Bringing aerodynamics to America
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書誌事項
Bringing aerodynamics to America
MIT Press, c1982
大学図書館所蔵 全4件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The Wright brothers achieved powered flight in 1903, but in the years immediately following the major contributions to aerodynamic theory were made by German scientists.The mathematician Felix Klein established an institute for applied mechanics at Gottingen University for the interdisciplinary investigation of technical problems through rigorous scientific analysis. The first director of this institute was Ludwig Prandtl, one of the creators of the modern field of fluid mechanics. Prandtl introduced the boundary-layer concept that was to become central to the study of flight. Later, Prandtl's student, Theodore von Karman established a similar facility at the Polytechnic Institute at Aachen. His major theoretical investigations included the nature of vortices and turbulent flow."Bringing Aerodynamics to America" provides a fascinating look at the personalities and interactions of the principals, the institutions that nurtured them and that they developed, and the content of the theories that established their reputations in aerodynamics. It details the efforts to bring von Karman to Pasadena to set up a center for the study of theoretical aerodynamics based on the Gottingen model, an institution that would help to lay the groundwork for the future supremacy of the United States in air power. And in telling von Karman's story it also brings to life the literal transfer of technology and scientific expertise in aeronautics, nuclear physics, and other fields as waves of European scientists fled the rising spectre of anti-Semitism.Paul A. Hanle is Chairman of the Department of Space Science and Exploration, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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