Aerodynamics for Engineers

For junior/senior and graduate-level courses in Aerodynamics, Mechanical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering. Aerodynamics for Engineers merges fundamental fluid mechanics, experimental techniques, and computational fluid dynamics techniques to build a solid foundation for students in aerodynamic applications from low-speed flight through hypersonic flight. It presents a background discussion of each topic followed by a presentation of the theory, and then derives fundamental equations, applies them to simple computational techniques, and compares them to experimental data. NEW - Accompanying CD-ROM Containing Excel Spreadsheets to solve a wide range of problems allowing the student and instructor to obtain solutions for a wide variety of problems that complement those at the end of the chapters. End-of-chapter problems help students understand the relative importance of various phenomena. Emphasis on practical problems and the fundamental principles and techniques for obtaining solutions. Background discussions followed by theory which highlights for students the assumptions (and, therefore, the restrictions) incorporated into the development of the theory. Example problems Worked for relatively simple flow fields that can be defined by a few control points and can be worked using calculators. Theoretical solutions and/or the computed results illustrates for students both the validity of the theoretical analysis and its limitations (or, equivalently, the range of conditions for which the theory is applicable). SI units and English units are used throughout.