The Elements of Aerofoil and Airscrew Theory / Edition 2

by H. Glauert

Overview

More than half a century has elapsed since the first edition of The Elements of Aerofoil and Airscrew Theory appeared in 1926, a period in which massive advances have been made in the understanding and description of aerodynamic phenomena. Yet Glauert was an acknowledged master of his subject and his book remains the most lucid and best organised introduction to the fundamental principles of aerodynamics that has ever been written. This new paperback edition reprints the text of the second edition of 1947, with supplementary notes by H. B. Squire.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521274944
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	06/09/1983
Series:	Cambridge Science Classics
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.82(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Bernoulli's equation; 3. The stream function; 4. Circulation and vorticity; 5. The velocity potential and the potential function; 6. The transformation of a circle into an aerofoil; 7. The aerofoil in two dimensions; 8. Viscosity and drag; 9. The basis of aerofoil theory; 10. The aerofoil in three dimensions; 11. The monoplane aerofoil; 12. The flow round an acerofoil; 13. Biplane aerofoils; 14. Wind tunnel interference on areofoils; 15. The airscrew: momentum theory; 16. The airscrew: blade element theory; 17. The airscrew: wind tunnel interference; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.