Description
Book SynopsisLike previous editions, this text has retained it's excellent coverage of basic concepts and broad coverage of the major aspects of aerodynamics. Numerical techniques are described for computing invicid incompressible flow about airfoils and finite wings.
Table of ContentsThe Fluid Medium.
Kinematics of a Flow Field.
Dynamics of Flow Fields.
Irrotational Incompressible Flow About Two-Dimensional Bodies.
Aerodynamic Characteristics of Airfoils.
The Finite Wing.
Introduction to Compressible Fluids.
Energy Relations.
Some Applications of One-Dimensional Compressible Flow.
Waves.
Linearized Compressible Flow.
Airfoils in Compressible Flows.
Wings and Wing-Body Combinations in Compressible Flow.
The Dynamics of Viscous Fluids.
Incompressible Laminar Flow in Tubes and Boundary Layers.
Laminar Boundary Layers in Compressible Flow.
Flow Instabilities and Transition from Laminar to Turbulent Flow.
Turbulent Flows.
Airfoil Design, Multiple Surfaces, Vortex Lift, Secondary Flows, Viscous Effects.
Appendices.
Tables.
Oblique Shock Chart.
References.
Index.
