Aerodynamics for Engineering Students
By- E. L. Houghton
- P. W. Carpenter, Warwick University, UK
Already established as the leading course text on aerodynamics, Aerodynamics for Engineering Students has been revised to include the latest developments in flow control and boundary layers, and their influence on modern wing design, as well as introducing recent advances in the understanding of fundamental fluid dynamics. Computational methods have been expanded and updated to reflect the modern approaches to aerodynamic design and research in the aeronautical industry and elsewhere, and the structure of the text has been developed to reflect current course requirements. The book is designed to be accessible and practical. Theory is developed logically within each chapter with notation, symbols and units well defined throughout, and the text is fully illustrated with worked examples and exercises.
Audience
Undergraduate and postgraduate students in aeronautical engineering. Growing market for Aeronautical Engineers in both civilian and defense-related areas. Current Aerospace Engineer employment numbers range between 50,000 and 55,000.
Paperback, 608 Pages
Published: February 2003
Imprint: Butterworth Heinemann
ISBN: 978-0-7506-5111-0
Reviews
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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.
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.
