Soaring by Design - for iPad/Mac/PC
Soaring by Design - for iPad/Mac/PC
The Open University
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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Soaring by Design
Soaring by Design
A short introduction to this album.
Apr 12, 2010
46 sec
Transcript -- Soaring by Design
Transcript -- Soaring by Design
A short introduction to this album.
Apr 12, 2010
Modeling Flight
Modeling Flight
Introducing the forces a glider is exposed to during flight.
May 11, 2009
1 min
Transcript -- Modeling Flight
Transcript -- Modeling Flight
Introducing the forces a glider is exposed to during flight.
May 11, 2009
Avoiding Collisions
Avoiding Collisions
Demonstrating the change of energy when a pilot dives to avoid a collision.
May 11, 2009
2 min
Transcript -- Avoiding Collisions
Transcript -- Avoiding Collisions
Demonstrating the change of energy when a pilot dives to avoid a collision.
May 11, 2009
The Mechanics of Launching
The Mechanics of Launching
Examining the process of winching as a launch mechanism.
May 11, 2009
8 min
Transcript -- The Mechanics of Launching
Transcript -- The Mechanics of Launching
Examining the process of winching as a launch mechanism.
May 11, 2009
Wing Design: Predictions
Wing Design: Predictions
The transfer of the huge forces between the wings and the glider body, and how the forces are resisted.
May 11, 2009
9 min
Transcript -- Wing Design: Predictions
Transcript -- Wing Design: Predictions
The transfer of the huge forces between the wings and the glider body, and how the forces are resisted.
May 11, 2009
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