An Introduction to Theoretical and Computational Aerodynamics

by Jack Moran

Overview

This concise and highly readable introduction to theoretical and computational aerodynamics integrates both classical and modern developments, focusing on applying methods to actual wing design. Designed for a junior- or senior-level course and as a resource for practicing engineers, it features 221 figures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486428796
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	06/17/2010
Series:	Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering
Edition description:	Unabridged Reprint First Dover Edition
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.97(d)

Table of Contents

1. Wings
2. Review of Basic Fluid Dynamics
3. Incompressible Irrotational Flow About Symmetric Airfoils at Zero Lift
4. Lifting Airfoils in Incompresssible Irrotational Flow
5. Wings of Finite Span
6. The Navier-Stokes Equations
7. The Boundary Layer
8. Panel Methods
9. Finite Difference Methods
10. Finite-Difference Solution of the Boundary Layer Equations
11. Compressible Potential Flow Past Airfoils
Appendixes
Index