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Theory of lift : introductory computational aerodynamics in MATLAB/Octave / G.D. McBain

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Aerospace seriesPublisher: Chichester : Wiley, 2012Edition: Online-AusgDescription: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xxii, 317 p.)) : illISBN:
  • 9781280678905
  • 1280678909
  • 9781118346297
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781119952282 | 111995228X | 1280678119 | Erscheint auch als: 9781119952282 Druck-AusgabeDDC classification:
  • 629.13233028553
  • 629.1'3233'028553 23
RVK: RVK: ZO 7230LOC classification:
  • TL574.L5
Online resources: Summary: Theory of Lift: Introductory Computational Aerodynamics in MATLAB®/Octave -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Series Preface -- PART ONE: PLANE IDEAL AERODYNAMICS -- 1 Preliminary Notions -- 1.1 Aerodynamic Force and Moment -- 1.1.1 Motion of the Frame of Reference -- 1.1.2 Orientation of the System of Coordinates -- 1.1.3 Components of the Aerodynamic Force -- 1.1.4 Formulation of the Aerodynamic Problem -- 1.2 Aircraft Geometry -- 1.2.1 Wing Section Geometry -- 1.2.2 Wing Geometry -- 1.3 Velocity -- 1.4 Properties of Air -- 1.4.1 Equation of State: Compressibility and the Speed of Sound -- 1.4.2 Rheology: Viscosity -- 1.4.3 The International Standard Atmosphere -- 1.4.4 Computing Air Properties -- 1.5 Dimensional Theory -- 1.5.1 Alternative methods -- 1.5.2 Example: Using Octave to Solve a Linear System -- 1.6 Example: NACA Report No. 502 -- 1.7 Exercises -- 1.8 Further Reading -- References -- 2 Plane Ideal Flow -- 2.1 Material Properties: The Perfect Fluid -- 2.2 Conservation of Mass -- 2.2.1 Governing Equations: Conservation Laws -- 2.3 The Continuity Equation -- 2.4 Mechanics: The Euler Equations -- 2.4.1 Rate of Change of Momentum -- 2.4.2 Forces Acting on a Fluid Particle -- 2.4.3 The Euler Equations -- 2.4.4 Accounting for Conservative External Forces -- 2.5 Consequences of the Governing Equations -- 2.5.1 The Aerodynamic Force -- 2.5.2 Bernoulli's Equation -- 2.5.3 Circulation, Vorticity, and Irrotational Flow -- 2.5.4 Plane Ideal Flows -- 2.6 The Complex Velocity -- 2.6.1 Review of Complex Variables -- 2.6.2 Analytic Functions and Plane Ideal Flow -- 2.6.3 Example: the Polar Angle Is Nowhere Analytic -- 2.7 The Complex Potential -- 2.8 Exercises -- 2.9 Further Reading -- References -- 3 Circulation and Lift -- 3.1 Powers of z -- 3.1.1 Divergence and Vorticity in Polar Coordinates -- 3.1.2 Complex Potentials.PPN: PPN: 809688379Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PAD | ZDB-30-PQE
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