Mooring airships
The purpose of this paper is to summarize the present status of the problem of mooring airships. Mooring with one, two and even three cables are all discussed.
HANGERS, LAUNCHING & LANDING DEVICES↗
Engineering topics
Crocco, G A
Publications and source records attributed to Crocco, G A.
Effect of ratio between volume and surface area of airships
The ratio between the volume and the surface area also exerts an influence on other secondary characteristics of airships, which I will here briefly indicate.
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Structural and Economic Limits to the Dimensions of Airships
In opposition to the advantage of larger dimensions, there is one disadvantage, namely, the weight of the structure increases more rapidly than the buoyancy. It is not possible, however, to determine a general law. In order to formulate one having the merit of simplicity, we will divide the structure into two parts: one subject to tensile and compressive stresses, varying directly as the ascensional or lifting forces; the other subject to varying stresses of the surface areas.
AIRSHIPS -STRUCTURAL STRENGTH↗
Replacing the weight of materials consumed on airships
Two methods to replace the weight of gas lost on long airship flights are discussed: condensing the water of combustion and thermic sustentation. In the present article we will discuss the first method, leaving the second to be examined in a subsequent article.
AIRSHIPS↗