Modeling ships and space craft. The science and art of mastering the oceans and sky/Моделирование кораблей и космических кораблей. Наука и искусство освоения океанов и неба

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Since earliest recorded history, man has sought an understanding of natural phenomenon. Some sought understanding as a way to control phenomenon like fl ooding in areas vital to agriculture. Others sought understanding as a way to join in the phenomenon that intrigued them. For both those seeking to control the movement of water and those seeking to move through the air with the birds, the close observation of fl uids in motion was a natural place to begin.

Contents
Part I Fluid Dynamics in Action
1 Airborne Creatures
Birds
Bats
Flying Insects
Seeds
Land Animals
Conclusion
Notes
2 Human Innovation
The Kite
Sports
Man on Land
Man in Water
Conclusion
Notes
3 Aquatic Creatures
Lift
Gravity
Water Column
Thrust
Resistance
Conclusion
Notes
Part II Evolution of Theory
4 Hydrodynamic Theorists
Aristotle Through Hero: Early Theorists
da Vinci Through Lagrange: Fluid Dynamics
Fulton Through Taylor: Principles in Action
Notes
5 Aerodynamic Theorists
Into the Air: Early Theorists
Into the Air: Non-winged Flight
Into the Air: Winged Flight
Into Space
Notes
Part III Scale Model Testing Begins
6 William Froude
William Froude
Froude’s Early Work
The Admiralty Experiment Works at Torquay
The Equipment
The Models
Initial Tests
The HMS Greyhound Trials
Conclusion
Notes
7 David Watson Taylor
David Watson Taylor
The Models
Making the Models
Results Reported in the 1900 Report
NACA
Conclusion
Notes
8 Early Aviators
Machinery
Notes
9 The Wright Brothers
The Wright Approach
An Interest in Flight Awakens
And So They Begin
Lilienthal’s Data and the Need for Model Testing
Testing Begins
Wind Tunnel Tests
The Balances
Airfoils
Back to Kitty Hawk
After Success
Conclusion
Notes
10 Rocketmen
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Robert Goddard
Unwanted Attention
Goddard and Oberth
Lucky Lindy to the Rescue
Hermann Oberth
It Is Rocket Science
Conclusion
Notes
Part IV Model Testing Today
11 Computational Fluid Dynamics
Virtual Testing
Methodology
CFD at Universities
What Is Modeled?
More than Ships, Planes, and Rockets
Scale Models
Notes
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index