Soaring by Design
A short introduction to this album.
Soaring by Design - for iPad/Mac/PC
enApril 12, 2010
Soaring by Design - for iPad/Mac/PC
How do you go about designing an aircraft that has no engine? What forces enable a glider to become airborne and quickly reach high altitudes quickly? The tracks in this album look at the aerodynamics of gliders, ask questions relating to the 'Speed to Fly', and explores the consequences of kinetic and potential energy change, providing a useful way of modelling the behaviour of a glider in the air. This material makes up part of the course MST209, Mathematical methods and models.
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Episodes (16)
Transcript -- Soaring by Design
Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.
Soaring by Design - for iPad/Mac/PC
enApril 12, 2010
Modeling Flight
Introducing the forces a glider is exposed to during flight.
Transcript -- Modeling Flight
Transcript -- Introducing the forces a glider is exposed to during flight.
Avoiding Collisions
Demonstrating the change of energy when a pilot dives to avoid a collision.
Transcript -- Avoiding Collisions
Transcript -- Demonstrating the change of energy when a pilot dives to avoid a collision.
The Mechanics of Launching
Examining the process of winching as a launch mechanism.
Transcript -- The Mechanics of Launching
Transcript -- Examining the process of winching as a launch mechanism.
Wing Design: Predictions
The transfer of the huge forces between the wings and the glider body, and how the forces are resisted.
Transcript -- Wing Design: Predictions
Transcript -- The transfer of the huge forces between the wings and the glider body, and how the forces are resisted.
Wing Design: Testing and Building
The predictions of air flow on the wings, generated by mathematical modeling are compared with the real thing.
Transcript -- Wing Design: Testing and Building
Transcript -- The predictions of air flow on the wings, generated by mathematical modeling are compared with the real thing.
Measuring Experimentally
The ways in which prototype gliders are tested, producing accurate polar curves.
Transcript -- Measuring Experimentally
Transcript -- The ways in which prototype gliders are tested, producing accurate polar curves.
The Final Glide
The changes in the Total Energy of a glider when it comes in to the finish of a competition are examined.
Transcript -- The Final Glide
Transcript -- The changes in the Total Energy of a glider when it comes in to the finish of a competition are examined.