Theoretical Aerodynamics.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milne-Thomson, L. M. (Louis Melville), 1891-1974.

Series:

Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aerodynamics.

Local Subjects:

Aerodynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (960 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Theoretical Aerodynamics

Place of Publication:

: Dover Publications, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A classic in its field, this university text and reference book has long been one of the basic works. This is the complete reprinting of the revised (1966) edition which brings the subject up to date, including a complete and probably unique chapter on conical flow round sweptback wings.After two introductory chapters on the simplifying assumptions demanded for the study and a final chapter on vectors, the author treats the material in four fairly well-defined parts: (1) two-dimensional aerofoils (two-dimensional motion, rectilinear vortices, the circular cylinder as an aerofoil, Joukowski's

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Symbols""; ""References to Literature""; ""Greek Alphabet""; ""Chapter I Preliminary Notions""; ""1·01. Aerodynamic force""; ""1·02. Lift and drag""; ""1·1. Monoplane aircraft""; ""1·11. Chord of a profile""; ""1·12. Chord of an aerofoil""; ""1·13. Aspect ratio""; ""1·14. Camber""; ""1·15. Incidence""; ""1·2. Fluids""; ""1·21. Velocity""; ""1·22. Streamlines and paths of particles""; ""1·23. Stream tubes and filaments""; ""1·3. Density""; ""1·4. Pressure""; ""1·41. Thrust due to pressure""

""1·5. The speed of sound""""1·6. Maxwell's definition of viscosity""; ""1·7. Physical dimensions""; ""1·71. Aerodynamic force ; dimensional theory""; ""1·72. Similar systems ; scale effect""; ""1·73. Coefficients""; ""1·8. The boundary layer""; ""1·9. Approximations""; ""Examples I""; ""Chapter II Bernoulli's Theorem""; ""2·1. Bernoulli's theorem""; ""2·11. Incompressible fluid in the gravitational field""; ""2·12. The constant in Bernoulli's theorem""; ""2·13. Aerodynamic pressure""; ""2·2. The Pitot tube""; ""2·3. The work done by air in expanding""

""2·31. Bernoulli's theorem for compressible flow""""2·32. Application of Bernoulli's theorem to adiabatic expansion""; ""2·4. The Venturi tube""; ""2·41. Flow of air measured by the Venturi tube""; ""2·5. Standard atmosphere""; ""Examples II""; ""Chapter III Two-Dimensional Motion""; ""3·0. Motion in two dimensions""; ""3·1. Stream function""; ""3·11. Velocity derived from the stream function""; ""3·12. Rankine's theorem""; ""3·13. The stream function of a uniform wind""; ""3·14. Circular cylinder""; ""3·15. The dividing streamline""; ""3·2. Circulation""; ""3·21. Vorticity""

""3·22. Motion of a fluid element""""3·3. Irrotational motion""; ""3·31. Velocity potential""; ""3·311. Laplace's equation""; ""3·32. Cyclic motion""; ""3·4. Complex numbers""; ""3·41. The argument""; ""3·42. Differentiation""; ""3·43. Holomorphic functions""; ""3·44. Conjugate functions""; ""3·45. The function f (z)""; ""3·47. The coordinates z and z""; ""3·5. Cauchy's integral theorem""; ""3·51. Singularities""; ""3·52. Residues""; ""3·53. Cauchy's residue theorem""; ""3·6. Conformal mapping""; ""3·7. Complex potential""; ""3·71. The complex velocity""

""3·8. Application of conformal mapping""""Examples III""; ""Chapter IV Rectilinear Vortices""; ""4·0. Two-dimensional vortices""; ""4·1. Circular vortex""; ""4·11. Velocity distribution""; ""4·12. Size of a circular vortex""; ""4·2. Point rectilinear vortex""; ""4·21. Vortex pair""; ""4·22. Image of a vortex in a plane""; ""4·3. Vortex between parallel planes""; ""4·4. Force on a vortex""; ""4·5. Mutual action of two vortices""; ""4·6. Energy due to a pair of vortices""; ""4·7. Continuous line of vortices""; ""4·71. Evaluation of the definite integral""; ""Examples IV""

""Chapter V The Circular Cylinder as an Aerofoil""

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-486-15183-2

1-62198-582-2

OCLC:

868969396