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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4058| Publication type: | Working paper – expertise – study |
| Title: | From summit to seafloor : lifted weight as a function of altitude and depth |
| Authors: | Steinegger, Rolf |
| DOI: | 10.21256/zhaw-4058 |
| Extent: | 10 |
| Issue Date: | 26-Apr-2017 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Winterthur |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Surfboard; Lift; Hydrofoil; Airfoil; Lifted weight |
| Subject (DDC): | 620: Engineering |
| Abstract: | A comparison of lifted weight as a function of altitude and depth reveals big differences by a factor of about 3’000 in total from 11 km above sea level to 10 km below sea level, divided into factors of: 4 between summit and sea level, 400 between flying close to the ground and planing on water, 2 between planing on water and in a fully submerged state. The most dramatic changes are due to different fluids and levels of altitude. The most interesting sector to discuss lift is close to sea level: aircraft approaching the ground, plates planing on water and hydrofoils only barely submerged in water. There is one basic similarity across of these: Almost any shape, as long as it is not too thick, will work as an (air)foil and produce lift when the angle of attack is in the right range. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/1901 |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Not specified |
| Departement: | School of Engineering |
| Organisational Unit: | Centre for Aviation (ZAV) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Engineering |
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Steinegger, R. (2017). From summit to seafloor : lifted weight as a function of altitude and depth. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4058
Steinegger, R. (2017) From summit to seafloor : lifted weight as a function of altitude and depth. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4058.
R. Steinegger, “From summit to seafloor : lifted weight as a function of altitude and depth,” ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Winterthur, Apr. 2017. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4058.
STEINEGGER, Rolf, 2017. From summit to seafloor : lifted weight as a function of altitude and depth. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
Steinegger, Rolf. 2017. “From Summit to Seafloor : Lifted Weight as a Function of Altitude and Depth.” Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4058.
Steinegger, Rolf. From Summit to Seafloor : Lifted Weight as a Function of Altitude and Depth. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, 26 Apr. 2017, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4058.
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