Introduction to Aerodynamics of a Compressible Fluid, 1947, 1947

Document Type: Book (Technical)

Purpose: Authoritative Reference.

Authority: Author Expertise.

Series: Galcit Aeronautical Series

Scope (from Author's Preface): "The subject, Aerodynamics of Compressible Fluids, has been studied at great length by both pure mathematicians and "practical" engineers, and the literature on the subject has become extensive. The material presented in this book is designed to furnish the reader a background of fundamentals sufficient to enable him to understand or at least to systematize the observed compressibility effects, and also to enable him to approach the more mathematical literature of the subject."

"Emphasis is placed almost exclusively upon the derivation and the meaning of the fundamental aerodynamics relations. In other words, there has been no attempt to produce a standard classroom textbook, so no problems are given, and few practical examples are worked out."

Contents (from Table of Contents): Part 1: One-Dimensional Motion of a Compressible Fluid 1. Basic Thermodynamics 2. Equations of Motion in One Dimension 3. Isentropic Channel Flow 4. Shock Waves 5. Applications to Channel Flow 6. Optical Methods of Flow Observation Part 2: Two-and Three-Dimensional Motions of a Compressible Fluid 7. The Equations of Motion 8. The Small-Perturbation Method 9. Some Applications of the Small-Perturbation Method 10. The Development of Φ into Power Series in the Thickness Parameter or in the Mach Number 11. The Hodograph Methods 12. Certain Exact Solutions for the Isentropic Flow of a Perfect Gas 13. The Method of Characteristics 14. The Effects of Viscosity 15. Airfoils in High Speed Flow. Comparison with Experiment References Author Index Subject Index