Overview
- Reviews the governing equations and explores their applications and limitations in computational fluid dynamics
- Explores and explains multiple aspects of transonic flow, from both numerical and experimental perspectives
- Examines the implications of transonic flow in aircraft design and operation
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications (FMIA, volume 110)
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Written to teach students the nature of transonic flow and its mathematical foundation, this book offers a much-needed introduction to transonic aerodynamics. The authors present a quantitative and qualitative assessment of subsonic, supersonic and transonic flow around bodies in two and three dimensions. The book reviews the governing equations and explores their applications and limitations as employed in modeling and computational fluid dynamics.
Some concepts, such as shock and expansion theory, are examined from a numerical perspective. Others, including shock-boundary-layer interaction, are discussed from a qualitative point of view. The book includes 60 examples and more than 200 practice problems. The authors also offer analytical methods such as Method of Characteristics (MOC) that allow readers to practice with the subject matter.
The result is a wealth of insight into transonic flow phenomena and their impact on aircraft design, including compressibility effects, shock and expansion waves, shock-boundary-layer interaction and aeroelasticity.
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“This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to transonic external aerodynamics. … It is intended primarily for senior undergraduate students or graduate students with prior knowledge in aerodynamics, but it provides useful informations to all specialists interested in transonic flows.” (Adrian Carabineanu, zbMATH, Vol. 1326.76001, 2016)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Introduction to Transonic Aerodynamics
Authors: Roelof Vos, Saeed Farokhi
Series Title: Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9747-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9746-7Published: 25 March 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7769-8Published: 09 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9747-4Published: 04 March 2015
Series ISSN: 0926-5112
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0056
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 555
Number of Illustrations: 392 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Engineering Design, Solid Mechanics