Aerodynamics for Engineering Students - 5th Revised Edition

Considered by many to be the leading complete course text on aerodynamics for undergraduates, this edition has been revised to include the latest developments in flow control and boundary layers and their influence on modern wing design.

List of contents

Introduction, Basic fluid mechanics I, Basic fluid mechanics II, The elements of two-dimensional wing theory, Finite wing theory, Viscous flow and boundary layers, Wings in compressible flow, Aspects of wing design and flow control, Propellers and propulsion
Bibliography.

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Reviews of fourth edition.

"The book is clearly written and can be confidently recommended as a general and comprehensive aerodynamics text for the use of students of aeronautical engineering."
Journal of Aerospace Engineering.

"... a valuable text for the undergraduate not least because of the extensive use of well annotated examples and the broad range of topics covered."
The Aeronautical Journal.

Product details

• Authors: P. W. Carpenter, P.W. Carpenter, E. L. Houghton, E.L. Houghton
• Publisher: Butterworth Scientific Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.02.2003
• EAN: 9780750651110
• ISBN: 978-0-7506-5111-0
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 242 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology