Aerodynamics for Engineering Students

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 designContains MATLAB-based computational exercises throughout, giving students practice in using industry-standard computational toolsIncludes examples in SI and Imperial units, reflecting the fact that the aerospace industry uses both systems of unitsImproved pedagogy, including more examples and end-of-chapter problems, and additional and updated MATLAB codes

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