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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sóbester, Andras (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Praxis : Imprint: Praxis, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Colección:Popular Science,
Temas:
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Engineering.
Life sciences.
Social sciences.
Humanities.
Science.
Mathematics.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Technology and Engineering.
Life Sciences.
Humanities and Social Sciences.
Physical Sciences.
Mathematics and Computing.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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