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Rockets, in the primitive form of fireworks, have existed since the Chinese invented them around the thirteenth century. But it was the work of American Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) and his development of liquid-fueled rockets that first produced a controlled rocket flight. Fascinated by roc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Mineola, N.Y. :
Dover Publications,
2002.
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| Colección: | Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; A METHOD OF REACHING EXTREME ALTITUDES; PREFACE; A METHOD OF REACHING EXTREME ALTITUDES; A METHOD OF REACHING EXTREME ALTITUDES; PART I. THEORY; METHOD TO BE EMPLOYED; STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM; REDUCTION OF EQUATION TO THE SIMPLEST FORM; RIGOROUS SOLUTION FOR MINIMUM M AT PRESENT IMPOSSIBLE; SOLUTION OF THE MINIMUM PROBLEM BY AN APPROXIMATE METHOD; PART II. EXPERIMENTS; EFFICIENCY OF ORDINARY ROCKET; EXPERIMENTS IN AIR WITH SMALL STEEL CHAMBERS; EXPERIMENTS WITH LARGE CHAMBER; EXPERIMENTS IN VACUO; DISCUSSION OF RESULTS.
- Discussion of possible explanationsconclusions from experiments; significance of the above experiments as regards constructing a practical apparatus; part iii. calculations based on theory and experiment; application of approximate method; values of the quantities occurring in the equations; division of the altitude into intervals; calculation of minimum mass for each interval; explanation of tables v and vi; calculation of minimum mass to raise one pound to various altitudes in the atmosphere; check on approximate method of calculation; recovery of apparatus on return.
- Applications to daily observationscalculation of minimum mass required to raise one pound to an "infinite" altitude; summary; conclusion; appendix a
- theory of the motion with direct lift; appendix b
- theory of the displacements for simple harmonic motion; appendix c
- theory of direct-lift impulse-meter; appendix d
- theory of spring impulse-meter; appendix e
- check on approximate method of calculation, for small charges fired in rapid succession; appendix f
- proof that the retardation between 500,000 ft. and 1,000,000 ft. is negligible; appendix g
- probability of collision with meteors.
- NOTESLIQUID-PROPELLANT ROCKET DEVELOPMENT; LIQUID-PROPELLANT ROCKET DEVELOPMENT; INTRODUCTION; THE ESTABLISHMENT IN NEW MEXICO; STATIC TESTS OF 1930-32; FLIGHTS DURING THE PERIOD 1930-32; RESUMPTION OF FLIGHTS IN NEW MEXICO; DEVELOPMENT OF STABILIZED FLIGHT; PENDULUM STABILIZER; GYROSCOPE STABILIZER; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; CONCLUSION; A Biographical Note and Appreciation.