TITLE: UNDERSTANDING AERODYNAMICS: ARGUING FROM THE REAL
PHYSICS
PUBLISHER: WILEY LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LINK: http://is.gd/L0BjsI RELEASE TYPE: RETAIL
FORMAT: PDF RELEASE DATE: 2015.01.07
ISBN: 9781119967514 STORE DATE: 2012
SAVED.MONEY: 90 EURO DISKCOUNT: 01 x 05MB
AUTHOR: DOUG MCLEAN
BOOK
Much-needed, fresh approach that brings a greater insight into
the physical understanding of aerodynamics
Based on the author's decades of industrial experience with
Boeing, this book helps students and practicing engineers to gain
a greater physical understanding of aerodynamics. Relying on
clear physical arguments and examples, Mclean provides a
much-needed, fresh approach to this sometimes contentious subject
without shying away from addressing "real" aerodynamic situations
as opposed to the oversimplified ones frequently used for
mathematical convenience. Motivated by the belief that
engineering practice is enhanced in the long run by a robust
understanding of the basics as well as real cause-and-effect
relationships that lie behind the theory, he provides intuitive
physical interpretations and explanations, debunking
commonly-held misconceptions and misinterpretations, and building
upon the contrasts provided by wrong explanations to strengthen
understanding of the right ones
* Provides a refreshing view of aerodynamics that is based on the
author's decades of industrial experience yet is always tied to
basic fundamentals
* Provides intuitive physical interpretations and explanations
debunking commonly-held misconceptions and misinterpretations
* Offers new insights to some familiar topics, for example, what
the Biot-Savart law really means and why it causes so much
confusion, what "Reynolds number" and "incompressible flow"
really mean, and a real physical explanation for how an airfoil
produces lift
* Addresses "real" aerodynamic situations as opposed to the
oversimplified ones frequently used for mathematical convenience
and omits mathematical details whenever the physical
understanding can be conveyed without them