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Aerodynamics for engineers / John J. Bertin and Russell M. Cummings.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bertin, John J., 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aerodynamics.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 732 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, [2009]
- Summary:
- KEY BENEFIT: From low-speed through hypersonic flight, this book merges fundamental fluid mechanics, experimental techniques, and computational fluid dynamics techniques to build a solid foundation in aerodynamic applications. Many references are recent publications by the world's finest aerodynamicists with expertise in subsonic, transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic aerodynamics. KEY TOPICS: Starts the new edition with a fun, readable, and motivational presentation on aircraft performance using material on Specific Excess Power (taught to all cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy). Adds new sections to later chapters, presenting new real-world applications. Includes a CD-ROMwith Excel spreadsheets to solve a wide range of problems showing simple CFD applications, experimental correlations, and more. A useful reference for professionals in the aeronautics industry.
- Contents:
- Why study aerodynamics?
- Fundamentals of fluid mechanics
- Dynamics of an incompressible, inviscid flow field
- Viscous boundary layers
- Characteristic parameters for airfoil and wing aerodynamics
- Incompressible flows around airfoils of infinite span
- Incompressible flow about wings of finite span
- Dynamics of a compressible flow field
- Compressible, subsonic flows and transonic flows
- Two-dimensional, supersonic flows around thin airfoils
- Supersonic flows over wings and airplane configurations
- Hypersonic flows
- Aerodynamic design considerations
- Tools for defining the aerodynamic environment.
- Notes:
- Previous ed.: 2002.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780132272681
- 0132272687
- OCLC:
- 244417550
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