category: aerodynamics

Exploring in Aeronautics: An Introduction to Aeronautical Sciences Developed at the NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio

... Scale The scale of a chart is the ratio of a distance on the chart to the corresponding dis- tance on the surface of the Earth . Charts are made to various scales for different pur- poses . If a chart is to show a large area of the ...

A Method for Simulating the Atmospheric Entry of Long-range Ballistic Missiles

... Conduction of Heat in Solids . . Carslaw , H. S. , and Jaeger , J. C .: Oxford Univ . Press , 1948 , p . 8 . 6 . Charters , A. C. , Denardo , B. Pat , and Rossow , Vernon J .: Development of High - Velocity Free - Flight Launcher - The ...

Dynamic Investigation of Static Divergence: Analysis and Testing

... Brogan , William L. Modern Control Theory . Englewood Cliffs , New Jersey : Prentice Hall , 1985 , 2nd edition . Chen , P.C. A Damping Perturbation Method for Flutter Solution : The g - Method . Presented at the Confederation of ...

Aerodynamics of Tactical Weapons to Mach Number 8 and Angle of Attack 180°: Computer program and users guide

... 40K 1,6 JK = ( J - 1 ) * 6 + K EUNORF 344 EUNORF 345 EUNORF 346 EUNORF 347 EUNORF 348 EUNORF 349 EUNORF 350 EUNORF 351 EUNORF 352 EUNORF 353 EUNORF 354 EUNORF 355 EUNORF 356 EUNORF 357 EUNORF 358 EUNORF 359 EUNORF 360 EUNORF 361 40 G ...

Experimental Study of a Free Turbulent Shear Flow at Mach 19 with Electron-beam and Conventional Probes

... heater element and ambient background , and second was the beam current ... square root taken of the resultant difference . The total voltage and the ... chart recorder . A smooth curve was faired through the recorded data and rms data ...

NASA Technical Report

... parachute drag .-- When a body is de- scending at a constant velocity , parachute drag is equal to the weight of the ... equations ( 8 ) and ( 21 ) are compared to show the effect of neg- lecting parachute drag in the velocity equation ...

Study of Parachute Scale Effects

... equations by statistical techniques i 2. Scaling equations were developed for drag coefficient for the Ci cular Flat and Extended Skirt parachute types which apparently yield reas able predictions although the Extended Skirt scaling ...

Aeronautical Research Report ACA

... torsion and bending . Aero . Res . Report ACA - 39 ( Aust . ) , May , 1948 . sweep under 7. Wittrick - Conical tubes with high taper and torsion and bending loads . Aero . Res . Lab . Report Report SM.117 ( Aust . ) , August , 1948 . 8 ...

Introduction to Flight

Many new and revised problems have been added in this edition. Chapter learning features help readers follow the text discussion while highlighting key engineering and industry applications.

Introduction To Flight (Sie)

This edition covers new developments in flight, including unmanned aerial vehicles, uninhabited combat aerial vehicles, and applications of CFD in aircraft design. Many new and revised problems have been added in this edition.

Introduction to Flight: Patients and Serv:ice Users

In the ninth edition, several new sections of historical content have been added discussing, in particular, early efforts to understand aerodynamic drag more fully, and the development of human space flight.

The Magic School Bus Sees Stars: A Book about Stars

The Magic School Bus travels out of this world to check out the facts about stars. Keesha and the rest of the class discover what stars are made of, the difference between a young star and an old star, and much more.

AGARD Advisory Report

... CORROSION OF LIGHT METALS " , by H. P. Godard , W. B. Jepson , M. R. ... Manual T.O. 1-1-689 on Prevention and Control of Corrosion and Fungus ir ... guidelines for corrosion prevention somewhat in the form of specification requirements ...

Survey of Primary Flow Measurement Parameters at the NASA Langley Transonic Dynamics Tunnel

... Parameters at the NASA Langley Transonic Dynamics Tunnel 6. AUTHOR ( S ) David J. Piatak 5. FUNDING NUMBERS 762-20-41 ... PRICE CODE 17. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF REPORT Unclassified NSN 7540-01-280-5500 18. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF ...

Applied Hydrodynamics: An Introduction to Ideal and Real Fluid Flows

It is supported by notes, applications, remarks and discussions in each chapter. Moreover a series of appendices is added, while some major homework assignments are developed at the end of the book, before the bibliographic references.

Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators

Hugh H. Hurt. BASIC AERODYNAMICS ( DATA FROM NACA REPORT NO . 824 ) 2.0 RN = 6,000,000 SMOOTH SURFACE 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 SECTION LIFT COEFFICIENT CR 1.0 .8 .6 NACA 63-006 .2 NACA 63 , -412 NACA 4412 NACA 63 , -012 NACA 63-009 O -2 0 2 6 8 ...

The Rolling Moment Due to Sideslip of Triangular, Trapezoidal, and Related Plan Forms in Supersonic Flow

... M.A.C. 10 " Leading edge 60 ° +8 Pivot point 4 line -b = 60 ′′ - Ʌ = 0 ° , A = 6 4 M.A.CA 10 " -8+ Leading edge M.A.C. odgen 30 ° 10 " -b = 60 " - λ = 60 ° , A = 3 Ʌ = 30 , A = 5.2 Leading edge- 30 ° T λ = -30 ° , A = 5.2 10 " Leading ...

A Collection of Technical Papers: The 34th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Adaptive Structures Forum ; April 19-22, 1993

... openloop eigenvalues and eigenvectors . With the aid of the sensitivity values , the openloop eigenvalues and eigenvectors are approximated instead of being re - calculated and then substituted into the controller equations to obtain ...

The 34th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Adaptive Structures Forum: 93-1446 - 93-1519

... initial pitch rotation ; 0.2 , μ 100 , af = 0.25 ° , 8 = 0.5 ° , Mo = 0.0 ° . = determine the range of this chaotic motion ; these are best illustrated via a bifurcation diagram as shown in Figure 11. This diagram shows , as a function ...

NASA Technical Report

... Vincenti and Kruger , pp . 27-47 . 15. Ibid . , p . 346 . 16. Ibid . , p . 523 . 17. Reitz , John R .; and Milford , Frederick J .: Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory Addison - Wesley Publishing Company , ( Reading , Mass . ) , 1962 ...

NASA Technical Report

... Fermi age theory is taken to apply in the epithermal region , the resid- ual slowing - down , diffusion , and absorption proc- esses in this region may be treated in detail . To accomplish this , neutrons should be divided into three ...

Fixed and Flapping Wing Aerodynamics for Micro Air Vehicle Applications

This title reports on the latest research in the area of aerodynamic efficency of various fixed-wing, flapping wing, and rotary wing concepts. It presents the progress made by over fifty active researchers in the field.

Computer Program for Supersonic Kernel-function Flutter Analysis of Thin Lifting Surfaces

... 1 SUBDIVIDE THE REGION OF AS IN FIG . 3 OF REF . 1 . INTEGRATING FACTURS . C ... ANSI ( JN ) = 0.0 IC2 = 1 YTERM = Y ( MW ) BYMQ = BETA * Y ( MJ ) ETAL ... C 135 C 136 IC2 ICOUNT +1 C 137 C 150 D1L = 0 DL = ETA3 - ETAL IF ( ( UL / DEL21 ...

NASA Technical Report

... 600 70 700 65 60 800 900 Velocity , V1 50 ft / sec 40 60 50 40 30 20 Time during free fall , ff , sec 800 10 10 20 ... AR = 535 ft ( 3 ) Calculate y and x1 . From chart V , y1 = 57 ft / sec * 1 = xo + x = 20 + 178-198 ft / sec ( 4 ) ...

Structural Dynamics Division Research and Technology Accomplishments for FY 1993 and Plans for FY 1994

Eleanor C. Wynne. H46X18-20 BIAS - PLY AND RADIAL - BELTED TIRE ... conditions , at various yaw angles and speeds in order to define the ... analysis of the free rolling and braking data on dry and wet surfaces at various speeds and yaw angles ...

Structural Dynamics Division Research and Technology Accomplishments for FY 1988 and Plans for FY 1989

... Analysis Establishes Guidelines for Avoiding Aeroelastic Instabilities of X - Wing Aircraft Landing and Impact ... tire industry to achieve the technology required . The impact dynamics group conducts research to obtain a better understanding ...

NASA Technical Report

... drag por- tion of the drag polar without further increasing the maximum deceleration beyond that experi- enced at y ~ 0 . It would be necessary , though , to decrease L / D slowly enough during the moni- toring phase so that the ...

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