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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457164203321

Titolo

German development of the swept wing [[electronic resource] ] : 1935-1945 / / edited by Hans-Ulrich Meier ; with contributions from Burghard Ciesla ... [et al.] ; translated by Egon Stanewsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Va., : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Lilienthal-Oberth, c2010

ISBN

1-60086-755-3

1-60086-754-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (768 p.)

Collana

Library of flight

Altri autori (Persone)

MeierH. U (Hans Ulrich)

CieslaBurghard

StanewskyE

Disciplina

629.134/32

Soggetti

Airplanes - Wings, Swept-back - Research - Germany - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""COVER""; ""TITLE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""FOREWORD""; ""A NOTE FROM THE SERIES EDITOR""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITION""; ""PREFACE TO THE GERMAN EDITION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CHAPTER 1: HISTORIC REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-SPEED AERODYNAMICS""; ""CHAPTER 2: HIGH-SPEED FLIGHT AND ITS AERODYNAMIC AND GASDYNAMIC CHALLENGES""; ""CHAPTER 3: DEVELOPMENT OF GERMAN TURBOJET ENGINES UP TO PRODUCTION READINESS""; ""CHAPTER 4: AEROELASTICITY PROBLEMS IN COMPRESSIBLE SUBSONIC AND TRANSONIC FLOW""; ""CHAPTER 5: EFFECT OF HIGH MACH NUMBERS ON HIGH-SPEED AIRCRAFT""

""CHAPTER 6: EXPERIENCE GAINED DURING DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF THE FIRST SWEPT-WING JET AIRCRAFT""""CHAPTER 7: SPECIAL FEATURES OF ANTIAIRCRAFT ROCKETS WITH SWEPT OR LOW-ASPECT-RATIO WINGS""; ""CHAPTER 8: TRANSFER OF GERMAN HIGH-SPEED AERODYNAMICS AFTER 1945""; ""APPENDIX A: ABBREVIATIONS



AND ACRONYMS""; ""APPENDIX B: ENGLISH SPELLING OF EUROPEAN TOWNS AND COUNTRIES""; ""APPENDIX C: SOURCES OF ORIGINAL REPORTS""; ""INDEX""; ""CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS""; ""SUPPORTING MATERIALS""