ソアリング飛行への道 Paths of Soaring Flight, the

Irving, Frank George

Imperial College Press（1999/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 148 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781860940552
• DDC分類 629.13231

基本説明

This book is concerned with the sport of soaring, mainly with the mathematical basis of sailplane design and operation.

Full Description

This book is concerned with the sport of soaring, mainly with the mathematical basis of sailplane design and operation. It does not tell the beginner how to fly, but it will give an experienced pilot some background, with historical notes showing how ideas have evolved and could develop in the future. Some of the material is taken from OSTIV (Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale de Vol a Viole) publications and from Technical Soaring, neither of which is readily available to the general public, including papers by the author and others. Extensive references are provided in each chapter.

Contents

Part 1 The sailplane in still air: definitions; wings of finite span - downwash and induced drag; the total drag of a sailplane; general equations of motion of a sailplane. Part 2 Instruments for soaring flight: the measurements of vertical velocity. Part 3 The sailplane in the atmosphere: thermals - observations in flight and in the laboratory; maximizing the rate of climb in thermals; the practice of cross-country flying; computer calculations of sailplane performance; generalized optimization calculations - the calculus of variations; the effect of wind; the effectof CG position on performance.