The capacity and quality of the atmospheric flight performance of space flight vehicles is characterized by their aerodynamic data bases. A complete aerodynamic data base would encompass the coefficients of the static longitudinal and...

Themechanicsofspace?ightisan olddiscipline.Itstopicoriginallywasthemotion of planets, moons and other celestial bodies in gravitational ?elds. Kepler's (1571 - 1630) observations and measurements have led to probably the ?rst...

The mechanics of similarity encompasses the analysis of dimensions, performed by various procedures, the gasdynamic similarity and the model technology. The analysis of dimensions delivers the dimensionless numbers by which specific...

"Selected Aerothermodynamic Design Problems of Hypersonic Flight Vehicles" von Claus Weiland behandelt die komplexen Herausforderungen und technischen Aspekte, die mit dem Entwurf von Hyperschallflugzeugen verbunden sind. Das Buch bietet...