Foundations of Aerodynamics
Bases of Aerodynamic Design
4th Edition
Published on 17. January 1986
Book
Hardback
572 pages
978-0-471-80694-3 (ISBN)
Description
A revision of the textbook for introductory courses in aerodynamics for junior/senior engineering students. Updated to include more extensive use of vectors, contemporary forwardswept and oblique-wing design concepts, expanded coverage of boundary layer control, additional problems and extensive photographs to illustrate fluid flow concepts.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
illustrations, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
936 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-80694-3 (9780471806943)
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Content
The Fluid Medium; Kinematics of a Flow Field; Dynamics of Flow Fields; Flow about a Body; Aerodynamic Characteristics of Airfoils; The Finite Wing; Introduction to Compressible Fluids; The 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 Layer in Compressible Flow; Flow Instabilities and Transition from Laminar to Turbulent Flow; Turbulent Shear Flows; Airfoil Design; Index.