What Makes Airplanes Fly?

What Makes Airplanes Fly? History, Science, and Applications of Aerodynamics

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Publisher's Synopsis

For the white-knuckled passenger and others with no background in physics or engineering, explains how wings that don't seem to be doing anything keep that huge plane up in the air. Reviews the fundamental concepts of fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, the motion of animals and other vehicles, and the

Book information

ISBN: 9780387975139
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Imprint: Springer-Verlag
Pub date:
DEWEY: 629.1323
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 225