Aerospace design : aircraft, spacecraft, and the art of modern flight
Title:
Aerospace design : aircraft, spacecraft, and the art of modern flight
Author:
Springer, A. M.
Publication Information:
New York : Merrell, [2003]
©2003
Physical Description:
191 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 30 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-197) and index.
Published in association with NASA.
Language:
English
Contents:
Why do airplanes look the way they do? / Tom D. Crouch -- The airplane and the streamline idiom in the United States / Dominick A. Pisano -- Design for performance: the role of aesthetics in the development of aerospace vehicles / John D. Anderson, Jr. -- Beauty in the beast: form and function in the early development of wind tunnels / James R. Hansen -- An indispensable ingredient: flight research and aircraft design / Michael H. Gorn -- Designing for the edge of space and beyond / Dennis R. Jenkins -- The future of flight / Anthony M. Springer.
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ISBN:
9781858942070
Format :
Book
