A History of Aerodynamics And Its Impact on Flying Machines [Paperback]

Authoritative, highly readable history of aerodynamics and the major theorists and their contributions.Aerodynamic principles that make flight possible were little known or barely understood as recently as one hundred years ago. It was not until the scientific breakthroughs at the beginning of the twentieth century that it became possible to design successful flying machines.This book presents the history of aerodynamics, intertwined with a review of the aircraft that were developed as technology advanced. Beginning with Aristotle's scientific theories and experiments, the book continues through the aerodynamics in the early 1900s, and concludes with modern hypersonic and computational aerodynamics.Aerodynamic principles that make flight possible were little known or barely understood as recently as one hundred years ago. It was not until the scientific breakthroughs at the beginning of the twentieth century that it became possible to design successful flying machines.This book presents the history of aerodynamics, intertwined with a review of the aircraft that were developed as technology advanced. Beginning with Aristotle's scientific theories and experiments, the book continues through the aerodynamics in the early 1900s, and concludes with modern hypersonic and computational aerodynamics.Aerodynamic principles that make flight possible were little known or barely understood as recently as one hundred years ago. Although their roots can be found in the fluid dynamics of ancient Greek science, it was not until the scientific breakthroughs at the beginning of the twentieth century that it became possible to design successful flying machines. This book presents the history of aerodynamics, intertwined with a review of the aircraft that were developed as technology advanced. Beginning with the scientific theories and experiments of Aristotle and Archimedes, the book continues through the applied and theoretical aerodynamics in the early 1900s, and concludes withlÕ