Introduction to Transonic Aerodynamics

• Main Authors: Vos, Roelof (Author), Farokhi, Saeed (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, 110
• Subjects: Engineering.; Structural mechanics.; Fluid mechanics.; Engineering design.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Engineering Design.; Structural Mechanics.

Written to teach students the nature of transonic flow and its mathematical foundation, this book offers a much-needed introduction to transonic aerodynamics. The authors present a quantitative and qualitative assessment of subsonic, supersonic, and transonic flow around bodies in two and three dime...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction and Historic Perspective
• 2 Review of Fundamental Equations
• 3 Transonic Similarity Laws
• 4 Shock-Expansion Theory
• 5 Method of Characteristics
• 6 Aerodynamics of Non lifting Bodies
• 7 Airfoil Aerodynamics
• 8 Aerodynamics of Swept Wings
• A Isentropic Flow Table
• B Normal Shock Table
• C Prandtl-Meyer Function
• Partial Answers to Selected Problems
• Glossary
• Index.