Aerospace engineering

Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Document Number: Volume I, Part 2: Principles and Construction (pages 417-840)Series: Aero Engineering (3 Volumes in six books, plus Chart Volume)Scope: This illustrated technical reference book, published January 1, 1937, is the 2nd of 7 books in the series. It is a compilation of short articles that provide detailed information on the...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Document Number: Volume II, Part 1: Production (pages 1-400)Series: Aero Engineering (3 Volumes in six books, plus Chart Volume)Scope: This illustrated technical reference book, published January 1, 1937, is the 3rd of 7 books in the series. It is a compilation of short articles that provide detailed information about the developments,...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Document Number: Volume II, Part 2: Production (pages 401 - 846)Series: Aero Engineering (3 Volumes in six books, plus Chart Volume)Scope: This illustrated technical reference book, published January 1, 1937, is the 3rd of 7 books in the series. It is a compilation of short articles that provide detailed information about the developments,...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Authoritative Reference.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "This book specializing on the subject of drag, is not a theoretical textbook. The results of theoretical calculations are used, however, as a basis and as a framework, within which the various problems concerning the drag of bodies in air or in any other medium are presented. The author's objective is to present...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "THE SUBJECT of aerodynamics is very involved. Because exceptions prevent all-encompassing statements, simplicity with retention of factual data is difficult to obtain. This book briefly presents both elementary and advanced phases of the science of flight as encountered by the practical designer and it will serve as an...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "In this book, an effort has been made to cover the more practical phases of both theory and experiment. Unusual emphasis has been placed on the physical aspect of the theory in order to cultivate the interest of the student and to provide a general background suitable for later more intensive mathematical work in the...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "ELEMENTARY APPLIED AERODYNAMICS has been written to meet the requirements of a first course in technical applied aero-dynamics. Such a course is usually given to students who have had preliminary training in mathematics, physics, and mechanics....The book may be used conveniently in the time usually devoted to...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "ELEMENTARY APPLIED AERODYNAMICS has been written to meet the requirements of a first course in technical applied aero-dynamics. Such a course is usually given to students who have had preliminary training in mathematics, physics, and mechanics....The book may be used conveniently in the time usually devoted to...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface): "The following short text on Experimental Aerodynamics is written specifically to teach the uninitiated some simple, interesting, and practical methods of experimental aerodynamic technique. To accomplish this, the author has attempted to write with a minimum of academic profundity. Moreover, the fundamental data and...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: An introductory overview of various aircraft insturments.Contents (from Table of Contents): 1. Aircraft Instruments - Part I 2. Aircraft Instruments - Part II 3. The Turn and Bank Indicator 4. The Rate of Climb Indicator and the Altimeter 5. The Pitot-Static Tube and Airspeed Indicator 6. The Tachometer,...