Stratospheric flight aeronautics at the limit

The stratosphere is the highest layer of Earth's atmosphere where aircraft can still fly. The density of the air is just high enough here to generate lift on a wing or buoyancy on a balloon, so designing any stratospheric aircraft is a delicate technological balancing act for the engineer. Desi...

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Auteur principal: Sóbester, Andras (Auteur)
Collectivité auteur: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic Resource
Langue:English
Publié: New York, New York Springer 2011
Collection:Springer praxis book
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Accès en ligne:Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via SpringerLink. Click here to access