Ebook: Modeling ships and space craft: the science and art of mastering the oceans and sky

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Fluid Dynamics in Action -- 1. Airborne Creatures -- Birds -- Bats -- Flying Insects -- Seeds -- Land Animals -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2. Human Innovation -- The Kite -- Sports -- Man on Land -- Man in Water -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3. Aquatic Creatures -- Lift -- Blubber -- Swim Bladder -- Air in the Lungs -- Oil in the Liver -- Cartilaginous Skeleton -- Movement -- Gravity -- Water Column -- Thrust -- Resistance -- Overcoming Resistance -- High Swimming Speeds -- Streamlining -- Skin Surface and Dermal Denticles -- Porpoising and Free-Riding Behaviors -- Schooling -- Conclusion -- Notes -- pt. II Evolution of Theory -- 4. Hydrodynamic Theorists -- Aristotle Through Hero: Early Theorists -- da Vinci Through Lagrange: Fluid Dynamics -- Fulton Through Taylor: Principles in Action -- Notes -- 5. Aerodynamic Theorists -- Into the Air: Early Theorists -- Into the Air: Non-winged Flight -- Into the Air: Winged Flight -- Into Space -- Notes -- pt. III Scale Model Testing Begins -- 6. William Froude -- William Froude -- Froude's Early Work -- The Admiralty Experiment Works at Torquay -- Plans for the Works -- The Equipment -- The Models -- Initial Tests -- The HMS Greyhound Trials -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7. David Watson Taylor -- David Watson Taylor -- The Experimental Model Basin -- The Models -- Making the Models -- Results Reported in the 1900 Report -- Work with Elmer Sperry -- The Suction of Vessels -- The Titanic Investigation -- The Speed and Power of Ships -- Aeronautics -- NACA -- Awards -- Taylor and Froude -- Conclusion -- Suction in Narrow Channel -- Notes -- 8. Early Aviators -- Machinery -- The Whirling Arm -- The Wind Tunnel -- Theory -- Notes -- 9. The Wright Brothers -- The Wright Approach -- An Interest in Flight Awakens -- And So They Begin -- Lilienthal's Data and the Need for Model Testing -- Testing Begins -- Wind Tunnel Tests -- The Balances -- Airfoils -- Back to Kitty Hawk -- After Success -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 10. Rocketmen -- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky -- Robert Goddard -- Unwanted Attention -- Goddard and Oberth -- Lucky Lindy to the Rescue -- Hermann Oberth -- It Is Rocket Science -- Conclusion -- Notes -- pt. IV Model Testing Today -- 11.Computational Fluid Dynamics -- Virtual Testing -- Methodology -- CFD at Universities -- What Is Modeled? -- More than Ships, Planes, and Rockets -- Scale Models -- Notes.