Aerodynamics for Engineers - Hardcover

Bertin, John J.

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9780130182432: Aerodynamics for Engineers

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130182435 ISBN 13: 9780130182432

Publisher: Pearson, 1988

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This comprehensive guide to aerodynamics focuses on practical problems and discusses the fundamental principles and techniques used to solve these problems.

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The fourth edition of Aerodynamics for Engineers has been written to reflect the rapid advances in software and in hardware that have resulted in the ever increasing use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in the design of aerospace vehicles. The increased reliance on computational methods has led to two changes unique to the fourth edition.

Some very sophisticated numerical solutions for high-alpha flow fields (Chapter 7), transonic flows around an NACA airfoil (Chapter 9), and flow over the SR-71 at three high-speed Mach numbers (Chapter 11) appear for the first time in Aerodynamics for Engineers. Although these results have appeared in the open literature, the high-quality figures were provided by Cobalt Solutions, LLC, using the post-processing packages Fieldview and EnSight.
Chapter 14 has been completely rewritten to provide a discussion of the complementary use of experiment and of computation as tools for defining the aerodynamic environment. This was the greatest single change to the text. Chapter 14 was a major effort, intended to put in perspective the strengths and limitations of the various tools that were discussed individually throughout the text.

Synopsis:

The first edition (1979) is cited in BCL3. A textbook for a course in aerodynamics for advanced undergraduates or grad students. Presumes basic physics, thermodynamics, and math. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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