Stratospheric Flight Aeronautics at the Limit /
The stratosphere is the highest layer of Earth's atmosphere where aircraft can still fly. The density of the air is just high enough here to generate lift on a wing or buoyancy on a balloon, so designing any stratospheric aircraft is a delicate technological balancing act for the engineer. Desi...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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New York, NY :
Praxis : Imprint: Springer,
2011.
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Σειρά: | Springer Praxis Books
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- About the author
- Prologue
- Millimeters of mercury
- Part I: In a hostile environment
- Chapter 1: A sense of not belonging
- Chapter 2: Comfort Zone
- Part II: New heights of flight
- Chapter 3: A tale of two Comets
- Chapter 4: Higher
- Chapter 5: Faster
- Part III: 'Above the weather'
- Chapter 6: Deep freeze
- Chapter 7: Rivers of air
- Chapter 8: Rough ride
- Chapter 9: A gray area
- Part IV: Where next?
- Chapter 10: Higher still
- V. Appendices
- Chapter 11: Unit conversions
- Chapter 12: Temperature profiles around the globe
- References
- Index.