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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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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-47289-8

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Description
xxi, 346, 7 pages : illustrations (some color).
Subjects
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
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Columbia University Libraries