Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 494 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 844 g
Reihe: Cambridge Aerospace Series
And Its Impact on Flying Machines
Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 494 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 844 g
Reihe: Cambridge Aerospace Series
ISBN: 978-0-521-66955-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
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Part I. The Incubation Phase: 1. Aerodynamics - what is it?; 2. The prehistory of aerodynamics - from antiquity to Da Vinci; 3. The dawn of aerodynamic thought - to George Cayley and the concept of the modern airplane configuration; Part II. The Infancy of Aerodynamics and Some Growing Pains: 4. The infancy of aerodynamics - to Lilienthal and Langley; Part III. Aerodynamics Comes of Age: 5. Applied aerodynamics comes of age: the Wright brothers; 6. Theoretical aerodynamics comes of age: the circulation theory of lift, and boundary layer theory; Part IV. Twentieth-Century Aerodynamics: 7. Aerodynamics in the age of strut-and-wire biplanes; 8. Aerodynamics in the age of mature propellor-driven airplanes; 9. Aerodynamics in the age of the jet airplane; Epilogue.