Modeling Ships and Space Craft

by Hagler, Gina

• ISBN13: 9781461445951
• ISBN10: 1461445957
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-10-09
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Modeling Ships and Space Craft: The Science and Art of Mastering the Oceans and Sky is a book for anyone interested in the history of technology specifically the methods and science behind the marine and aeronautical designs of today. It will differ from other books on the topic because it will use accessible language and is the only one to include real examples from the work done during the era when the Navies of the world moved from wooden sailing vessels to powered metal ships.The book focuses on the history of hydrodynamic (aero and fluid) theory and its progression - with some very accessible science examples covering the field's seminal theories and practical designs. The book starts with Aristotle's & Archimedes' concepts, and finds its way to William Froude and David Taylor, trailblazers in the history of space craft/ship design. Hagler then moves on to computer modeling and its role in hydrodynamics, and traces the practical use of these theories of fluids at rest and in motion from the first models tested in towing basins through the design of Burt Rutan's Ansari 2004 X Prize-winning Spaceship One.