The Elements of Aerofoil and Airscrew Theory

H. Glauert (Author)

9780521274944, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 9 June 1983

244 pages
22.4 x 13.8 x 1.6 cm, 0.32 kg

More than half a century has elapsed since the first edition of The Elements of Aerofoil and Airscrew Theory appeared in 1926, a period in which massive advances have been made in the understanding and description of aerodynamic phenomena. Yet Glauert was an acknowledged master of his subject and his book remains the most lucid and best organised introduction to the fundamental principles of aerodynamics that has ever been written. This new paperback edition reprints the text of the second edition of 1947, with supplementary notes by H. B. Squire.

1. Introduction
2. Bernoulli's equation
3. The stream function
4. Circulation and vorticity
5. The velocity potential and the potential function
6. The transformation of a circle into an aerofoil
7. The aerofoil in two dimensions
8. Viscosity and drag
9. The basis of aerofoil theory
10. The aerofoil in three dimensions
11. The monoplane aerofoil
12. The flow round an acerofoil
13. Biplane aerofoils
14. Wind tunnel interference on areofoils
15. The airscrew: momentum theory
16. The airscrew: blade element theory
17. The airscrew: wind tunnel interference
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Aerospace & aviation technology [TRP]