An Introduction to Theoretical and Computational Aerodynamics

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911006994403321
• Autore: Moran Jack
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Newburyport, : Dover Publications, 2013
• ISBN: 1-5231-0955-6; 0-486-31753-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (869 p.)
• Collana: Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering
• Disciplina: 629.132/3
• Soggetti: Aerodynamics; Mechanical Engineering; Engineering & Applied Sciences; Aeronautics Engineering & Astronautics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Contents; 1. Wings; 1.1. Function; 1.2. Geometry; 1.3. References; 1.4. Problems; 2. Review of Basic Fluid Dynamics; 2.1. Forces and Moments Due to Pressure; 2.2. The Basic Conservation Laws of Fluid Mechanics; 2.3. Vector Calculus; 2.4. Differential Forms of the Conservation Laws; 2.5. Rotational Velocity and Irrotational Flow; 2.6. Two-Dimensional Incompressible Flow; 2.6.1. Uniform Flow; 2.6.2. Source Flow; 2.6.3. Vortex Flow; 2.7. Bibliography; 2.8. Problems; 3. Incompressible Irrotational Flow About Symmetric Airfoils at Zero Lift; 3.1. Uniform Two-Dimensional Irrotational Incompressible Flow About an Isolated Body3.2. Superposition of Fundamental Solutions; 3.3. Dimensionless Variables; 3.4. Rankine Ovals; 3.5. Line Source Distributions; 3.6. Flow Past Thin Symmetric Airfoils; 3.7. Errors Near The Stagnation Points; 3.8. Numerical Solution Based on Line Doublet Distributions; 3.9. Relation of Numerical to Analytical Solutions; 3.10. Complex-Variable Methods; 3.10.1. Flow Past an Ellipse; 3.10.2. Joukowsky Airfoils; 3.11. Problems; 3.12. Computer Programs; 4. Lifting Airfoils in Incompressible Irrotational Flow; 4.1. The Thin Airfoil: Thickness and Camber Problems4.2. Forces and Moments on a Thin Airfoil; 4.3. The Kutta Condition; 4.4. Circulation ; Specification; 4.5. The Cambered Thin Airfoil; 4.6. Aerodynamics of The Thin Airfoil; 4.7. The Lumped-Vortex Method; 4.8. Panel Methods; 4.8.1. Program Panel; 4.9. Complex-Variables Methods; 4.10. References; 4.11. Problems; 4.12. Computer Program; 5. Wings of Finite Span; 5.1. The Vortex System for a Thin Planar Wing of Finite Span; 5.2. The Vortex-Lattice Method; 5.3. Induced Drag; 5.4. Lifting-Line Theory; 5.5. The Elliptic Lift Distribution; 5.6. The Optimal Wing5.7. Nonelliptic Lift Distributions; 5.8. References; 5.9. Problems; 5.10. Computer Program; 6. The Navier-Stokes Equations; 6.1. The Stress at a Point; 6.2. Newton's Second Law For Fluids; 6.3. Symmetry of Stresses; 6.4. Molecular View of Stress in a Fluid; 6.5. The No-Slip Condition; 6.6. Unidirectional Flows; 6.7. The Viscosity Coefficient; 6.8. Pascal's Law; 6.9. Strain Versus Rotation; 6.10. Isotropy; 6.11. Vectors and Tensors; 6.12. The Stress Tensor; 6.13. The Rate-of-Strain Tensor; 6.14. The Two Coefficients of Viscosity; 6.15. The Navier-Stokes Equations; 6.16. Problems7. The Boundary Layer; 7.1. The Laminar Boundary Layer; 7.2. Use of the Boundary-Layer Equations; 7.2.1. Skin Friction; 7.2.2. Displacement Thickness; 7.2.3. Momentum Thickness; 7.3. The Momentum Integral Equation; 7.4. Velocity Profile Fitting: Laminar Boundary Layers; 7.5. Thwaites's Method For Laminar Boundary Layers; 7.6. Form Drag; 7.7. Turbulent Flows; 7.8. Velocity Profile Fitting: Turbulent Boundary Layers; 7.9. Head's Method For Turbulent Boundary Layers; 7.10. Transition From Laminar to Turbulent Flow; 7.11. Boundary Layer Separation; 7.12. Airfoil Performance Characteristics
• Sommario/riassunto: <DIV>This concise and highly readable introduction to theoretical and computational aerodynamics integrates both classical and modern developments, focusing on applying methods to actual wing design. Designed for a junior- or senior-level course and as a resource for practicing engineers, it features<B> </B>221 figures. </DIV>