Aerodynamics for engineers

by Bertin, John J.

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Title Statements

Full title :Aerodynamics for engineers / John J. Bertin and Russell M. Cummings ; international edition contributions by P. Venkata Reddy.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014
Edition:Sixth edition. International edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Pearson
Place of Publication:Harlow
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

Notes

Previous edition: 2009.

The Physical Object

Description:832 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780273793274, 0273793276
oclc:ocn851416279
LC Classification:TL570
Dewey Decimal:629.1323

Why study aerodynamics? : aerodynamics and the energy-maneuverability technique -- Solving for the aerothermodynamic parameters -- Description of an airplane -- Fundamentals of fluid mechanics : introduction to fluid dynamics -- Conservation of mass -- Conservation of linear momentum -- Applications to constant-property flows -- Reynolds number and mach number as similarity parameters -- Concept of the boundary layer -- Conservation of energy -- First law of thermodynamics -- Derivation of the energy equation -- Dynamics of an incompressible, inviscid flow field : inviscid flows -- Bernoulli's equation -- Use of Bernoulli's equation to determine airspeed -- The pressure coefficient -- Circulation -- Irrotational flow -- Kelvin's theorem -- Incompressible, irrotational flow and the velocity potential -- Stream function in a two-dimensional, incompressible flow -- Relation between streamlines and equipotential lines -- Superposition of flows -- Elementary flows -- Adding elementary flows to describe flow around a cylinder -- Lift and drag coefficients as dimensionless flow-field parameters -- Flow around a cylinder with circulation -- Source density distribution on the body surface …