German Development of the Swept Wing: 1935-1945

ISBN-13: 9781600867149 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 733 str.

Pfeilflgelentwicklung in Deutschland Bis 1945 English

Opis

Addresses the problems and questions concerning test and measurement techniques, aerodynamics, gas dynamics, and aeroelasticity, and experience gained in developing and testing the first jet aircraft and artillery rockets with swept wings and low aspect ratio wings. This book concludes with examples of how the Allies utilized German knowledge.

Spis treści

Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Historic Review of the Development of High-speed Aerodynamics; High-speed Flight and its Aerodynamic and Gasdynamic Challenges; Development of the German Turbo-jet Engines up to Production Readiness; Aeroelasticity Problems in Compressible Subsonic and Transonic Flow; The Effect of High Mach Numbers on High-speed Aircraft; Experience Gained During the Development and Testing of the First Jet Aircraft with Swept Wings; Special Features of Antiaircraft Rockets: Swept or Low Aspect Ratio Wings; The Transfer of German High-speed Aerodynamics after 1945: USA, Soviet Union and Other Countries; Appendix; List of Abbreviations; Name Index; Subject Index.