Fundamentals of Aerodynamics (In SI Units)
- 5th
- New Delhi McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt. Ltd. 2015
- 1034
The fifth edition of Fundamentals of Aerodynamics is written in a clear, informal and direct style designed to talk to the reader and gain his immediate interest in the challenging and beautiful discipline of aerodynamics. Authored by one of the pioneers in the field of aerospace, this book offers the most up-to-date overview of aerodynamics to be found in any book on the subject.
Contents 1. Aerodynamics: Some Introductory Thoughts 2. Aerodynamics: Some Fundamental Principles and Equations 3. Fundamentals of Inviscid, Incompressible Flow 4. Incompressible Flow over Airfoils 5. Incompressible Flow over Finite Wings 6. Three-Dimensional Incompressible Flow 7. Compressible Flow: Some Preliminary Aspects 8. Normal Shock Waves and Related Topics 9. Oblique Shock and Expansion Waves 10. Compressible Flow Through Nozzles, Diffusers and Wind Tunnels 11. Subsonic Compressible Flow over Airfoils: Linear Theory 12. Linearized Supersonic Flow 13. Introduction to Numerical Techniques for Nonlinear Supersonic Flow 14. Elements of Hypersonic Flow 15. Introduction to the Fundamental Principles and Equations of Viscous Flow 16. Some Special Cases; Couette and Poiseuille Flows 17. Introduction to Boundary Layers 18. Laminar Boundary Layers 19. Turbulent Boundary Layers 20. Navier-Stokes Solutions: Some Examples