Applied Computational Aerodynamics

Applied Computational Aerodynamics
Author: Russell M. Cummings
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 893
Release: 2015-04-27
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1107053749

This book covers the application of computational fluid dynamics from low-speed to high-speed flows, especially for use in aerospace applications.

Flow Control

Flow Control
Author: Thomas C. Corke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2024-04-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 110896253X

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of passive and active flow control in fluid dynamics, with an emphasis on utilizing fluid instabilities for enhancing control performance. Examples are given from a wide range of technologically important flow fields occurring in aerospace applications, from low-subsonic to hypersonic Mach numbers. This essential book can be used for both research and teaching on the topics of fluid instabilities, fluid measurement and flow actuator techniques, and problem sets are provided at the end of each chapter to reinforce key concepts and further extend readers' understanding of the field. The solutions manual is available as a online resource for instructors. The text is well suited for both graduate students in fluid dynamics and for practising engineers in the aerodynamics design field.

Psychology of Space Exploration: Contemporary Research in Historical Perspective

Psychology of Space Exploration: Contemporary Research in Historical Perspective
Author: Douglas A. Vakoch
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2011-07-06
Genre: Law
ISBN:

This book explores some of the contributions of psychology to yesterday's great space race, today's orbiter and International Space Station missions, and tomorrow's journeys beyond Erath's orbit. It provides an analysis of the challenges facing future space explorers while at the same time presenting new empirical research on topics ranging from simulation studies of commercial spaceflights to the psychological benefits of viewing Earth from space.

IUTAM Laminar-Turbulent Transition

IUTAM Laminar-Turbulent Transition
Author: Spencer Sherwin
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 809
Release: 2021-07-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3030679020

This volume comprises the carefully revised papers of the 9th IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition, held at the Imperial College, London, UK, in September 2019. The papers focus on the leading research in understanding transition to turbulence, which is a challenging topic of fluid mechanics and arises in many modern technologies as well as in nature. The proceedings are of interest for researchers in fluid mechanics and industry who have to handle these types of problems, such as in the aeronautical sector.

The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey Into the History of Aerodynamics in America, V. 2

The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey Into the History of Aerodynamics in America, V. 2
Author: James R. Hansen
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 990
Release: 2009-08-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780160831560

The airplane ranks as one of history's most ingenious and phenomenal inventions. It has surely been one of the most world changing. How ideas about aerodynamics first came together and how the science and technology evolved to forge the airplane into the revolutionary machine that it became is the epic story told in this six-volume series, The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey through the History of Aerodynamics in America. Following up on Volume I's account of the invention of the airplane and the creation of the original aeronautical research establishment in the United States, Volume II explores the airplane design revolution of the 1920s and 1930s and the quest for improved airfoils. Subsequent volumes cover the aerodynamics of airships, flying boats, rotary-wing aircraft, breaking the sound barrier, and more.