Stratospheric Flight Aeronautics at the Limit /

• Main Author: Sóbester, Andras (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Praxis : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Space sciences.; Popular works.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science, general.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.