Aerodynamics of Wings and Bodies

This excellent, innovative reference offers a wealth of useful information and a solid background in the fundamentals of aerodynamics. Fluid mechanics, constant density inviscid flow, singular perturbation problems, viscosity, thin-wing and slender body theories, drag minimalization, and other essentials are addressed in a lively, literate manner and accompanied by diagrams.

1. Review of Fundamentals of Fuid Mechanics
  1-1 General Assumptions and Basic Differential Equations
  1-2 Conservation Laws for a Barotropic Fluid in a Conservative Body Force Field
  1-3 Some Geometric or Kinematic Properties of the Velocity Field
  1-4 The Independence of Scale in Inviscid Flows
  1-5 Vortex Theorems for the Ideal Fluid
  1-6 Integral Conservation Theorems for Inviscid Fluid
  1-7 Irrotational Flow
  1-8 The Acceleration Potential
2. Constant-Density Inviscid Flow
  2-1 Introduction
  2-2 The Three-Dimensional Rigid Solid Moving Through a Liquid
  2-3 The Representation of ? in Terms of Boundary Values
  2-4 "Further Examination of the Rigid, Impermeable Solid Moving Through a Constant-Density Fluid Without Circulation"
  2-5 Some Deductions from Lagrange's Equations of Motion in Particular Cases
  2-6 Examples of Two- and Three-Dimensional Flows Without Circulation
  2-7 Circulation and the Topology of Flow Regimes
  2-8 Examples of Constant-Density Flows Where Circulation May Be Generated
  2-9 "Two-Dimensional, Constant-Density Flow: Fundamental Ideas"
  2-10 "Two-Dimensinal, Constant-Density Flow: Conformal Transformations and Their Uses"
  2-11 The Kutta Condition and Lift
3. Singular Perturbation Problems
  3-1 Introduction
  3-2 Expansion in a Small Parameter; Singular Peturbation Problems
4. Effects of Viscosity
  4-1 Introduction
  4-2 Qualitative Effects of Viscosity
  4-3 Boundary Layer on a Flat Plate
5. Thin-Wing Theory
  5-1 Introduction
  5-2 Expansion Procedure for the Equations of Motion
  5-3 Thin Airfoils in Incompressible Flow
  5-4 Thin Airfoils in Supersonic Flow
6. Slender-Body Theory
  6-1 Introduction
  6-2 Expansion Procedure for Axisymmetric Flow
  6-3 Solutions for Subsonic and Supersonic Flows
  6-4 General Slender Body
  6-5 Examples of Lifting Slender-Body flow
  6-6 The Pressure Drag of a Slender Body in Supersonic Flow
  6-7 Transverse Forces and Moments on a Slender Body
7. "Three-Dimensional Wings in Steady, Subsonic Flow"
  7-1 Compressibility Corrections for Wings
  7-2 Constant-Density Flow: the Thickness Problem
  7-3 Constant-Density Flow: the Lifting Problem
  7-4 Lifting-Line Theory
  7-5 More Refined Theories of Lifting-Line type
  7-6 Theories of Lifting-Surface Type
8. Three-Dimensional Thin Wings in Steady Supersonic Flow
  8-1 Introduction
  8-2 Nonlifting Wings
  8-3 Lifting Wings of Simple Planform
  8-4 The Method of Evvard and Krasilshchikova
  8-5 Conical Flows
  8-6 Numerical Integration Schemes
    Appendix to Section 8-4
9. Drag at Supersonic Speeds
  9-1 Introduction
  9-2 Calculation of Supersonic Drag by Use of Momentum Theory
  9-3 Drag of a Lineal Source Distribution
  9-4 Optimum Shape of a Slender Body of Revolution
  9-5 Drag of a General Source Distribution. Hayes' Method
  9-6 Extension to Include Lift and Side Force Elements
  9-7 The Supersonic Area Rule
  9-8 Wave Drag Due to Lift
10. Use of Flow-Reversal Theorems in Drag Minimization Problems
  10-1 Introduction
  10-2 "Drag of a General Singularity Distribution from a "Close" Viewpoint"
  10-3 The Drag Due to Lift in Forward and Reverse Flows
  10-4 The Drag Due to Thickness in Forward and Reverse Flows
  10-5 The Drag of a General Distribution of Singularities in Steady Supersonic Forward or Reverse Flows
  10-6 The Combined Flow Field
  10-7 Use of the Combined Flow Field to Identify Minimum Drag Conditions
  10-8 The Calculation of Minimum Drag by Solution of an Equivalent Two-Dimensional Potential Problem
11. Interference and Nonplanar Lifting-Surfaces Theories
  11-1 Introduction
  11-2 Interfering or Nonplanar Lifting Surfaces in Subsonic Flow
  11-3 Special Cases and Numerical Solution
  11-4 Loads on Interfereing Surfaces in Subsonic Flow
  11-5 Nonplanar Lifting Surfaces in Supersonic Flow
12 Transonic Small-Disturbance flow
  12-1 Introduction
  12-2 Small-Perturbation Flow Equations
  12-3 Similarity Rules
  12-4 Methods of Solution
13 Unsteady Flow
  13-1 Statement of the Problem
  13-2 "Two Dimensional, Constant-Density Flow"
  13-3 Airfoils Oscillating at Supersonic and Subsonic Speeds
  13-4 Indicial Motion in a Compressible Fluid
  13-5 Three-Dimensional Oscillating Wings
  References and Author Index
  List of Symbols
  Index