A diagram-first engineering guide that turns half-remembered aerodynamics into calculable physics, from pressure distributions and boundary layers to drag polars, critical Mach number and shock waves.
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Airfoils, Lift and Drag Illustrated
An Engineering Guide to Airflow Analysis, Boundary Layers and Flight Fundamentals for Aspiring Aerospace Engineers
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eBook - ePub
Airfoils, Lift and Drag Illustrated
An Engineering Guide to Airflow Analysis, Boundary Layers and Flight Fundamentals for Aspiring Aerospace Engineers
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MechanicsTable of contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- About This Book
- Chapter 1: Air, Pressure and the Standard Atmosphere
- Chapter 2: Continuity, Bernoulli and Streamlines
- Chapter 3: Airfoil Geometry and Section Conventions
- Chapter 4: Lift, Circulation and the Lift Curve
- Chapter 5: Reynolds Number and the Boundary Layer
- Chapter 6: Skin Friction, Pressure Drag and Separation
- Chapter 7: Stall, Spin and High-Lift Devices
- Chapter 8: Finite Wings, Downwash and Induced Drag
- Chapter 9: The Drag Polar and Lift-to-Drag Ratio
- Chapter 10: Compressibility and Critical Mach Number
- Chapter 11: Shock Waves, Sweep and Supersonic Flow
- Chapter 12: Measuring the Flow: Tunnels, Taps and Computation
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- Sources and Further Reading
- About the Author
- A Request from the Author
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