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Fundamentals of aerodynamics

Offers resources for students and teachers of aerodynamics.
Print Book, English, cop. 2011
5th ed in SI Units View all formats and editions
McGraw-Hill, Singapore, cop. 2011
xxiii, 1098 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
9781259010286, 9780071289085, 1259010287, 0071289089
1120357697
TABLE OF CONTENTSPreface to the Fifth EditionPart 1: Fundamental Principles1. Aerodynamics: Some Introductory Thoughts2. Aerodynamics: Some Fundamental Principles and EquationsPart 2: Inviscid, Incompressible Flow3. Fundamentals of Inviscid, Incompressible Flow4. Incompressible Flow Over Airfoils5. Incompressible Flow Over Finite Wings6. Three-Dimensional Incompressible Flow Part 3: Inviscid, Compressible Flow7. Compressible Flow: Some Preliminary Aspects8. Normal Shock Waves and Related Topics9. Oblique Shock and Expansion Waves10. Compressible Flow Through Nozzles, Diffusers and Wind Tunnels11. Subsonic Compressible Flow Over Airfoils: Linear Theory12. Linearized Supersonic Flow13. Introduction to Numerical Techniques for Nonlinear Supersonic Flow14. Elements of Hypersonic FlowPart 4: Viscous Flow15. Introduction to the Fundamental Principles and Equations of Viscous Flow16. A Special Case: Couette Flow17. Introduction to Boundary Layers18. Laminar Boundary Layers19. Turbulent Boundary Layers20. Navier-Stokes Solutions: Some ExamplesAppendix A: Isentropic Flow PropertiesAppendix B: Normal Shock PropertiesAppendix C: Prandtl-Meyer Function and Mach AngleAppendix D: Standard AtmosphereBibliographyIndex
Previous ed.: 2007