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Spinning Flight: Dynamics of Frisbees, Boomerangs, Samaras, and Skipping Stones
Ralph D. Lorenz
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Description for Spinning Flight: Dynamics of Frisbees, Boomerangs, Samaras, and Skipping Stones
Hardcover. Few books discuss items like boomerangs and Frisbees and this is the first to give detailed technical discussion to the flight of rotating bodies. This book develops the theme of disc-wings and spinning aerospace vehicles in parallel and gives recreational examples. Num Pages: 368 pages, 118 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 644.
More frisbees are sold each year than baseballs, basketballs and footballs combined. Yet these familiar flying objects have subtle and clever aerodynamic and gyrodynamic properties which are only recently being documented by wind tunnel and other studies. In common with other rotating bodies discussed in this readily accessible book, they are typically not treated in textbooks of aeronautics and the literature is scattered in a variety of places. This book develops the theme of disc-wings and spinning aerospace vehicles in parallel. Since many of the examples are recreational, anyone who enjoys these activities will likely find it profitable and enjoyable. ... Read more
More frisbees are sold each year than baseballs, basketballs and footballs combined. Yet these familiar flying objects have subtle and clever aerodynamic and gyrodynamic properties which are only recently being documented by wind tunnel and other studies. In common with other rotating bodies discussed in this readily accessible book, they are typically not treated in textbooks of aeronautics and the literature is scattered in a variety of places. This book develops the theme of disc-wings and spinning aerospace vehicles in parallel. Since many of the examples are recreational, anyone who enjoys these activities will likely find it profitable and enjoyable. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
644g
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387307794
SKU
V9780387307794
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Spinning Flight: Dynamics of Frisbees, Boomerangs, Samaras, and Skipping Stones
From the reviews: In his fascinating book Spinning Flight, Ralph Lorenz provides a rich feast of ... examples of spinning bodies ... . The book is well organized ... . The discussion in the book ... should be accessible to readers with some elementary understanding of aerodynamic principles. ... Read more