LIGHTER-THAN-AIR CRAFTS

R L SANYA SHABIR
 CONTENT

 WHAT ARE LIGHTER-THAN-AIR CRAFTS?

 HISTORY
 BASIC WORKING PRINCIPLE
 BUOYANCY FORCE & LIFTING GASES
 COMPONENTS OF AEROSTATS
 APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTER-THAN-AIR CRAFTS
 CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE OF AIRSHIPS

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 HISTORY

•First successful attempt by

Montgolfier brothers on September
19,1783.

•Flew for 10minutes and landed

successfully.

•First manned free flight was made

on November 21,1783.
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balloon-flights

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•In 1852, Henri Giffard built the first airship, powered by a 3-
horsepower (2.2kW) steam engine.

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•Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin known as the father of modern dirigibles.

• On July 2, 1900, Zeppelin's dirigible took its initial flight.

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 BASIC PRINCIPLE

Archimedes’ Principle: The buoyant force on an object equals the

weight of the fluid it displaces.

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 BUOYANCY FORCE & LIFTING GASES

Lighter Than Air

 Heated Air
 Hydrogen
 Helium
 Neon
 Ammonia
 Methane
 Coal Gas .

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 COMPONENTS OF LIGHTER-THAN-AIR CRAFTS

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 APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTER-THAN-AIR CRAFTS

Used in wars.
Sports & Recreation.
Meteorological purposes
Project Loon.

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 CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE

 Goodyear fleet
 Airship ventures
 Skylifter
 Manned cloud
 Firecat

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and-near-future

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 REFERENCES

 https://www.britannica.com/technology/balloon-
flight/Hot-air-ballooning
 https://interestingengineering.com/airship-innovation-
lighter-than-air-aircrafts
 https://www.space.com/16623-first-powered-airship.html
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifting_gas
 https://io9.gizmodo.com/10-airships-of-the-present-day-
and-near-future-5815576

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