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Ballooning

 
Introduc)on  to  Aeronau)cal  Engineering  
Prof.  dr.  ir.  Jacco  Hoekstra  

J.  Bon  -­‐  CC  -­‐  BY  


Three  principles  of  flight  
Float  on  air  by   Push  air  down   Push  something  
being  lighter   else  down  

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Solid  fuel   Liquid  fuel  
rocket   rocket  
Solid  
propellant  
Fuel  
He   Oxidizer  
     
Nozzle  
Three  principles  of  flight  
Float  on  air  by   Push  air  down   Push  something  
being  lighter   else  down  
Solid  fuel   Liquid  fuel  
rocket   rocket  
Solid  
propellant  
Fuel  
He   Oxidizer  

Nozzle  
KongMing  lantern  

-­‐  China:  200  –  300  AD  

-­‐  First  hot  air  balloons  

P.  Dunleavy  -­‐  CC  -­‐  BY  


First  manned  flight  
-­‐  Balloon  flight  was  first  manned  flight  
-­‐  Only  way  to  fly  for  over  a  century  

Joseph-­‐Michel  Montgolfier   Jacques-­‐ÉRenne  Montgolfier  


First  manned  flight  

-­‐  Balloon  flight  was  first  manned  flight  


-­‐  Only  way  to  fly  for  over  a  century  
-­‐  Before  humans:  Duck,  rooster,  sheep  
-­‐  First  manned  flight  on  Nov  21,  1783  
19th  and  20th  century  air  travel  
End  of  the  airship  era  (1937)  
Today’s  airships  

Advantages:  
-­‐  Efficient,  if  staRonary  
-­‐  Can  go  very  high  

Disadvantages:  
-­‐  Slow  
-­‐  High  drag  
A.  Malone  -­‐  CC  -­‐  BY  
AerostaLcs  

-­‐  Which  type  of  balloon  provides  more  liZ:  helium  or  hot  air?  
-­‐  How  many  helium-­‐filled  party  balloons  can  you  safely  carry  
without  becoming  airborne?  
-­‐  How  does  a  balloon  feel  a  liZ  force  if  there  is  an  equilibrium  
of  forces  all  across  the  surface?  
-­‐  What  alRtude  can  you  reach  with  a  balloon?  

Mtruch  -­‐  CC  -­‐  BY  -­‐  SA  


Gas  law  

p ⋅V = n ⋅ℜ ⋅ T


Ballooning  

Mary  -­‐  CC  -­‐  BY  -­‐  NC  -­‐  SA  

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