{"product_id":"9781410224897","title":"Classical Aerodynamic Theory","description":"Aerodynamic theory was not prepared to offer assistance in the early development of the airplane.  The scientific community, most qualified for action at the forefront of human endeavor, often turns out in practice to be surprisingly conservative.  It is recorded that Lord Rayleigh expressed \"not the smallest molecule of faith in aerial navigation, except by balloon.\"  It was not until experiments such as those of Lilienthal and Langley and the successful powered flights of the Wright brothers that correct theories for the aerodynamic action of wings were developed.\u003cbr\u003e   Following the successful demonstrations of the Wright brothers, aerodynamic theory developed rapidly, primarily in European laboratories.  These developments we associate with the names Joukowsky, Kutta, Prandtl and his students, Munk, Betz, and Von Karman.  It should not be forgotten that the writings of F. W. Lanchester provide many of the physical insights that were elaborated in these mathematical theories.\u003cbr\u003e      Throughout World War I, these developments in aerodynamic theory remained virtually unknown in the U.S.  However, in the early 1920's, the U.S. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics undertook to translate or otherwise make available important works on aerodynamic theory in the form of NACA Technical Reports, Notes, and Memoranda, and to encourage similar effort in its own laboratory.\u003cbr\u003e    At the present time, many of these old NACA documents are no longer readily available and it seems worthwhile to collect the most important early works under the title \"Classical Aerodynamics.\"  In most cases, the theories are explained in the author's own words and often with a degree of clarity unequalled in laterinterpretations.\u003cbr\u003e                                                            R. T. Jones\u003cbr\u003e                                                         Senior Staff Scientist\u003cbr\u003e                                                              NASA-Ames Research Center\u003cbr\u003e                                                           June 18, 1979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApplications of Modern Hydrodynamics to Aeronautics\u003cbr\u003e     L. Prandtl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Mechanism of Fluid Resistance\u003cbr\u003e Th. v. Karman and H. Rubach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePressure Distribution on Joukowski Wings\u003cbr\u003e Otto Blumenthal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGraphic Construction of Joukowski Wings\u003cbr\u003e      E. Trefftz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Minimum Induced Drag of Aerofoils\u003cbr\u003e     Max M. Mun K\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Aerodynamic Forces on Airship Hulls\u003cbr\u003e Max M. Munk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElements of the Wing Section Theory and of the Wing Theory\u003cbr\u003e       Max M. Munk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRemarks on the Pressure Distribution over the Surface of an Ellipsoid, Moving Translationally Through a Perfect Fluid\u003cbr\u003e    Max M. Munk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Inertia Coefficients of an Airship in a Frictionless Fluid\u003cbr\u003e   H. Bateman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFlow and Drag Formulas for Simple Quadrics\u003cbr\u003e        A. F. Zahm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFlow and Force Equations for a Body Revolving In a Fluid\u003cbr\u003e  A. F. Zahm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBehavior of Vortex Systems\u003cbr\u003e        A. Betz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Potential Theory of Arbitrary Wing Sections\u003cbr\u003e  T. Theodorsen and I. E. Garrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Theory of Aerodynamic Instability and the Mechanism of Flutter\u003cbr\u003e       Theodore Theodorsen  ","brand":"University Press of the Pacific","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048206188784,"sku":"9781410224897","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781410224897_p0.jpg?v=1763723227","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781410224897","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}