Title:
Aerodynamics for engineers
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Edition:
5th ed.
Publication Information:
New York, NY. : Prentice Hall, 2009
Physical Description:
xx, 732 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780132272681
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Summary
Summary
Revised to reflect the technological advances and modern application in aerodynamics, this edition merges fundamental fluid mechanics, experimental techniques, and computational fluid dynamics techniques to build a solid foundation for students in aerodynamic applications from low-speed flight through hypersonic flight.
Table of Contents
| 1 Fluid Properties |
| Concept of a Fluid |
| Fluid as a Continuum |
| Fluid Properties |
| Pressure Variation in a Static Fluid Medium |
| The Standard Atmosphere |
| 2 Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics |
| Introduction to Fluid Dynamics |
| Conservation of Mass |
| Conservation of Linear Momentum |
| Applications to Constant-Property Flows |
| Reynolds Number and Mach Number as Similarity Parameters |
| Concept of the Boundary Layer |
| Conservation of Energy |
| First Law of Thermodynamics |
| Derivation of the Energy Equation |
| 3 Dynamics of an Incompressible, Inviscid Flow Field |
| Inviscid Flows |
| Bernoulli's Equation |
| Use of Bernoulli's Equation to Determine Airspeed |
| The Pressure Coefficient |
| Circulation |
| Irrotational Flow |
| Kelvin's Theorem |
| Incompressible, Irrotational Flow |
| Stream Function in a Two-Dimensional, Incompressible Flow |
| Relation Between Streamlines and Equipotential Lines |
| Superposition of Flows |
| Elementary Flows |
| Adding Elementary Flows to Describe Flow Around a Cylinder |
| Lift and Drag Coefficients as Dimensionless Flow-Field Parameters |
| Flow Around a Cylinder with Circulation |
| Source Density Distribution on the Body Surface |
| Incompressible, Axisymmetric Flow |
| 4 Viscous Boundary Layers |
| Equations Governing the Boundary Layer for a Steady, Two-Dimensional, Incompressible Flow |
| Boundary Conditions |
| Incompressible, Laminar Boundary Layer |
| Boundary-Layer Transition |
| Incompressible, Turbulent Boundary Layer |
| Eddy Viscosity and Mixing Length Concepts |
| Integral Equations for a Flat-Plate Boundary Layer |
| Thermal Boundary Layer for Constant-Property Flows |
| 5 Characteristic Parameters for Airfoil and Wing Aerodynamics |
| Characterization of Aerodynamic Forces and Moments |
| Airfoil Geometry Parameters |
| Wing-Geometry Parameters |
| Aerodynamic Force and Moment Coefficients |
| Wings of Finite Span |
| 6 Incompressible Flows around Airfoils of Infinite Span |
| General Comments |
| Circulation and the Generation of Lift |
| General Thin-Airfoil Theory |
| Thin, Flat-Plate Airfoil (Symmetric Airfoil). Thin, Cambered Airfoil |
| High-Lift Airfoil Sections |
| Multielement Airfoil Sections for Generating High Lift |
| High-Lift Military Airfoils |
| 7 Incompressible Flows about Wings of Finite Span |
| General Comments |
| Vortex System |
| Lifting-Line Theory for Unswept Wings |
| Panel Methods |
| Vortex Lattice Method |
| Factors Affecting Drag Due-to-Lift at Subsonic Speeds |
| Delta Wings |
| Leading-Edge Extensions |
| Asymmetric Loads on the Fuselage at High Angles of Attack |
| Flow Fields for Aircraft at High Angles of Attack |
| 8 Dynamics of a Compressible Flow Field |
| Thermodynamic Concepts |
| Adiabatic Flow in a Variable-Area Streamtube |
| Isentropic Flow in a Variable-Area |
| Characteristic Equations and Prandtl-Meyer Flow |
| Shock Waves |
| Viscous Boundary Layer |
| 9 Compressible, Subsonic Flows and Transonic Flows |
| Compressible, Subsonic Flow |
| Transonic Flow Past Unswept Airfoils |
| Swept Wings at Transonic Speeds |
| Forward Swept Wing |
| Transonic Aircraft |
| 10 Two-Dimensional Supersonic Flows around Thin Airfoil |
| Linear Theory |
| Second-Order Theory (Busemann's Theory). Shock-Expansion Technique |
| 11 Supersonic Flows Over Wings and Airplane Configurations |
| General Remarks About Lift and Drag |
| General Remarks About Supersonic Wings |
| Governing Equation and Boundary Conditions |
| Consequences of Linearity |
| Solution Methods |
| Conical-Flow Method |
| Singularity-Distribution Method |
| Design Considerations for Supersonic Aircraft |
| Some Comments About the Design of the SST and of the HSCT. Aerodynamic Interaction |
| Aerodynamic Analysis for Complete Configurations in a Supersonic Stream |
| 12 Hypersonic Flows. |
