The Tatin-Paulhan Aero-Torpedo

Paulhan Street Project

The "torpedo" effect in medicine.

The natural electrical phenomena fascinated humans since antiquity. The electrical discharges produced by the torpedo fish were highly appreciated among ancient physicians as Hippocrates, Scribonius Largus and Galen and were prescribed for headache, gout and prolapsed anus. In the medieval period, torpedo's electrical properties were attributed to occult powers, while Renaissance physicians' an...

Titanium in Aero Engines

The talk is intended to give an overview on the necessity and future trends of titanium parts in aero-engine applications. It will serve as a link to the presentations given in the special session aero-engines. It is well known that for aero-engines the combination of a very high loading by temperature and stress together with extremely high safety levels are determining the choice of materials...

Aero Fighter - 2D Gaming

Designing and developing quality based computer game is always a challenging task for developers. In this paper I briefly discuss aero fighting war game based on simple 2D gaming concepts and developed in C & C++ programming languages, using old bitmapping concepts. Going into the details of the game development, I discuss the designed strategies, flow of game and implemented prototype version ...

Aero-Ektar Lenses

I have been researching the Aero-Ektars. Unfortunately much of the information on the internet is wrong; regrettably too many people are guessing and their guesses are being accepted as fact. I have based my conclusions on patents and research articles from the 1940's and on laboratory gamma-ray spectral measurements. I am by profession a gamma-ray astrophysicist: further information on my qual...