Frederick William Lanchester

Name: Aerodynamics, constituting the first volume of a complete work on aerial flight — Index
Author: Frederick William Lanchester

Aerodynamics, constituting the first volume of a complete work on aerial flight… (1906)

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“Aerodynamics, constituting the first volume of a complete work on aerial flight — Index”, published in 1906, is a work by Frederick William Lanchester. It explores elements such as aerofoil, resistance and pressure.

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Frederick William Lanchester, Aerodynamics, constituting the first volume of a complete work on aerial flight… (1906)

“ Efficiency, of propulsion, § 198; of screw propeller, § 206 Efflux theory, § 95 et seq.; in its relation to pressure on a normal plane, § 140 Elasticity, influence of, on resistance, § 55; as defining pressure-density relation, § 58; influence of, on power expended in flight. App. I. Electro-magnetic analogy, App. VI. Energy, expended in fluid resistance, § 40; kinetic, in system of flow, § 81; kinetic, in ψ, φ, squares equal, § 81; of the fluid surrounding a cylinder in motion, § 83 ”

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Frederick William Lanchester, Aerodynamics, constituting the first volume of a complete work on aerial flight… (1906)

“ See Discontinuity. Displacement of fluid due to body in motion, § 15; its orbital character, § 16; demonstrated by smoke experiments, § 17; Rankine's investigation, § 18; due to fluid in motion, § 29 Dissipation of supporting wave, § 117 Dragon-fly, wing pressure and velocity, § 187 Duchemin, formula and curve plotted, § 147 Dynamical equations, § 59 Dynamic support, Newtonian basis, § 109; broadly considered, § 111; without expenditure of energy, § 111
E.
Economics of flight, § 163 et seq. ”

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Frederick William Lanchester, Aerodynamics, constituting the first volume of a complete work on aerial flight… (1906)

“ Kinematic relations, kinematic-viscosity and kinematic-resistance, § 36 Kinetic discontinuity. See Discontinuity. Kinetic energy. See Energy. Kirchhoff-Rayleigh, equation for inclined infinite lamina, §§ 97, 152; plotting, § 152; position of centre of pressure and magnitude of pressure reaction, table, § 97 Kummer, centre of pressure, § 148
L.
Lagrange's theorem, an interpretation of, § 71 Lanchester, form of aerofoil used in 1894, § 108; experiments by, see Author's experiments. Langley, pressure on normal plane, §§ 133, 136 ”

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Frederick William Lanchester, Aerodynamics, constituting the first volume of a complete work on aerial flight… (1906)

“ Sail area (or wing area) , measurement of, § 193 Sailing vessel, peripteral theory applied to the, App. VIII. "Scale" of fluid, as due to the viscosity, §§ 36, 56 Screw propeller, theory of, § 202 et seq. ; peripteral theory, blade treated as analogue of aerofoil, § 202; efficiency of, §§ 203, 204, 235; blade equivalent to sum of its elements, § 205; efficiency computed over whole blade, § 206; thrust grading, § 206; load grading, distribution of pressure on blade, §§ 207, 208 ”

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Frederick William Lanchester, Aerodynamics, constituting the first volume of a complete work on aerial flight… (1906)

“ Helmholtz-Kirchhoff, pressure on infinite lamina, §§ 97, 136; surface of gyration, § 99, App. III.; surface of discontinuity unstable, App. III. Homomorphous motion, in fluid system, general expression for,§ 38 Horse-power in flight, tables of, § 220 Hutton, pressure on normal plane, § 136; experiments in resistance, 221, 222 Hydrodynamic theory, general treatment, Chs. I. and II.; analytical theory of inviscid fluid, § 57 et seq.; applied to conservative system of sustentation, § 121 et seq.
I.
Impulsive forces, in fluid dynamics, § 60 Infinite lateral extent, special case of, § 115 ”

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Frederick William Lanchester, Aerodynamics, constituting the first volume of a complete work on aerial flight… (1906)

“ II. B. Leaping or bounding flight, theory of, App. IV. Least energy, conditions of, § 164 Least horse power, values of β and γ, § 176 Least resistance, equation of, § 171 Least value of γ, table of, § 181 Length of blade (screw propeller) , conjugate limits, § 212 Lilienthal, arched section, § 108 Linear grading, of propeller blades, § 209 Lines of force (see Force) , §§ 60, 113 Load grading, of propeller blades, § 208
M.
Mathematical treatment, hydrodynamics, § 59 Maxwell, definition of viscosity, § 31 ”

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Frederick William Lanchester, Aerodynamics, constituting the first volume of a complete work on aerial flight… (1906)

“ Superposed planes, §§ 122, 154; thickness of layer acted upon by, §§ 160, 161 Superposed rotation, impossibility of, § 92 Superposition, of fundamental irrotational forms of motion, §§ 73, 74 Sweep, meaning of term, § 109, glossary ”

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Frederick William Lanchester, Aerodynamics, constituting the first volume of a complete work on aerial flight… (1906)

“ II. B. and II. D. Pressure, as related to density, 58; lines of equal, §§ 60, 113; distribution in a field of How, § 82; system compounded of accelerative system and steady motion system, § 88; on normal plane, §§ 130, 138; on pterygoid aerofoil, best value of, § 185; on aeroplane, best value of, 186; tables of best values, §§ 185, 186; actual examples, § 187 Propulsion, theory of, § 197 et seq. ”

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