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Author McBain, G. D

Title Theory of Lift : Introductory Computational Aerodynamics with MATLAB and Octave
Published Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (343 pages)
Series Aerospace Series
Aerospace Series
Contents 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: Viscosity1.4.3 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 Forces2.5 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
3.1.3 Drawing Complex Velocity Fields with Octave3.1.4 Example: k = 1, Corner Flow; 3.1.5 Example: k = 0, Uniform Stream; 3.1.6 Example: k = -1, Source; 3.1.7 Example: k = -2, Doublet; 3.2 Multiplication by a Complex Constant; 3.2.1 Example: w = const., Uniform Stream with Arbitrary Direction; 3.2.2 Example: w = i/z, Vortex; 3.2.3 Example: Polar Components; 3.3 Linear Combinations of Complex Velocities; 3.3.1 Example: Circular Obstacle in a Stream; 3.4 Transforming the Whole Velocity Field; 3.4.1 Translating the Whole Velocity Field; 3.4.2 Example: Doublet as the Sum of a Source and Sink
3.4.3 Rotating the Whole Velocity Field3.5 Circulation and Outflow; 3.5.1 Curve-integrals in Plane Ideal Flow; 3.5.2 Example: Numerical Line-integrals for Circulation and Outflow; 3.5.3 Closed Circuits; 3.5.4 Example: Powers of z and Circles around the Origin; 3.6 More on the Scalar Potential and Stream Function; 3.6.1 The Scalar Potential and Irrotational Flow; 3.6.2 The Stream Function and Divergence-free Flow; 3.7 Lift; 3.7.1 Blasius's Theorem; 3.7.2 The Kutta-Joukowsky Theorem; 3.8 Exercises; 3.9 Further Reading; References; 4 Conformal Mapping; 4.1 Composition of Analytic Functions
Summary Starting from a basic knowledge of mathematics and mechanics gained in standard foundation classes, Theory of Lift: Introductory Computational Aerodynamics in MATLAB/Octave takes the reader conceptually through from the fundamental mechanics of lift€ to the stage of actually being able to make practical calculations and predictions of the coefficient of lift for realistic wing profile and planform geometries. The classical framework and methods of aerodynamics are covered in detail and the reader is shown how they may be used to develop simple yet powerful MATLAB or Octave programs that ac
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Subject Lift (Aerodynamics) -- Mathematical models
Aerodynamics -- Data processing
Aerodynamics -- Data processing
Lift (Aerodynamics) -- Mathematical models
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781118346297
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