This text features discussions of the governing laws of aerodynamics, from low speed applications through hypersonic designs. Therefore, it will be of a particular interest to anybody interested in potential flow solutions for compressible and incompressible flows over airfoils, wings and bodies, as well as application of boundary layer theory to airfoils and wings. The book has been divided into 14 chapters which cover material presented in intermediate and advanced aerodynamics courses of undergraduate and graduate level. Chapters 1 thorough 4 and Chapter 8 present material that forms the basic foundation for aerodynamic applications. For the reader who has already had a course in fluid dynamics or aeronautics, the first five chapters provide a comprehensive review as well as introduction to the nomenclature and the style of the text. The remaining chapters contain material of special interest to the aerodynamicist.The general approach in this book is to present a background discussion of each new topic followed by a presentation of the theory. The presentations for each major topic begin with a derivation of the fundamental equations, followed by applications of these equations to a problem of interest. The assumptions incorporated into the development of the theories and the equations are carefully noted.
Each chapter contains example problems, but they are worked for relatively simple flow fields. The problems given at the end of each chapter are designed to complement the material presented within the chapter and to develop the student's understanding of some of the more important aerodynamic phenomena.
The text also contains a fair number of illustrations in the forms of tables, charts and drawings. However, the number of photographs is relatively low, and some of them are not quite clear. The list of referenced works is concise and detailed.
