DVD
The science of flight
Item details
- ISBN: 9781629974132
- ISBN: 1629974137
- ISBN: 9781501976575
- ISBN: 1501976575
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Physical Description:
videodisc
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). - Publisher: Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Contents / Notes
| General Note: | Course number 1321. Contains 24 lectures (30 min. each). "Smithsonian." Special features: Gustave Eiffel's wind tunnels ; Engineering faster flight speeds ; Why the Wright Flyer succeeded / presented by Dr. John Anderson. Higher, farther, faster / presented by Roger D. Launius. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Course guidebook includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1. Fundamentals of flight : gliding ; Balloons, buoyancy, and the atmosphere ; Takeoff : how wings produce lift ; Drag trade-offs and boundary-layer turbulence ; Stall events and lift-induced drag ; Wind tunnels and predicting aerodynamics -- Disc 2. Propeller aircraft : slow and efficient ; Jet aircraft : thrust to fly fast ; Aircraft structures and materials ; Aircraft stability and flight control ; Flying faster and higher ; Breaking the sound barrier and beyond -- Disc 3. Long-distance flight and predicting range ; Aerobatics and dogfighting ; Mission profiles and aircraft design ; Primary cockpit instruments ; Air traffic navigation and communication ; Flight autonomy and drones -- Disc 4. Helicopters and vertical flight ; Rocket science and the evolution of launch ; Orbiting Earth means always falling ; To Mars and beyond : gravity-assist flight ; Atmospheric reentry : ballistic, skip, glide ; The future of air and space flight. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Lecturer: Professor James W. Gregory, the Ohio State University. |
| System Details Note: | DVD. |
| Language Note: | Closed-captioned. |
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| Subject: | Flight Aeronautics Aeronautics Flight |
| Genre: | Lectures. Educational films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Educational films. Lectures. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. DVD-Video discs. |
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