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 standalone 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 illustrations, and a wide selection of chapter problems are found throughout the text to motivate and challenge students of aerodynamics.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Fundamental Principles
1 Aerodynamics: Some Introductory Thoughts
2 Aerodynamics: Some Fundamental Principles and Equations
Part 2 Inviscid, Incompressible Flow
3 Fundamentals of Inviscid, Incompressible Flow
4 Incompressible Flow over Airfoils
5 Incompressible Flow over Finite Wings
6 Three-Dimensional Incompressible Flow
Part 3 Inviscid, Compressible Flow
7 Compressible Flow: Some Preliminary Aspects
8 Normal Shock Waves and Related Topics
9 Oblique Shock and Expansion Waves
10 Compressible Flow Through Nozzles, Diffusers, and Wind Tunnels
11 Subsonic Compressible Flow over Airfoils: Linear Theory
12 Linearized Supersonic Flow
13 Introduction to Numerical Techniques for Nonlinear Supersonic Flow
14 Elements of Hypersonic Flow
Part 4 Viscous Flow
15 Introduction to the Fundamental Principles and Equations of Viscous Flow
16 Some Special Cases; Couette and Poiseuille Flows
17 Introduction to Boundary Layers
18 Laminar Boundary Layers
19 Turbulent Boundary Layers
20 Navier-Stokes Solutions: Some Examples
Appendix A Isentropic Flow Properties
Appendix B Normal Shock Properties
Appendix C Prandtl-Meyer Function and Mach Angle
Appendix D Standard Atmosphere, SI Units
Appendix E Standard Atmosphere, English Engineering Units