Stratospheric flight aeronautics at the limit

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sóbester, Andras
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service
Format: Electronic Resource
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Praxis 2011
Series:Springer praxis book
Subjects:
Aeronautics.
Stratosphere.
Altitude, Influence of.
Aerothermodynamics.
Aeronautics > Research.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via SpringerLink. Click here to access