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OverviewMuch-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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Doug McLean (University of California at Riverside; Princeton University)Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc Dimensions: Width: 17.50cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 25.20cm Weight: 0.998kg ISBN: 9781119967514ISBN 10: 1119967511 Pages: 576 Publication Date: 30 November 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews<p> 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, Mcleanprovides 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. ( E xpofairs.com , 11 March 2013) As someone who has been involved with aerodynamics formore years than I care to remember, I have rarely come across abook that is so readable and that provides so many (to me a least)genuinely new insights into the subject and its applications. This book should be high on the wish list of anypractising aerodynamicist, whether in industry oracademia. (AeronauticalJournal, 1 August 2013) This is a sophisticated book for people immersed in thestudy of fluid dynamics and aerodynamics; it will give themin-depth knowledge of both the physical phenomena and themathematical equations that are used to describe and predict thesephenomena. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students in aerospaceengineering, researchers/faculty, and aircraft designprofessionals. (Choice, 1 July 2013) Based on the author s decades of industrialexperience with Boeing, this book helps students and practicingengineers to gain a greater physical understanding of aerodynamics.Relying on clear physical arguments and examples, Mcleanprovides amuch-needed, fresh approach to this sometimes contentious subjectwithout shying away from addressing real aerodynamic situationsas opposed to the oversimplified ones frequently used formathematical convenience. (Expofairs.com, 11 March 2013) This is a sophisticated book for people immersed in the study of fluid dynamics and aerodynamics; it will give them in-depth knowledge of both the physical phenomena and the mathematical equations that are used to describe and predict these phenomena. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students in aerospace engineering, researchers/faculty, and aircraft design professionals. ( Choice, 1 July 2013) 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, Mcleanprovides 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. ( E xpofairs.com , 11 March 2013) Author InformationDoug Mclean, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, USA Doug McLean is a Boeing Technical Fellow in the Enabling Technology and Research unit within Aerodynamics Engineering at Boeing Commercial Airplanes. He received a BA in physics from the University of California at Riverside in 1965 and a PhD in aeronautical engineering from Princeton University in 1970. He joined the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group in 1974 and has worked there ever since on a range of problems, both computational and experimental, in the areas of viscous flow, drag reduction, and aerodynamic design. Computer programs he developed for the calculation of three-dimensional boundary layers and swept shock/boundary-layer interactions were in use by wing-design groups at Boeing for many years. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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