Aerodynamics for Engineering Students

by Stanford University Collicott Ph.D., Daniel T. Valentine, E. L. Houghton, P. W. Carpenter

Overview

Aerodynamics for Engineering Students, Seventh Edition, is one of the world’s leading course texts on aerodynamics. It provides concise explanations of basic concepts, combined with an excellent introduction to aerodynamic theory. This updated edition has been revised with improved pedagogy and reorganized content to facilitate student learning, and includes new or expanded coverage in several important areas, such as hypersonic flow, UAV’s, and computational fluid dynamics.

• Provides contemporary applications and examples that help students see the link between everyday physical examples of aerodynamics and the application of aerodynamic principles to aerodynamic design
• Contains MATLAB-based computational exercises throughout, giving students practice in using industry-standard computational tools
• Includes examples in SI and Imperial units, reflecting the fact that the aerospace industry uses both systems of units
• Improved pedagogy, including more examples and end-of-chapter problems, and additional and updated MATLAB codes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780081002322
Publisher:	Butterworth-Heinemann
Publication date:	08/12/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	688
File size:	51 MB
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About the Author

Steven Collicott is a Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. His research interests include experimental fluid mechanics, low-gravity fluid dynamics, optical diagnostics, and applied optics. He has led the proposing, design, and construction of 27 low-gravity NASA aircraft experiments, designed 2 of 6 tests in the successful Capillary Fluids Experiments (CFE) performed in the International Space Station in 2006/07, and advised on CFE modifications scheduled for launch in 2010. Professor Collicott is the president-elect of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR). He was Inducted into Purdue’s “Book of Great Teachers" in 2008, which “honors outstanding teaching faculty who have demonstrated sustained excellence in the classroom."
Daniel T. Valentine is Professor Emeritus and was Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York. He was also Affiliate Director of the Clarkson Space Grant Program of the New York NASA Space Grant Consortium, a program that provided support for undergraduate and graduate research. His Ph.D. degree is in fluid Mechanics from the Catholic University of America. His BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering are from Rutgers University. Dr. Valentine is also co-author of Aerodynamics for Engineering Students (Butterworth Heinemann).

Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Basic Concepts and Definitions

PART II: FUNDAMENTALS OF FLUID MECHANICS 2. Equations of Motion 3. Viscous Flow and Boundary Layers 4. Compressible Flow

PART III: AERODYNAMICS OF WINGS AND BODIES 5. Potential Flow 6. Thin Airfoil Theory 7. Wing Theory 8. Airfoils and Wings in Compressible Flow

PART IV: APPLICATIONS OF AERODYNAMICS 9. Computational Fluid Dynamics 10. Flow Control and Wing Designs

Appendix A. Symbols and Notation B. The International Standard Atmosphere C. A Solution of Integrals of the Type of Glauert's Integral D. Conversion of Imperial Units to Systéme International (SI) Units

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A complete textbook for undergraduate aerodynamics courses, updated with new contemporary applications, computational exercises, and expanded coverage of compressible flow

Editorial Reviews

"The book is clearly written and can be confidently recommended as a general and comprehensive aerodynamics text for the use of students of aeronautical engineering." —Journal of Aerospace Engineering

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