The enigma of the aerofoil rival theories in aerodynamics, 1909-1930
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TextPublication details: Chicago London The University of Chicago Press 2011 Description: xiv, 547 pISBN: 9780226060958 (PB)Subject(s): Aerodynamics -- HistoryDDC classification: 76-25 BLO | Item type | Current library | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | TIFR CAM Library | 76-25 BLO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | M12201 |
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| 7.04 SHAS Elements of differential topology | 7+2+8+4.08 SHIG Mathematical gift, III interplay between topology, functions, geometry, & aigebra | 7+2+8+4.08 UENO Mathematical gift, II Interplay between topology, functions, geometry, & algebra | 76-25 BLO The enigma of the aerofoil rival theories in aerodynamics, 1909-1930 | 7+8+13 FRAN Geometry of physics introduction | 7+8+13 FRAN Geometry of physics introduction | 8.01+13.01 BENN Introduction to spinors & geometry with applications in physics |
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.
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