Understanding Aerodynamics: Arguing from the Real Physics

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Understanding Aerodynamics; Contents; Foreword; Series Preface; Preface; List of Symbols; Chapter 1 Introduction to the Conceptual Landscape; Chapter 2 From Elementary Particles to Aerodynamic Flows; Chapter 3 Continuum Fluid Mechanics and the Navier-Stokes Equations; 3.1 The Continuum Formulation and Its Range of Validity; 3.2 Mathematical Formalism; 3.3 Kinematics: Streamlines, Streaklines, Timelines, and Vorticity; 3.3.1 Streamlines and Streaklines; 3.3.2 Streamtubes, Stream Surfaces, and the Stream Function; 3.3.3 Timelines; 3.3.4 The Divergence of the Velocity and Green's Theorem.;Much-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, 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. Motivated by the belief.