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Title German development of the swept wing : 1935-1945 / edited by Hans-Ulrich Meier ; with contributions from Burghard Ciesla [and others] ; translated by Egon Stanewsky
Edition English ed
Published Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 733 pages) : illustrations
Series Library of flight
Library of flight.
Contents Historic review of the development of high-speed aerodynamics -- High-speed flight and its aerodynamic and gasdynamic challenges -- Development of German turbojet engines up to production readiness -- Aeroelasticity problems in compressible subsonic and transonic flow -- Effect of high Mach numbers on high-speed aircraft -- Experience gained during development and testing of the first swept-wing jet aircraft -- Special features of antiaircraft rockets with swept or low-aspect-ratio wings -- Transfer of German high-speed aerodynamics after 1945 -- Appendix A : Abbreviations and acronyms -- Appendix B : English spelling of European towns and countries -- Appendix C : Sources of original reports
Notes Translated from German
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Airplanes -- Wings, Swept-back -- Research -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Germany
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Meier, H. U. (Hans Ulrich)
Ciesla, Burghard.
ISBN 1600867545
9781600867545