What Makes Airplanes Fly?: History, Science, and Applications of AerodynamicsSpringer Science & Business Media, 6. 12. 2012 - 225 strán (strany) Developed for humanities students at Yale and intended for the general reader interested in flight, this book is about aerodynamics in the broadest sense. To put the science into its social context, the author describes (with many illustrations) the history of human attempts to fly and discusses the outlook for future developments, as well as the social impact of commercial aviation. Although only elementary mathematics is used, the underlying science is discussed rigorously, but clearly, and with an emphasis on the visualizable aspects. Thus readers whose background is not in physics will deepen their knowledge of physics, gain an understanding of what keeps the huge airliners up, and appreciate some of the details of the exciting recent developments in technology. |
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Strana vii
... problems found in the study guide . The tables of properties in the book are sufficient to extract the numerical values required for their solution . I developed the material given here while teaching Yale College students in the ...
... problems found in the study guide . The tables of properties in the book are sufficient to extract the numerical values required for their solution . I developed the material given here while teaching Yale College students in the ...
Strana 15
... problems of aviation , making a hop in a powered air- craft in 1874. Cayley was not known to either one of them . In 1858 , a French inventor named P. Jullien was the first to fly a small model airplane with two propellers operated by ...
... problems of aviation , making a hop in a powered air- craft in 1874. Cayley was not known to either one of them . In 1858 , a French inventor named P. Jullien was the first to fly a small model airplane with two propellers operated by ...
Strana 18
... problems of stability in flight . Proper weight distribution of the flying machine assured stability in the pitch and yaw planes ( see Figure 1.3 ) . Lilienthal also considered stability about the roll axis , in con- trast to most other ...
... problems of stability in flight . Proper weight distribution of the flying machine assured stability in the pitch and yaw planes ( see Figure 1.3 ) . Lilienthal also considered stability about the roll axis , in con- trast to most other ...
Strana 22
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Strana 42
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Obsah
Milestones of the Modern Age | 25 |
The Nature of Liquids and Gases | 41 |
The Atmosphere of the Earth | 47 |
Air in Motion | 57 |
Turning to Aerodynamics | 79 |
Aerodynamic Drag | 87 |
Aerodynamic Lift | 109 |
Notes on the Whole Airplane | 131 |
Supersonic | 145 |
Air Transportation and the Outlook for the Future | 167 |
Facts from Algebra | 183 |
The SI System | 195 |
A Guide to Further Reading | 203 |
FIGURE AND TABLE CREDITS | 213 |
Iné vydania - Zobraziť všetky
What Makes Airplanes Fly?: History, Science, and Applications of Aerodynamics Peter P. Wegener Zobrazenie úryvkov - 1991 |
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