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Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Fall 2005
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Abstract: Survey of principal concepts and methods of fluid dynamics. Mass conservation, momentum, and energy equations for continua. Navier-Stokes equation for viscous flows. Similarity and dimensional analysis. Lubrication theory. Boundary layers and separation. Circulation and vorticity theorems. Potential ... More »
Aerospace Dynamics, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Classical dynamics beyond Unified Engineering. Application of vector kinematics to analyze the translation and rotation of rigid bodies. Formulation and solution of the equations of motion using both Newtonian and Lagrangian methods. Analytical and numerical solutions to rigid body dynamics problems. ... More »
From Fantasy to Flight
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Abstract: provides photos, letters, articles, and resources for learning about the history of flight -- aircraft and balloons, Alexander Graham Bell's aerodynamic studies, the Wright brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Igor Sikorsky's helicopters, and Amelia Earhart.
Getting Airborne and Wing Design
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Abstract: What makes an airplane fly? Discover the connection between Newton's third law of motion and flight in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site.
Introduction to the History of Technology, Fall 2006
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Abstract: This course is an introduction to the consideration of technology as the outcome of particular technical, historical, cultural, and political efforts, especially in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include industrialization of production and consumption, development of engineering ... More »
NASA KSNN Did you know NASA can build planes as small as insects?
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Abstract: Find out more about micro air vehicles and compare the flight of bats and birds using a zoetrope.
NASA KSNN How can airplanes fly like birds?
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Abstract: Learn more about the four forces of flight and demonstrate Bernoulli's Principle.
NASA KSNN Return to Flight
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Abstract: Special Edition of Kids Science Network dedicated to flight and the space shuttle
NASA KSNN Who invented the aeroplane?
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Abstract: Find out more about the Wright Brothers and create a model of the Wright Flyer.
NASA's Destination Tomorrow Program 12
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Abstract: NASA's Destination Tomorrow Program 12 looks back at the first century of powered flight. See how two relatively unknown bicycle makers from Dayton, Ohio beat many of the world's foremost thinkers to become the inventors of the airplane. Correspondent Jennifer Pulley speaks to researchers who are working ... More »
Physical Intelligence, January (IAP) 2002
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Abstract: For all of the bodies attached to the many great minds that walk the Institute's halls, in the work that goes on at MIT the body is present as an object of study, but is all but unrecognized as an important dimension of our intelligence and experience. Yet the body is the basis of our experience in the ... More »
Pilotless Flight: Timeline of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
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Abstract: Explore this NOVA interactive timeline and discover the many technological innovations in the history of unmanned flight, from hot-air balloons to miniature flying robots.
Ten Fun Facts About Engineering
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Abstract: In this stills collage adapted from the National Society of Professional Engineers, see examples of how engineering makes our lives more fun and exciting.
The Centennial of Flight -- The Future of Flight
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Abstract: This site is dedicated to the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first powered flight and the development of aviation over the past century. It offers aerospace-related products and programs that help connect students and teachers to aeronautics and space flight.
The Dream of Flight
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Abstract: presents photos, letters, and diary excerpts from the experiments and efforts that led to the Wright brothers' December 17, 1903, achievement of the first sustained, powered, and controlled flight in a heavier-than-air flying machine. The site includes a flight timeline and examines the notion of flight ... More »
Transforming the Future of Flight
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Abstract: In this video segment adapted from NASA, learn how engineers are transforming the future of flight by designing airplanes based on principles found in nature. In the early 1900s, the Wright Brothers found inspiration for their first airplane in nature. Their "Flyer," which was modeled on a bird's flexible ... More »
With Wings as Eagles: From Fantasy to Flight
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Abstract: documents the history of human flight. Photos, drawings, and articles are presented in six categories: myth and fantasy, early science, balloons and airships, kites and gliders, the Wright brothers, and after the Wright brothers.
Wright Brothers National Memorial: Site of the First Controlled Powered Flight
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Abstract: tells how bicycle makers in Dayton, Ohio, launched the aviation age. After reading about the glider accident that killed Otto Lilienthal, Wilbur and Orville Wright spent four years designing flying machines in Dayton and testing them near Kitty Hawk. Maps and photos show their flying machines and living ... More »
