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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Autor Principal: Sóbester, Andras (Author)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electronic Resource
Idioma:English
Publicado: New York, New York Springer 2011
Series:Springer praxis book
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Acceso en liña:Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via SpringerLink. Click here to access