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Theoretical Aerodynamics

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rathakrishnan, Ethirajan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Theoretical Aerodynamics
  • Contents
  • About the Author
  • Preface
  • 1 Basics
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Lift and Drag
  • 1.3 Monoplane Aircraft
  • 1.3.1 Types of Monoplane
  • 1.4 Biplane
  • 1.4.1 Advantages and Disadvantages
  • 1.5 Triplane
  • 1.5.1 Chord of a Profile
  • 1.5.2 Chord of an Aerofoil
  • 1.6 Aspect Ratio
  • 1.7 Camber
  • 1.8 Incidence
  • 1.9 Aerodynamic Force
  • 1.10 Scale Effect
  • 1.11 Force and Moment Coefficients
  • 1.12 The Boundary Layer
  • 1.13 Summary
  • Exercise Problems
  • Reference
  • 2 Essence of Fluid Mechanics
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Properties of Fluids
  • 2.2.1 Pressure
  • 2.2.2 Temperature
  • 2.2.3 Density
  • 2.2.4 Viscosity
  • 2.2.5 Absolute Coefficient of Viscosity
  • 2.2.6 Kinematic Viscosity Coefficient
  • 2.2.7 Thermal Conductivity of Air
  • 2.2.8 Compressibility
  • 2.3 Thermodynamic Properties
  • 2.3.1 Specific Heat
  • 2.3.2 The Ratio of Specific Heats
  • 2.4 Surface Tension
  • 2.5 Analysis of Fluid Flow
  • 2.5.1 Local and Material Rates of Change
  • 2.5.2 Graphical Description of Fluid Motion
  • 2.6 Basic and Subsidiary Laws
  • 2.6.1 System and Control Volume
  • 2.6.2 Integral and Differential Analysis
  • 2.6.3 State Equation
  • 2.7 Kinematics of Fluid Flow
  • 2.7.1 Boundary Layer Thickness
  • 2.7.2 Displacement Thickness
  • 2.7.3 Transition Point
  • 2.7.4 Separation Point
  • 2.7.5 Rotational and Irrotational Motion
  • 2.8 Streamlines
  • 2.8.1 Relationship between Stream Function and Velocity Potential
  • 2.9 Potential Flow
  • 2.9.1 Two-dimensional Source and Sink
  • 2.9.2 Simple Vortex
  • 2.9.3 Source-Sink Pair
  • 2.9.4 Doublet
  • 2.10 Combination of Simple Flows
  • 2.10.1 Flow Past a Half-Body
  • 2.11 Flow Past a Circular Cylinder without Circulation
  • 2.11.1 Flow Past a Circular Cylinder with Circulation
  • 2.12 Viscous Flows
  • 2.12.1 Drag of Bodies
  • 2.12.2 Turbulence
  • 2.12.3 Flow through Pipes
  • 2.13 Compressible Flows
  • 2.13.1 Perfect Gas
  • 2.13.2 Velocity of Sound
  • 2.13.3 Mach Number
  • 2.13.4 Flow with Area Change
  • 2.13.5 Normal Shock Relations
  • 2.13.6 Oblique Shock Relations
  • 2.13.7 Flow with Friction
  • 2.13.8 Flow with Simple T0-Change
  • 2.14 Summary
  • Exercise Problems
  • References
  • 3 Conformal Transformation
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Basic Principles
  • 3.2.1 Length Ratios between the Corresponding Elements in the Physical and Transformed Planes
  • 3.2.2 Velocity Ratios between the Corresponding Elements in the Physical and Transformed Planes
  • 3.2.3 Singularities
  • 3.3 Complex Numbers
  • 3.3.1 Differentiation of a Complex Function
  • 3.4 Summary
  • Exercise Problems
  • 4 Transformation of Flow Pattern
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Methods for Performing Transformation
  • 4.2.1 By Analytical Means
  • 4.3 Examples of Simple Transformation
  • 4.4 Kutta-Joukowski Transformation
  • 4.5 Transformation of Circle to Straight Line
  • 4.6 Transformation of Circle to Ellipse
  • 4.7 Transformation of Circle to Symmetrical Aerofoil