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General Information – Propulsion
Thrust is the force that move the aircraft through the air.Thrust is generated by the propulsion system of the aircraft. There are…
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Aircraft propellers
The twisted aerofoil shape of modern aircraft propellers was pioneered by the Wright brothers. While some earlier engineers had attempted to model air…
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Vertical Flight
USING THRUST TO OVERCOME WEIGHT Rockets use thrust to reach orbit, but they aren’t the only type of vehicles that…
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Rocket Propulsion
ROCKET PROPULSION Rockets (and jet engines) work much like a balloon filled with air. If you fill a balloon with…
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Engines
THREE KINDS OF ENGINES POWER MOST FLYING MACHINES Piston engines, jet engines, and rocket engines all depend on the same…
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Propellers
A propeller is a type of fan that transmits power by converting rotational motion into thrust. A pressure difference is produced between the forward and rear surfaces…
Mechanics of Solids 3 min read
Material Properties and Failure Phenomena
Up until now we have not said much about the way structures behave in the socalled “real world”. Our focus has been…
Mechanics of Solids 3 min read
Indeterminate Systems
The key to resolving our predicament, when faced with a statically indeterminate problem – one in which the equations of…
Mechanics of Solids 3 min read
Internal Forces and Moments in Beams
A beam is a structural element like the truss member but, unlike the latter, it is designed, fabricated, and assembled…
Mechanics of Solids 3 min read
Internal Forces in Members of a Truss Structure
We are ready to start talking business, to buy a loaf of bread. Up until now we have focused on…
Mechanics of Solids 3 min read
Static Equilibrium Force and Moment
The correct response is zero: For a particle at rest, or moving with constant velocity relative to an inertial frame,…
Mechanics of Solids 3 min read
Equations of motion of linear elastic bodies
The final equations of the purely mechanical theory of linear elasticity (i.e., when coupling with the temperature field is neglected,…