Author: S. P. Langley
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: aerodynamics, experiments
Number of Pages: 158
Published: 2009-10-03
List price: $20.75
ISBN-10: 1116173212
ISBN-13: 9781116173215

This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appr

Author: N. A. Cumpsty
Publisher: Krieger Publishing Company
Keywords: aerodynamics, compressor
Number of Pages: 552
Published: 2004-04
List price: $98.00
ISBN-10: 1575242478
ISBN-13: 9781575242477

Starting from first principles, this book looks at the aerodynamic behavior of axial and radial compressors. The text starts with general ideas, and then moves through the simple aspects of axial compressors to the more advanced three-dimensional ideas. Radial compressors are treated in two sections: impellers and diffusers. Noise and aeroelasticity are considered in one chapter, and another chapter looks at measurement and computational techniques. The book is unique in the approach and treatment. The emphasis is on physically based understanding, and these ideas and this approach do not

Author: Tom Lawson
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Keywords: aerodynamics, building
Number of Pages: 285
Published: 2001-09-15
List price: $89.00
ISBN-10: 1860941877
ISBN-13: 9781860941870

This book starts by explaining briefly the origins of wind. It then proceeds to the normal forms of presentation for wind data, and explains how each is used in the appropriate analysis. The general aerodynamics of bluff bodies is explained in chapter 2. Wind loading, wind environment, rain, ventilation, fire and effluent from chimneys are considered in the following chapters. Experimental methods are discussed in the penultimate chapter. Up to this point, theory and practice are discussed, and no design data are presented. Necessary statistics insofar as they concern the earlier chapter mater

Author: S. P. Langley
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: aerodynamics, experiments
Number of Pages: 158
Published: 2009-10-03
List price: $26.99
ISBN-10: 1116173190
ISBN-13: 9781116173192

This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appr

Author: John D. Anderso
Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Educatio
Keywords: aerodynamics, fundamentals
Number of Pages: 1008
Published: 2006-02-01
List price: $75.26
ISBN-10: 0071254080
ISBN-13: 9780071254083

In keeping with its bestselling previous editions, "Fundamentals of Aerodynamics", fourth edition, offers the most readable, interesting, and up-to-date overview of aerodynamics to be found in any text. The classic organization of the text has been preserved, with new stand-alone viscous flow sections at the end of various chapters to conceptualize the coverage of this topic in part 4, and complement discussion of fundamental principles in part 1, inviscid incompressible flow in part 2, and inviscid compressible flow in part 3. Historical topics, carefully developed examples, numerous illustra

Author: L. M. Milne-Thomso
Publisher: Dover Publicatio
Keywords: aerodynamics, theoretical
Number of Pages: 430
Published: 1973-06-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 048661980X
ISBN-13: 9780486619804

A classic in its field, Professor Milne-Thomson’s university text and reference book has long been one of the basic works. This is the complete reprinting of the revised (1966) edition which brings the subject up to date, including a complete and probably unique chapter on conical flow around sweptback wings. A wealth of problems, illustrations and cross-references add to the book’s value as a text and a reference.

Author: Gale Craig
Publisher: Regenerative Pre
Keywords: aerodynamics, introduction
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2003-01-12
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0964680637
ISBN-13: 9780964680630

INTRODUCTION TO AERODYNAMICS applies to existing need in the void between simplistic flight explanations for public school students and mathematically complex publications for aeronautical professionals. The 224 page book with 167 illustrations begins with applicable principles of Newtonian physics presented in aerodynamics context, and progresses into more aerodynamics in Newtonian terms of air mass interaction with aircraft surfaces. Airplanes, autogyros, helicopters and surface effect planes are all discussed.