Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I The Incubation Phase
- Part II The Infancy of Aerodynamics, and Some Growing Pains
- Part III Aerodynamics Comes of Age
- Part IV Twentieth-Century Aerodynamics
- Epilogue
- Appendixes
- A The Euler Equations
- B The Navier-Stokes Equations
- C Whirling-Arm Calculation Showing the Benefit of a Large-Radius Arm
- D Calculation of Drag for Langley's Flat Plate at a Zero Angle of Attack
- E Calculation of the Power-Required Curve for Langley's Flat-Plate Models
- F Calculation of Lift and Drag for a Glider Flown as a Kite
- G Aspect-Ratio Effect on the Wrights' 1900 Glider
- H Lift Coefficient According to Kutta
- I Compressibility Error in the Caldwell and Fales Data Reduction (1920)
- References
- Index
G - Aspect-Ratio Effect on the Wrights' 1900 Glider
from Appendixes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2015
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I The Incubation Phase
- Part II The Infancy of Aerodynamics, and Some Growing Pains
- Part III Aerodynamics Comes of Age
- Part IV Twentieth-Century Aerodynamics
- Epilogue
- Appendixes
- A The Euler Equations
- B The Navier-Stokes Equations
- C Whirling-Arm Calculation Showing the Benefit of a Large-Radius Arm
- D Calculation of Drag for Langley's Flat Plate at a Zero Angle of Attack
- E Calculation of the Power-Required Curve for Langley's Flat-Plate Models
- F Calculation of Lift and Drag for a Glider Flown as a Kite
- G Aspect-Ratio Effect on the Wrights' 1900 Glider
- H Lift Coefficient According to Kutta
- I Compressibility Error in the Caldwell and Fales Data Reduction (1920)
- References
- Index
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- A History of AerodynamicsAnd Its Impact on Flying Machines, pp. 459Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997