Collected Works of H. S. Tsien (1938-1956)

Klappentext Dr. H. S. Tsien (also known as Dr. Qian Xuesen), Father of Chinese Rocketry, People's Scientist, is the greatest scientist of China in the past 60 years. Dr. Tsien is a brilliant rocket scientist who single-handedly led China's space and military rocketry efforts. In China, Dr. H. S. Tsien was celebrated as the leader of the research that produced the nation's first ballistic missiles, its first satellite and the Silkworm anti-ship missile. Dr. Tsien also received good supports and highest awards from top leaders of China, from Chairman Mao Zedong to President Jiang Zemin and President Hu Jintao. This volume collects the scientific works of Dr. H. S. Tsien accomplished during his stay in the United States as a graduate student, scientist and professor and published in the period of 1938-1956, when the aeronautic exploration stepped from low speed to high speed regimes and astronautic technology entered its infant stage. In these papers, he addressed and solved a series of key problems in aerodynamics, stability of shells, rocket ballistics and engine analyses, etc., some of which were path breaking. Starting from 1946, with his strategic wisdom, Dr. H. S. Tsien made pioneering contributions to many fields, such as jet propulsion, engineering cybernetics, physical mechanics and engineering sciences, and so on. All these works feature the unique methodology of turning basic theories in natural science into practical tools in tackling complicated engineering problems. It is worth noting that he first advocated the philosophy of engineering sciences, which has been elucidated and illustrated in the volume and proved to be the guideline of innovative industrial development. Zusammenfassung Collects the scientific works of Dr H S Tsien and his co-authors! which published between 1938-1956 when he was studying and working in the United States as a graduate student! scientist and professor! when aeronautic exploration stepped up from low speed to high speed regimes and astronautic technology entered its infant stage. Inhaltsverzeichnis Boundary Layer in Compressible Fluids Supersonic Flow over an Inclined Body of Revolution Problems in Motion of Compressible Fluids and Reaction Propulsion Flight Analysis of a Sounding Rocket with Special Reference to Propulsion by Successive Impulses Two-Dimensional Subsonic Flow of Compressible Fluids The Buckling of Spherical Shells by External Pressure The Influence of Curvature on the Buckling Characteristics of Structures A Method for Predicting the Compressibility Burble The Buckling of Thin Cylindrical Shells under Axial Compression Buckling of a Column with Non-Linear Lateral Supports A Theory for the Buckling of Thin Shells Heat Conduction across a Partially Insulated Wall On the Design of the Contraction Cone for a Wind Tunnel Symmetrical Joukowsky Airfoils in Shear Flow The "Limiting Line? in Mixed Subsonic and Supersonic Flow of Compressible Fluids Loss in Compressor or Turbine due to Twisted Blades Lifting-Line Theory for a Wing in Non-uniform Flow Atomic Energy Two-Dimensional Irrotational Mixed Subsonic and Supersonic Flow of a Compressible Fluid and the Upper Critical Mach Number Superaerodynamics, Mechanics of Rarefied Gases Propagation of Plane Sound Waves in Rarefied Gases Similarity Laws of Hypersonic Flows One-Dimensional Flows of a Gas Characterized by van der Waals Equation of State Flow Conditions near the Intersection of a Shock Wave with Solid Boundary Lower Buckling Load in the Non-Linear Buckling Theory for Thin Shells Rockets and Other Thermal Jets Using Nuclear Energy Engineering and Engineering Sciences On Two-Dimensional Non-steady Motion of a Slender Body in a Compressible Fluid Wind-Tunnel Testing Problems in Superaerodynamics Airfoils in Slightly Supersonic Flow Interaction between Parallel Streams of Subsonic and Supersonic Velocities Research in Rocket and Jet Propulsion A Generalization of Alfrey's Theorem for Vis...

Zusammenfassung
Collects the scientific works of Dr H S Tsien and his co-authors, which published between 1938-1956 when he was studying and working in the United States as a graduate student, scientist and professor, when aeronautic exploration stepped up from low speed to high speed regimes and astronautic technology entered its infant stage.

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Boundary Layer in Compressible Fluids Supersonic Flow over an Inclined Body of Revolution Problems in Motion of Compressible Fluids and Reaction Propulsion Flight Analysis of a Sounding Rocket with Special Reference to Propulsion by Successive Impulses Two-Dimensional Subsonic Flow of Compressible Fluids The Buckling of Spherical Shells by External Pressure The Influence of Curvature on the Buckling Characteristics of Structures A Method for Predicting the Compressibility Burble The Buckling of Thin Cylindrical Shells under Axial Compression Buckling of a Column with Non-Linear Lateral Supports A Theory for the Buckling of Thin Shells Heat Conduction across a Partially Insulated Wall On the Design of the Contraction Cone for a Wind Tunnel Symmetrical Joukowsky Airfoils in Shear Flow The "Limiting Line? in Mixed Subsonic and Supersonic Flow of Compressible Fluids Loss in Compressor or Turbine due to Twisted Blades Lifting-Line Theory for a Wing in Non-uniform Flow Atomic Energy Two-Dimensional Irrotational Mixed Subsonic and Supersonic Flow of a Compressible Fluid and the Upper Critical Mach Number Superaerodynamics, Mechanics of Rarefied Gases Propagation of Plane Sound Waves in Rarefied Gases Similarity Laws of Hypersonic Flows One-Dimensional Flows of a Gas Characterized by van der Waals Equation of State Flow Conditions near the Intersection of a Shock Wave with Solid Boundary Lower Buckling Load in the Non-Linear Buckling Theory for Thin Shells Rockets and Other Thermal Jets Using Nuclear Energy Engineering and Engineering Sciences On Two-Dimensional Non-steady Motion of a Slender Body in a Compressible Fluid Wind-Tunnel Testing Problems in Superaerodynamics Airfoils in Slightly Supersonic Flow Interaction between Parallel Streams of Subsonic and Supersonic Velocities Research in Rocket and Jet Propulsion A Generalization of Alfrey's Theorem for Visco-elastic Media Instruction and Research at the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Jet Propulsion Center Influence of Flame Front on the Flow Field Optimum Thrust Programming for a Sounding Rocket The Emission of Radiation from Diatomic Gases. .Numerical Emissivity Calculations for Carbon Monoxide for Low Optical Densities at 300K and Atmospheric Pressure The Transfer Functions of Rocket Nozzles A Similarity Law for Stressing Rapidly Heated Thin-Walled Cylinders On the Determination of Rotational Line Half-Widths of Diatomic Molecules Automatic Navigation of a Long Range Rocket Vehicle A Method for Comparing the Performance of Power Plants for Vertical Flight Servo-Stabilization of Combustion in Rocket Motors Physical Mechanics, A New Field in Engineering Science The Properties of Pure Liquids Similarity Laws for Stressing Heated Wings Take-Off from Satellite Orbit Analysis of Peak-Holding Optimalizing Control The Poincare-Lighthill-Kuo Method Thermodynamic Properties of Gas at High Temperatures and Pressures Thermonuclear Power Plants