Foundations of Aerodynamics: Bases of Aerodynamic Design / Edition 5

by Arnold M. Kuethe, Chuen-Yen Chow

Overview

Like 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. Plus, the design of devices and aircraft components that were constructed from theoretical considerations are shown so readers can see the realistic applications of mathematical analyses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471129196
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	12/16/1997
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	592
Product dimensions:	6.36(w) x 9.57(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Arnold M. Kuethe and Chuen-Yen Chow are the authors of Foundations of Aerodynamics: Bases of Aerodynamic Design, 5th Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

The 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.

Editorial Reviews

New edition of a text which provides material for an understanding of concepts of use in finding approximate solutions to problems involving the flow of a compressible, viscous, inhomogenous gas. The first six chapters are devoted to a study of the flow of a perfect fluid and to the application of a perfect-fluid theory to the prediction of the lifting characteristics of wings. Chapters 7 to 13 deal with the compressible inviscid fluid and its application to the flow through channels and about wings. The effects of viscosity on the flow of incompressible and compressible fluids are addressed in chapters 14 through 19. Includes illustrative examples, problems of practical interest, and a new section on supersonic wind tunnels. Ends with two appendices, tables, and an oblique shock chart. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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