Low-Speed Aerodynamics [Paperback]

A treatment of low-speed aerodynamics, covering both theory and computational techniques, first published in 2001.Low-speed aerodynamics is important in the design and operation of aircraft flying at low Mach number, and ground and marine vehicles. This book offers a modern treatment of the subject, both the theory of inviscid, incompressible, and irrotational aerodynamics and the computational techniques now available to solve complex problems. A unique feature of the text is that the computational approach is interwoven throughout. This second edition includes a new chapter on the laminar boundary layer and the latest versions of computational techniques. A useful senior/graduate level text and a reference for practicing engineers.Low-speed aerodynamics is important in the design and operation of aircraft flying at low Mach number, and ground and marine vehicles. This book offers a modern treatment of the subject, both the theory of inviscid, incompressible, and irrotational aerodynamics and the computational techniques now available to solve complex problems. A unique feature of the text is that the computational approach is interwoven throughout. This second edition includes a new chapter on the laminar boundary layer and the latest versions of computational techniques. A useful senior/graduate level text and a reference for practicing engineers.Low-speed aerodynamics is important in the design and operation of aircraft flying at low Mach number, and ground and marine vehicles. This text offers a modern treatment of both the theory of inviscid, incompressible, and irrotational aerodynamics, and the computational techniques now available to solve complex problems. A unique feature is that the computational approach--from a single vortex element to a three-dimensional panel formulation--is interwoven throughout. This second edition features a new chapter on the laminar boundary layer (emphasis on the viscous-inviscid coupling), the latest versions of cl³