Overview

Amid a welter of topics on the aeronautical engineering curriculum-hypersonic fluid mechanics, heat transfer, nonequilibrium phenomena, etc.-this concise text stands out as a rigorous, classroom-tested treatment of classical aerodynamic theory-indispensable background for aeronautical engineers and the foundation of current and future research. The present volume is also unique for its recognition of matched asymptotic expansions as a unifying framework for introducing boundary-value problems of external flow over thin wings and bodies. In addition, the book fully acknowledges the important role of high-speed computers in aerodynamics.After a short review of the fundamentals of fluid mechanics, the authors offer a fairly extensive treatment of constant-density inviscid flow. Chapter 3 deals with singular perturbation problems, presenting an extremely useful technique not to be found in most texts. Subsequent chapters give solid basic coverage of these topics:Chap. 4-Effects of ViscosityChap. 5-Thin-Wing TheoryChap. 6-Siender-Body TheoryChap. 7-Three-Dimensional Wings in Steady, Subsonic FlowChap. 8-Three-Dimensional Thin Wings in Steady Supersonic FlowChap. 9-Drag at Supersonic SpeedsChap. 10-Use of Flow-Reversal Theorems in Drag Minimization ProblemsChap. 11-Interference and Nonplanar Lifting Surface theoriesChap. 12-Transonic Small-Disturbance FlowChap. 13-Unsteady Flow Ideal as a primary or supplementary text at the graduate level, Aerodynamics of Wings and Bodies also offers working engineers a valuable reference to the resultsof modern aerodynamic research and a selection of new and useful analytical tools.Holt Ashley is Professor of Aeronautics/ Astronautics and Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Marten Landahl is in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at M.I.T. and in the Department of Mechanics, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.

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Author:   Holt Ashley ,  M.T. Landahl
Publisher:   Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:   Dover Publications Inc.
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.40cm
Weight:   0.317kg
ISBN:  

9780486648996

ISBN 10:   0486648990
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   28 March 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

1. Review of Fundamentals of Fuid Mechanics 1-1 General Assumptions and Basic Differential Equations 1-2 Conservation Laws for a Barotropic Fluid in a Conservative Body Force Field 1-3 Some Geometric or Kinematic Properties of the Velocity Field 1-4 The Independence of Scale in Inviscid Flows 1-5 Vortex Theorems for the Ideal Fluid 1-6 Integral Conservation Theorems for Inviscid Fluid 1-7 Irrotational Flow 1-8 The Acceleration Potential 2. Constant-Density Inviscid Flow 2-1 Introduction 2-2 The Three-Dimensional Rigid Solid Moving Through a Liquid 2-3 The Representation of ? in Terms of Boundary Values 2-4 ""Further Examination of the Rigid, Impermeable Solid Moving Through a Constant-Density Fluid Without Circulation"" 2-5 Some Deductions from Lagrange's Equations of Motion in Particular Cases 2-6 Examples of Two- and Three-Dimensional Flows Without Circulation 2-7 Circulation and the Topology of Flow Regimes 2-8 Examples of Constant-Density Flows Where Circulation May Be Generated 2-9 ""Two-Dimensional, Constant-Density Flow: Fundamental Ideas"" 2-10 ""Two-Dimensinal, Constant-Density Flow: Conformal Transformations and Their Uses"" 2-11 The Kutta Condition and Lift 3. Singular Perturbation Problems 3-1 Introduction 3-2 Expansion in a Small Parameter; Singular Peturbation Problems 4. Effects of Viscosity 4-1 Introduction 4-2 Qualitative Effects of Viscosity 4-3 Boundary Layer on a Flat Plate 5. Thin-Wing Theory 5-1 Introduction 5-2 Expansion Procedure for the Equations of Motion 5-3 Thin Airfoils in Incompressible Flow 5-4 Thin Airfoils in Supersonic Flow 6. Slender-Body Theory 6-1 Introduction 6-2 Expansion Procedure for Axisymmetric Flow 6-3 Solutions for Subsonic and Supersonic Flows 6-4 General Slender Body 6-5 Examples of Lifting Slender-Body flow 6-6 The Pressure Drag of a Slender Body in Supersonic Flow 6-7 Transverse Forces and Moments on a Slender Body 7. ""Three-Dimensional Wings in Steady, Subsonic Flow"" 7-1 Compressibility Corrections for Wings 7-2 Constant-Density Flow: the Thickness Problem 7-3 Constant-Density Flow: the Lifting Problem 7-4 Lifting-Line Theory 7-5 More Refined Theories of Lifting-Line type 7-6 Theories of Lifting-Surface Type 8. Three-Dimensional Thin Wings in Steady Supersonic Flow 8-1 Introduction 8-2 Nonlifting Wings 8-3 Lifting Wings of Simple Planform 8-4 The Method of Evvard and Krasilshchikova 8-5 Conical Flows 8-6 Numerical Integration Schemes Appendix to Section 8-4 9. Drag at Supersonic Speeds 9-1 Introduction 9-2 Calculation of Supersonic Drag by Use of Momentum Theory 9-3 Drag of a Lineal Source Distribution 9-4 Optimum Shape of a Slender Body of Revolution 9-5 Drag of a General Source Distribution. Hayes' Method 9-6 Extension to Include Lift and Side Force Elements 9-7 The Supersonic Area Rule 9-8 Wave Drag Due to Lift 10. Use of Flow-Reversal Theorems in Drag Minimization Problems 10-1 Introduction 10-2 ""Drag of a General Singularity Distribution from a ""Close"" Viewpoint"" 10-3 The Drag Due to Lift in Forward and Reverse Flows 10-4 The Drag Due to Thickness in Forward and Reverse Flows 10-5 The Drag of a General Distribution of Singularities in Steady Supersonic Forward or Reverse Flows 10-6 The Combined Flow Field 10-7 Use of the Combined Flow Field to Identify Minimum Drag Conditions 10-8 The Calculation of Minimum Drag by Solution of an Equivalent Two-Dimensional Potential Problem 11. Interference and Nonplanar Lifting-Surfaces Theories 11-1 Introduction 11-2 Interfering or Nonplanar Lifting Surfaces in Subsonic Flow 11-3 Special Cases and Numerical Solution 11-4 Loads on Interfereing Surfaces in Subsonic Flow 11-5 Nonplanar Lifting Surfaces in Supersonic Flow 12 Transonic Small-Disturbance flow 12-1 Introduction 12-2 Small-Perturbation Flow Equations 12-3 Similarity Rules 12-4 Methods of Solution 13 Unsteady Flow 13-1 Statement of the Problem 13-2 ""Two Dimensional, Constant-Density Flow"" 13-3 Airfoils Oscillating at Supersonic and Subsonic Speeds 13-4 Indicial Motion in a Compressible Fluid 13-5 Three-Dimensional Oscillating Wings References and Author Index List of Symbols Index

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