlands
- Delft Aerospace
- the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of Delft University of Technology
- Control & Simulation Division of Delft Aerospace
- this division of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering specializes in dynamics, modeling, control, and simulation of aircraft and spacecraft
- SIMONA
- the International Research Institute for Simulation, Motion and Navigation, a flight-simulation research initiative by several faculties of Delft University of Technology
- Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR)
- Dutch aerospace laboratory that carries out independent contract research for national and international customers
- Fokker
- despite the demise of Fokker as independent aircraft manufacturer, parts of the company are still on the forefront of aviation, within the Stork Aerospace Group
- Dutch Space
- space technology in The Netherlands (formerly known as Fokker Space)
- ESTEC
- the European Space Research & Technology Centre
Other Dutchroll sites
- Lulu.com webshop for Dutchroll
- Webshop that offers printing-on-demand versions of some publications from this website
- The Dutchroll project page at SourceForge
- Offers the downloads from this website and CVS services (and several other services that may be used for this project in the future)
- Dutchroll weblog
- Currently functioning mainly as news archive for this website, but it may also be used to publish other interesting articles that are considered off-topic for this website
