Understanding aerodynamics : arguing from the real physics /

"Much-needed, fresh approach that brings a greater insight into the physical understanding of aerodynamicsBased on the author's decades of industrial experience with Boeing, this book helps students and practicing engineers to gain a greater physical understanding of aerodynamics. Relying...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McLean, Doug, 1943-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
Series:Aerospace series (Chichester, England)
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the Conceptual Landscape
  • From Elementary Particles to Aerodynamic Flows
  • Continuum Fluid Mechanics and the Navier-Stokes Equations
  • Boundary Layers
  • General Features of Flows around Bodies
  • Drag and Propulsion
  • Lift and Airfoils in 2D at Subsonic Speeds
  • Lift and Wings in 3D at Subsonic Speeds
  • Theoretical Idealizations Revisited
  • Modeling Aerodynamic Flows in Computational Fluid Dynamics.