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The Simple Science of Flight, revised and expanded edition: From Insects to Jumbo Jets (Mit Press) ペーパーバック – イラスト付き, 2009/9/4
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From the smallest gnat to the largest aircraft, all things that fly obey the same aerodynamic principles. In The Simple Science of Flight, Henk Tennekes investigates just how machines and creatures fly: what size wings they need, how much energy is required for their journeys, how they cross deserts and oceans, how they take off, climb, and soar. Fascinated by the similarities between nature and technology, Tennekes offers an introduction to flight that teaches by association. Swans and Boeings differ in numerous ways, but they follow the same aerodynamic principles. Biological evolution and its technical counterpart exhibit exciting parallels. What makes some airplanes successful and others misfits? Why does the Boeing 747 endure but the Concorde now seem a fluke? Tennekes explains the science of flight through comparisons, examples, equations, and anecdotes. The new edition of this popular book has been thoroughly revised and much expanded. Highlights of the new material include a description of the incredible performance of bar-tailed godwits (7,000 miles nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand), an analysis of the convergence of modern jetliners (from both Boeing and Airbus), a discussion of the metabolization of energy featuring Lance Armstrong, a novel treatment of the aerodynamics of drag and trailing vortices, and an emphasis throughout on evolution, in nature and in engineering. Tennekes draws on new evidence on bird migration, new wind-tunnel studies, and data on new airliners. And his analysis of the relative efficiency of planes, trains, and automobiles is newly relevant. (On a cost-per-seat scale, a 747 is more efficient than a passenger car.)
- 本の長さ216ページ
- 言語英語
- 出版社The MIT Press
- 発売日2009/9/4
- 対象読者年齢18 歳以上
- 寸法22.5 x 18.03 x 1.42 cm
- ISBN-109780262513135
- ISBN-13978-0262513135
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"This was a great little book when it came out in its original edition; this new version is even better, as it contains both Henk's homage to his favorite flying machine (Boeing 747) and explanations based on some of the unexpected results of recent experiments with bird flight (including a phenomenal gliding jackdaw). Read it, then watch the birds and planes, and then dip into it again and again."--Vaclav Smil, University of Manitoba, and author of "Global Catastrophes and Trends"
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- ASIN : 0262513137
- 出版社 : The MIT Press; Revised, Expanded版 (2009/9/4)
- 発売日 : 2009/9/4
- 言語 : 英語
- ペーパーバック : 216ページ
- ISBN-10 : 9780262513135
- ISBN-13 : 978-0262513135
- 対象読者年齢 : 18 歳以上
- 寸法 : 22.5 x 18.03 x 1.42 cm
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レビューのフィルタリング中に問題が発生しました。後でもう一度試してください。
数年前 Gray's Paradoxが解明された云々との報道がありました。これは1930年代イルカの泳ぐ速度とそれに必要なエネルギーを計算すると、イルカの筋肉量からして、筋肉単位重量当たり、人間の10倍以上の出力が必要であり、こんなことはありえず、Paradoxとされたものです。
鳥類の研究では本書にあるようにとっくに、鳥は人間などの10倍以上の出力が出せていることが実験と計算から確かめられていて、はなしを自動車、飛行機のエネルギー効率にまでどんどん広げていきます。
展開される議論を追っかけていると、現代のハイブリッド自動車や、いわゆる再生可能エネルギーによる発電等を、どの様に評価するべきか見えてきます。
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L’auteur utilise des ordres de grandeurs et notions simples de physique, notamment de conservation de l’énergie.
Ce livre mériterait une traduction en Français !

Firstly the author explains many principles and relationships using simple terms; lift, drag, stall, etc. Really easy to understand. Secondly, he uses the METRIC system (kg, m, etc.) in all examples; as one who had to learn all this in the ponderous and illogical Imperial system (pounds, feet, etc.), it was a REAL eye opener how much EASIER all the analyses and conversions are in the metric system. When I'm doing my own 'back of the envelope' calculations these days I always do them in metric units; and I suggest you do also.
The only small weakness in the book would not be noticed by 99.9% of the readership, and I only mention this for those deeply into this subject.. There is some weakness in the author's understanding of actual aeronautics (vs. the mathematics of which he has mastered). For example, he considers the use of Bernouli's principle a "polite fiction" because it can't explain "how planes fly upside down"(1), or "how the sheet-metal blades of a home ventilator or an agricultural windmill work"(2). Well, the first case (1) IS Bernouli because un-cambered symmetrical wings can generate upwards lift while the plane flies upside down but the wing is at a positive angle of attack. In (2) the author is referring to simple kinetic energy transfer, such as water pushing the blades of a water-mill; this is actually not Bernouli's issue in the first place.
Anyway, these small issues do not take away from the book as a whole; in fact the astute reader will simply research more using this book as an excellent, highly recommended intro text. As I've said about other reviews recently; how I wish I had this in college!! Kudo's Mr. Tennekes!

