The Peenemünde Wind Tunnels - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Peenemünde Wind Tunnels write by Peter P. Wegener. This book was released on 1996-01-01. The Peenemünde Wind Tunnels available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1943, on orders from the German Air Ministry, young physicist Peter P. Wegener left the Russian front and reported to the Baltic village of Peenemünde. His assignment was to work at the supersonic wind tunnels of the rocket laboratories of the German Army. Here Wernher von Braun led a team that developed the V-2, the world's first large rocket-powered guided missile, and laid much of the groundwork for postwar rocket development. In this fascinating book, Wegener recounts his experiences during Hitler's time, World War II, and his years at Peenemünde. He tells how he was working one night in August 1943 when the Allies bombed the laboratories, but left the wind tunnels undamaged. The tunnels were moved to Bavaria, and Wegener was ordered to follow in 1944. After the war, the tunnels were moved again--this time to the United States, accompanied by the author and other German scientists. Shortly before the end of the war, Wegener visited Germany's underground V-2 production plant to retrieve archival material on aerodynamics that had been stored in caves for safekeeping. He describes the appalling history of the concentration camps where SS guards watched over inmates who toiled underground in inhuman conditions and often did not survive. A photoessay enhances this remarkable memoir.
Aeronautical Research in Germany
Aeronautical Research in Germany - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aeronautical Research in Germany write by Ernst Heinrich Hirschel. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Aeronautical Research in Germany available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the pioneering glider flights of Otto Lilienthal (1891) to the advanced avionics of today’s Airbus passenger jets, aeronautical research in Germany has been at the forefront of the birth and advancement of aeronautics. On the occasion of the centennial commemoration of the Wright Brother’s first powered flight (December 1903), this English-language edition of Aeronautical Research in Germany recounts and celebrates the considerable contributions made in Germany to the invention and ongoing development of aircraft. Featuring hundreds of historic photos and non-technical language, this comprehensive and scholarly account will interest historians, engineers, and, also, all serious airplane devotees. Through individual contributions by 35 aeronautical experts, it covers in fascinating detail the milestones of the first 100 years of aeronautical research in Germany, within the broader context of the scientific, political, and industrial milieus. This richly illustrated and authoritative volume constitutes a most timely and substantial overview of the crucial contributions to the foundation and advancement of aeronautics made by German scientists and engineers.
Schlieren and Shadowgraph Techniques
Schlieren and Shadowgraph Techniques - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Schlieren and Shadowgraph Techniques write by G.S. Settles. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Schlieren and Shadowgraph Techniques available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Schlieren and shadowgraph techniques are basic and valuable tools in various scientific and engineering disciplines. They allow us to see the invisible: the optical inhomogeneities in transparent media like air, water, and glass that otherwise cause only ghostly distortions of our normal vision. These techniques are discussed briefly in many books and papers, but there is no up-to-date complete treatment of the subject before now. The book is intended as a practical guide for those who want to use these methods, as well as a resource for a broad range of disciplines where scientific visualization is important. The colorful 400-year history of these methods is covered in an extensive introductory chapter accessible to all readers.
Wind Tunnels in the Munich Area
Wind Tunnels in the Munich Area - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wind Tunnels in the Munich Area write by R. McK. Wood. This book was released on 1946. Wind Tunnels in the Munich Area available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Peenemunde: The German Experimental Rocket Center-Introduction
Peenemunde: The German Experimental Rocket Center-Introduction - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Peenemunde: The German Experimental Rocket Center-Introduction write by David Myhra PhD. This book was released on 2013-09-28. Peenemunde: The German Experimental Rocket Center-Introduction available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the story and details of Peenemünde, the German military rocket developement and test siteduring World War II. It was one of the most modern technological facilities in the world in the years between 1936 and 1945. The first launch of a missile into space took place here in October 1942. In the nearby air force testing area, rocket engineers tested numerous flight objects equipped with revolutionary technology. From the start this research was directed toward one goal only: achieving military superiority through advanced technology. Slave laborers, concentration camp inmates and prisoners of war provided the work that enabled the construction of the test sites and the later serial production of the rockets, which the Nazi propaganda referred to as "Vergeltungswaffe 2" (or "Vengeance Weapon 2"), in so short a period of time. Both the inhumane labor conditions and the attacks on Belgian, British and French cities using the supposed "wonder weapon" claimed thousands of lives.
