High Speed Problems of Aircraft and Experimental Methods / / ed. by Allen F. Donovan.

Volume VIII of the High Speed Aerodynamics and Jet Propulsion series. This volume includes: performance calculation at high speed; stability and control of high speed aircraft; aeroelasticity and flutter; model testing; transonic wind tunnels; supersonic tunnels; hypersonic experimental facilities;...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1961
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 2421
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1024 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • PART ONE. HIGH SPEED PROBLEMS OF AIRCRAFT
  • SECTION A. METHODS OF PERFORMANCE CALCULATION AT HIGH SPEED
  • SECTION B. STABILITY AND CONTROL OF HIGH SPEED AIRCRAFT
  • SECTION C. AERO ELASTICITY AND FLUTTER
  • PART TWO. WIND TUNNEL TECHNIQUES
  • SECTION D. PRINCIPLES OF MODEL TESTING
  • SECTION E. INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSION OF HIGH SPEED TEST TECHNIQUES
  • SECTION F. TRANSONIC WIND TUNNELS
  • SECTION G. SUPERSONIC TUNNELS
  • SECTION H. HYPERSONIC EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES
  • SECTION I. LOW DENSITY WIND TUNNELS
  • SECTION J. THE SHOCK TUBE
  • SECTION K. WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENTS
  • PART THREE. FREE FLIGHT TECHNIQUES
  • SECTION L. OBJECTIVES OF FREE FLIGHT RESEARCH
  • SECTION M. INSTRUMENTED MODELS IN FREE FLIGHT
  • SECTION N. PILOTED AIRCRAFT TESTING
  • SECTION O. FREE FLIGHT RANGE METHODS
  • INDEX