What Makes Airplanes Fly?: History, Science, and Applications of AerodynamicsSpringer Science & Business Media, 6. 12. 2012 - 260 strán (strany) How can an airplane weighing many tons stay aloft for many hours, flying so smoothly that the passengers may feel less like they are moving than they would in a car? The answer, of course, lies in the wings and the air they are moving through, and the study of the flow of air around airplane wings is part of the science of aerodynamics. This book is about aerodynamics in the broadest sense. In addition to airplanes, it discusses the aerodynamics of cars and birds, and the motion of diverse object thorugh air and water. The fundamental notions of mechanics and fluid dynamics -- that is, the basic physics underlying aerodynamics -- are clearly explained. The underlying science is discussed rigorously, but only elementary mathematics is used, and only occasionally. To put the science into its human context, the author describes (with many illustrations) the history of human attempts to fly and discusses the social impact of commercial aviation as well as the outlook for future developments. This book is addressed primarily to readers whose background is not in physics or engineering. It will deepen their knowledge of these fields and add to their appreciation of some exciting recent developements in technology. This new edition has been brought up to date throughout; solutions to selected exercises have been added, as well as new problems and other study aids. |
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... tion . Books on history , aeronautical engineering , and military avia- tion are listed in Appendix 4 to facilitate further study . The general reader may safely skip all appendixes and the foot- notes . Even the few equations can be ...
... tion . Books on history , aeronautical engineering , and military avia- tion are listed in Appendix 4 to facilitate further study . The general reader may safely skip all appendixes and the foot- notes . Even the few equations can be ...
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... tion to flight was arrived at about 120 years later by the father of modern aviation , Sir George Cayley , about whom we will have much to say later . Cayley showed how a powered airplane would be pos- sible by discarding the ...
... tion to flight was arrived at about 120 years later by the father of modern aviation , Sir George Cayley , about whom we will have much to say later . Cayley showed how a powered airplane would be pos- sible by discarding the ...
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... tion of the world . Gusmao demonstrated his invention in the palace of the king of Portugal , in the process setting a curtain on fire . In the same year he designed an airship named Passarola , which was sup- posed to be propelled by ...
... tion of the world . Gusmao demonstrated his invention in the palace of the king of Portugal , in the process setting a curtain on fire . In the same year he designed an airship named Passarola , which was sup- posed to be propelled by ...
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... tion . Among other ideas , he adopted camber : his wings were curved on top , departing from a flat plate by one - twelfth of a chord ( the distance between the leading and trailing edges of a wing ) . This shap- ing gave Lilienthal's ...
... tion . Among other ideas , he adopted camber : his wings were curved on top , departing from a flat plate by one - twelfth of a chord ( the distance between the leading and trailing edges of a wing ) . This shap- ing gave Lilienthal's ...
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What Makes Airplanes Fly?: History, Science, and Applications of Aerodynamics Peter P. Wegener Zobrazenie úryvkov - 1991 |
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aerodynamics Aeronautics aircraft airfoil airliners airplane airship altitude angle of attack Appendix atmosphere automobile aviation balloon behavior Bernoulli's equation bird Boeing boundary layer Cayley Cayley's Chapter constant craft cruising cylinder density dimension discussed distance drag and lift drag coefficient duct earth effect energy engine experiments fact flew flight speed flow speed fluid dynamics fluid mechanics flying machines fuel gases given glider gravity incompressible increase jet turbines km/h laminar later lift force Lilienthal liquids Mach number mass measured molecules monoplane motion moving Newton ornithopter passengers pilot plane plate pressure problems produced propeller propulsion ratio Reynolds number rocket shape shear shown in Figure space speed of sound sphere stagnation pressure steady streamlines supersonic surface Table temperature test section Theodore von Kármán thrust tion tube turn unit velocity vortex wind tunnel wing Wright brothers Wright Flyer