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Spinning flight : dynamics of frisbees, boomerangs, samaras, and skipping stones
- Title
- Spinning flight : dynamics of frisbees, boomerangs, samaras, and skipping stones / Ralph D. Lorenz.
- Author
- Lorenz, Ralph, 1969-
- Publication
- New York : Springer Science+Business Media, [2006], ©2006.
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- Description
- xxi, 346, 7 pages : illustrations (some color).
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Reproduction (note)
- Electronic reproduction.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Aerodynamics of balls -- 3. Bouncing balls, airbags, and tumbleweeds -- 4. Spinning bullets, bombs, and bockets -- 5. Satellites and spin -- 6. Encountering asteroids and comets -- 7. Planetary probes and spinning parachutes -- 8. Frisbees -- 9. Flying cylinders and rings -- 10. Spinning aircraft and nonspinning disc aircraft -- 11. The boomerang -- 12. Samaras -- 13. Skipping stones and bouncing bombs -- 14. Conclusions.
- ISBN
- 9780387307794 (Print)
- 0387307796 (Print)
- 9780387472898 (Online)
- 0387472894 (Online)
- OCLC
- ocn123914905
- 123914905
- SCSB-5335939
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries