Modeling Ships and Space Craft The Science and Art of Mastering the Oceans and Sky /

Modeling Ships and Space Craft: The Science and Art of Mastering the Oceans and Sky begins with the theories of Aristotle and Archimedes, moving on to examine the work of Froude and Taylor, the early aviators and the Wright Brothers, Goddard and the other rocket men, and the computational fluid dyna...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hagler, Gina (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Temas:
Continuum mechanics.
Engineering.
Life sciences.
Social sciences.
Humanities.
Science.
Mathematics.
Continuum Mechanics.
Technology and Engineering.
Life Sciences.
Humanities and Social Sciences.
Physical Sciences.
Mathematics and Computing.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Part I - Fluid Dynamics in Action
  • Chapter 1 - Airborne Creatures
  • Chapter 2 - Human Innovation
  • Chapter 3 - Aquatic Creatures
  • Part II - Evolution of Theory
  • Chapter 4 - Hydrodynamic Theorists
  • Chapter 5 - Aerodynamic Theorists
  • Part III - Scale Model Testing Begins
  • Chapter 6 - William Froude
  • Chapter 7 - David Watson Taylor
  • Chapter 8 - Early Aviators
  • Chapter 9 - The Wright Brothers
  • Chapter 10 - Rocketmen
  • Part IV - Model Testing Today
  • Chapter 11 - Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography.

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