Название: Stratospheric Flight: Aeronautics at the Limit
Автор:  Andras Sobester
Издательство:  Praxis
Страниц: 240
Формат: PDF в RAR
Размер: 62 мб
Качество: хорошее
Язык: английский
Год: 2011
ISBN: 9781441994578

In this book, Dr. Andras Sobester reviews the science behind high altitude flight. He takes the reader on a journey that begins with the complex physiological questions involved in taking humans into the "death zone." How does the body react to falling ambient pressure? Why is hypoxia (oxygen deficiency associated with low air pressure) so dangerous and why is it so difficult to 'design out' of aircraft, why does it still cause fatalities in the 21st century? What cabin pressures are air passengers and military pilots exposed to and why is the choice of an appropriate range of values such a difficult problem? How do high altitude life support systems work and what happens if they fail? What happens if cabin pressure is lost suddenly or, even worse, slowly and unnoticed?