The enigma of the aerofoil rival theories in aerodynamics, 1909-1930
Bloor, David.
The enigma of the aerofoil rival theories in aerodynamics, 1909-1930 - Chicago London The University of Chicago Press 2011 - xiv, 547 p
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mathematicians versus practical men: the founding of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics -- The air as an ideal fluid: classical hydrodynamics and the foundations of aerodynamics -- Early British work on lift and drag: Rayleigh flow versus the aerodynamics of intuition -- Lanchester's cyclic theory of lift and its early reception -- Two traditions: mathematical physics and technical mechanics -- Technische Mechanik in action: Kutta's arc and the Joukowsky wing -- The finite wing: Ludwig Prandtl and the Göttingen school -- '"We have nothing to learn from the Hun": realization dawns -- The laws of Prandtl and the laws of nature -- Pessimism, positivism, and relativism: aerodynamic knowledge in context.
9780226060958 (PB)
2011013059
Aerodynamics--History
76-25 BLO
The enigma of the aerofoil rival theories in aerodynamics, 1909-1930 - Chicago London The University of Chicago Press 2011 - xiv, 547 p
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mathematicians versus practical men: the founding of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics -- The air as an ideal fluid: classical hydrodynamics and the foundations of aerodynamics -- Early British work on lift and drag: Rayleigh flow versus the aerodynamics of intuition -- Lanchester's cyclic theory of lift and its early reception -- Two traditions: mathematical physics and technical mechanics -- Technische Mechanik in action: Kutta's arc and the Joukowsky wing -- The finite wing: Ludwig Prandtl and the Göttingen school -- '"We have nothing to learn from the Hun": realization dawns -- The laws of Prandtl and the laws of nature -- Pessimism, positivism, and relativism: aerodynamic knowledge in context.
9780226060958 (PB)
2011013059
Aerodynamics--History
76-25 BLO