This excellent, innovative reference offers a wealth of useful information and a solid background in the fundamentals of aerodynamics. Fluid mechanics, constant density inviscid flow, singular perturbation problems, viscosity, thin-wing and slender body theories, drag minimalization, and other essentials are addressed in a lively, literate manner and accompanied by diagrams.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0
Unreadable:
This book is written by two acknowledged legends in aeronautical engineering and should be approached only by advanced aerodynamicists. Basic derivations for airfoils and wings given in other texts such as Anderson are rapidly skipped over. This allows the book to cover much more advanced material such as unsteady flow and supersonic drag in a relatively small number of pages. As a graduate student myself, I would be extremely afraid of taking the class this book arose from. Expect a pounding headache after... more info
Great Book for the Mathematical Minded:
This is a great book that should benefit readers with a strong mathematical background at senior graduate or postgraduate level in aerospace engineering studies. Those outside this bracket may find the book a challenge to understand and follow as they can very easily be overwhelmed by the mathematics. The book has stood the test of time and is a must for specialists in aerodynamics or fluid mechanics who need a rigorous treatment of the subject. All-in-all, a good book for those who can handle... more info
Brutal:
This book may be a good supplement to advanced fluids majors but there is no description of the mammoth equations used in this text. I bought this in 86 for my aero course and never used the book.
What a mistake:
This book is deceptively titled. It gives no inklng of the density of the math involved. It should properly be titled "A rigorous mathematical treatment of the Aerodynamics ..." I doubt I could have followed this back when I was immersed in physics and engineering courses in college. I certainly bounced right off of it 15 years later. This book should not even be available outside of University Bookstores' Engineering sections. There is simply no point in anyone else buying it.
