Airship TechnologyGabriel Alexander Khoury Cambridge University Press, 13 feb 2012 - 749 pagina's This comprehensive guide to modern airship design and operation, written by world experts, is the only up-to-date book on airship technology intended as a technical guide to those interested in studying, designing, building, flying, and operating airship. In addition to basic airship principles, the book covers conventional and unconventional design in a panoramic and in-depth manner focusing on four themes: (1) basic principles such as aerostatics, aerodynamics, propulsion, materials and structures, stability and control, mooring and ground handling, and piloting and meteorology; (2) different airship types including conventional (manned and unmanned), hot air, solar powered, and hybrid; (3) airship applications including surveillance, tourism, heavy lift, and disaster and humanitarian relief; and (4) airship roles and economic considerations. This second edition introduces nine new chapters and includes significant revisions and updates to five of the original chapters. |
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1 Introduction | 1 |
2 Basic Principles | 8 |
3 Aerodynamics | 23 |
4 Stability and Control | 60 |
5 Propulsion | 87 |
6 Materials | 113 |
7 Structures | 149 |
8 Aerostatics | 188 |
16 Improvements | 389 |
17 Design Synthesis | 409 |
18 Roles and Economic Considerations | 431 |
19 Unconventional Designs | 457 |
20 Solar Power | 520 |
21 Zeppelin NT | 547 |
22 Unmanned Airships | 577 |
23 Hot Air Airships | 602 |
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