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NASA's contributions to aeronautics / Richard P. Hallion, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- NASA SP (Series) ; 570.
- NASA/SP ; 2010-570
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--History.
- United States.
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Aeronautics--Research--United States--History.
- Aeronautics.
- Aeronautics--Research.
- Genre:
- CD-ROMs.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2010.
- Summary:
- V. 1. Since its creation, NASA has steadily advanced flight within the atmosphere, repeatedly influencing aviation's evolution by extending the rich legacy of its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or NACA. This first volume in a two-volume set includes case studies and essays on NACA-NASA research for contributions such as high-speed wing design, the area rule, rotary-wing aerodynamics research, sonic boom mitigation, hypersonic design, computational fluid dynamics, electronic flight control and environmentally friendly aircraft technology. -- v. 2. volume includes case studies and essays on NACA-NASA research for contributions including wind shear and lightning research, flight operations, human factors, wind tunnels, composite structures, general aviation aircraft safety, supersonic cruise aircraft research and atmospheric icing.
- Contents:
- v. 1. Aerodynamics, structures, propulsion, controls
- v. 2. Flight environment, operations, flight testing, and research.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed on March 31, 2011).
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
- Other Format:
- Print version: NASA's contributions to aeronautics.
- Online version: NASA's contributions to aeronautics.
- ISBN:
- 9780160846373
- 0160846374
- 9780160846359
- 0160846358
- 9780160846366
- 0160846366
- OCLC:
- 710362937
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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