Facing the Heat Barrier

Facing the Heat BarrierThis volume from The NASA History Series presents an overview of the science of hypersonics, the study of flight at speeds at which the physics of flows is dominated by aerodynamic heating. The survey begins during the years immediately following World War II, with the first steps in hypersonic research: the development of missile nose cones and the X 15; the earliest concepts of hypersonic propulsion; and the origin of the scramjet engine. Next, it

strains or deformations

as the Greeks called them

crisscrossing the mid-Atlantic states and returning north after the British surrender at Yorktown

famous puzzles that made mathematical history

The self-contained treatment features numerous problems

Perleberg Publisher

this classic tale appears in an outstanding translation that reproduces the 14-line stanza format of the original

each held together by snaps

Typographer Dan X

and other tools and materials

the survey highlights new contributions from each period and artist

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