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RADAR IMAGE SYNTHESIS (SAR) CALCULATORS/SIMULATIONS (JAVA APPLET) - S. Foucher, Y. Moisan & R. Gonzalez-Rubio, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada In English & French. VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Illustrates "how radar remote sensing signal interacts with the surface and, more importantly, how images are constructed from the backscattered signal using Java applets..." For more information see Radar Image Synthesis & Modeling Presentation; Radar Image Synthesis & Modeling or the Université de Sherbrooke, Québec
COCKPIT PHYSICS - Project Director: Colonel R. Enger, Department of Physics, United States Air force Academy Multimedia Interactive Course (Text, Images & Animations). VERY EXTENSIVE. "Physics Instruction for the Twenty-First Century" For more information see Cockpit Physics Home Page; Department of Physics or the United States Air force Academy SEE HOW IT FLIES - J.S. Denker Multimedia Interactive Course (Text, Images & Animations). VERY VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. "This is a book about how to fly airplanes." Includes: Perceptions, Procedures & Principles. For more information see John S. Denker's Home Page
VISUAL AIRCRAFT WEIGHT & BALANCE CALCULATOR - Skybound Software, Almere, The Netherlands VERY EXTENSIVE. "...allows you as pilot to check the weight and balance of all the aircraft that you have saved the configurations of. Results are displayed numerically and graphically at the same time..." For more information see Projects or Skybound Software WEIGHT & BALANCE CALCULATOR - Wings Flying Club, Inc., Bowman Filed, Louisville, Kentucky "In order to achieve the performance and flying characteristics which are designed into the airplane, it must be flown with the weight and center of gravity position within the approved envelope..." For more information see Pilot's Toolbox or the Wings Flying Club
FLY THE 1903 WRIGHT FLYER SIMULATOR - FREDERICK HOOVEN'S SIMULATION (SHOCKWAVE) - B.Whalley, B. Hawkridge, K. Quick & J. Linney, Knowledge Media Institute [KMI], Open University, U.K. VERY EXTENSIVE. "The Wright Brothers followed Cayley and Lilienthal in realizing that if they were to fly they would have to carry out controlled scientific experiments to design the lifting surfaces." Jet Engines
HOW A GAS TURGINE WORKS; TAKE A JOURNEY THROUGH A JET ENGINE; AND BUILD YOUR OWN ENGINE (SHOCKWAVE) - Rolls-Royce plc. VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Information for Schools; Education or Rolls-Royce plc. JET ENGINES 101 (SHOCKWAVE) - GE Aircraft Engines (GEAE), General Electric Company VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see GE Aircraft Engines (GEAE)
JET ENGINE SIMULATION (JAVA APPLET) - J.A. Reed, Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME), University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio VERY EXTENSIVE. "...an interactive, graphical, numerical gas turbine simulator which can be used for instructing graduate and undergraduate students in the operation of gas turbine systems..." For more information see Research; John A. Reed's Home Page or the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME) |
SCALEWARE CALCULATOR: STANDARD & CUSTOM MODEL SCALES - W. Pearson, NHSouth.Com VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. "...The Scaleware calculator is flexible to use. Your input measurements can be in inches, feet, meters,..." For more information see The Workbench; The Craft Corner or NHSouth.Com
WING LOADING CALCULATOR - ColoradoGliders.com For more information see ColoradoGliders
WATER ROCKET SIMULATION - C. Heath, ManageSoft Corp, Victoria, Australia VERY EXTENSIVE. "This page does a numerical simulation of the entire flight of your rocket. Just enter the details..." For more information see Water Rocket Launcher Home Page or Clifford Heath's Home Page WATER ROCKET SIMULATION - Water-Rockets.com, Redmond, Washington VERY EXTENSIVE. "The simulation predicts how much thrust the motor will produce, how quickly it will accelerate, how fast it goes, and how high..." For more information see Water-Rockets Home Page
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PROPELLER EFFICIENCY (TIP SPEED) CALCULATOR (JAVA APPLET) - P. Ponk Aviation "Would you like to know how fast your propeller tips are traveling, how efficient your prop is at a particular RPM..." For more information see P. Ponk Aviation
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INTERPLANETARY MISSION APPLET - K. G. Powell, Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Michigan "This applet is an interplanetary-mission laboratory; a student can enter origin and destination planets and dates, and analyze the resulting transfer orbit." For more information see Instructional Java Applets; Java or the Department of Aerospace Engineering LIFTOFF TO SPACE EXPLORATION - Marschall Space Flight Center, NASA VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Liftoff, NASA
SSCWEB LOCATOR GRAPHICS, LOCATOR TABULAR & QUERY - Project Direcctor: R.E. McGuire, Space Physics Data Facility, Code 602, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. "The software and associated database of SSCWeb together form a system to cast geocentric spacecraft location information into a framework of (empirical) geophysical regions and mappings of spacecraft locations along lines of the Earth's magnetic field..." For more information see Satellite Situation Center (SSCWeb) or the Space Physics Data Facility SSCWEB LOCATOR TABULAR - CALCULATOR INTERFACE APPLET - Project Direcctor: R.E. McGuire, Space Physics Data Facility, Code 602, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. "The software and associated database of SSCWeb together form a system to cast geocentric spacecraft location information into a framework of (empirical) geophysical regions and mappings of spacecraft locations along lines of the Earth's magnetic field..." For more information see Satellite Situation Center (SSCWeb) or the Space Physics Data Facility SSCWEB LOCATOR GRAPHICS: SPACECRAFT/PLOT TYPE SELECTION - INTERACTIVE - Satellite Situation Center, Space Physics Data Facility, NASA VERY EXTENSIVE. "The Locator graphics component provides the ability to plot the orbits of multiple spacecraft. In addition to orbit plots, mapped and time series plots can also be generated." For more information see the Satellite Situation Center or the Space Physics Data Facility
MOHR'S CIRCLE CALCULATOR (JAVA APPLET) - School of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma "...plots the mohr's circle from the user inputs for normal stresses and shear stresses..." For more information see Solid Mechanics 1 (AME 3143); Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering eContent Community Archive MOHR'S CIRCLE CALCULATOR (JAVA APPLET) - M. Austin & D. Chancogne, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland "...The program will calculate the maximum shear stress, and principal stresses..." For more information see Mark A. Austin's Home Page MOHR'S CIRCLE CALCULATOR (JAVA APPLET) - MathinSite, P. Edwards, Bournemouth University, U.K. "...Strains measured in either a 45 or 60 degree strain gauge rosette..." For more information see Applets or MathinSite
JAVA VIRTUAL WIND TUNNEL: Two dimensional Invicid Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation - D. Oh, Computational Aerospace Sciences Laboratory, MIT "The Java Virtual Wind Tunnel is intended to be an educational tool for use in undergraduate and graduate level fluids mechanics courses." For more information see Computational Aerospace Sciences Laboratory, MIT |
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