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Doug McLean - Understanding Aerodynamics: Arguing from the Real Physics - 9781119967514 - V9781119967514
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Understanding Aerodynamics: Arguing from the Real Physics

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Description for Understanding Aerodynamics: Arguing from the Real Physics Hardback. 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. Series: Aerospace Series. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TGMF1; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 174 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1002.
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, Mclean provides 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 that engineering practice is enhanced in the long run by a robust understanding of the basics as well as ... Read more

  • Provides a refreshing view of aerodynamics that is based on the author’s decades of industrial experience yet is always tied to basic fundamentals.
  • Provides intuitive physical interpretations and explanations, debunking commonly-held misconceptions and misinterpretations
  • Offers new insights to some familiar topics, for example, what the Biot-Savart law really means and why it causes so much confusion, what “Reynolds number” and “incompressible flow” really mean, and a real physical explanation for how an airfoil produces lift.
  • Addresses "real" aerodynamic situations as opposed to the oversimplified ones frequently used for mathematical convenience, and omits mathematical details whenever the physical understanding can be conveyed without them.
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Product Details

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Aerospace Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781119967514
SKU
V9781119967514
Shipping Time
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About Doug McLean
Doug Mclean, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, USA Doug McLean is a Boeing Technical Fellow in the Enabling Technology and Research unit within Aerodynamics Engineering at Boeing Commercial Airplanes. He received a BA in physics from the University of California at Riverside in 1965 and a PhD in aeronautical engineering from Princeton University in 1970. He joined the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group ... Read more

Reviews for Understanding Aerodynamics: Arguing from the Real Physics
“As someone who has been involved with aerodynamics for more years than I care to remember, I have rarely come across a book that is so readable and that provides so many (to me a least) genuinely new insights into the subject and its applications.   This book should be high on the wish list of any practising aerodynamicist, whether in ... Read more

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