The Inertia Coefficients of an Airship in a Frictionless Fluid
Description:
The apparent inertia of an airship hull is examined. The exact solution of the aerodynamical problem is studied for hulls of various shapes with special attention given to the case of an ellipsoidal hull. So that the results for the ellipsoidal hull may be readily adapted to other cases, they are expressed in terms of the area and perimeter of the largest cross section perpendicular to the direction of motion by means of a formula involving a coefficient kappa which varies only slowly when the …
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Date:
1924
Creator:
Bateman, H.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department