{"product_id":"understanding-aerodynamics","title":"Understanding Aerodynamics","description":"\u003cp\u003eA real understanding of aerodynamics must go beyond mastering the mathematical formalism of the theories and come to grips with the physical cause-and-effect relationships that the theories represent. In addition to the math, which applies most directly at the local level, intuitive physical interpretations and explanations are required if we are to understand what happens at the flowfield level. This book aims to promote such physical understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Aerodynamics: Arguing from the Real Physics\u003c\/i\u003e provides a more thorough review of the physical underpinnings of fluid mechanics than is typical of conventional aerodynamics books, and it covers topics specific to aerodynamics with greater physical rigor. Many of the discussions and explanations in the book are novel in the sense that they attempt to remedy incompleteness or inconsistencies in previously available sources. Examples include the discussion of how aerodynamics fits in with modern physical theory in general, the explanations and discussions of the \"induction\" fallacy, the effect of surface roughness on turbulent skin friction, the basic mechanism for the lift on an airfoil, and the global pressure and momentum-flux balances in the flowfield around a lifting 3D wing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book provides: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn understanding of what the equations and theories of aerodynamics really mean\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReal physical explanations for aerodynamic phenomena such as lift\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscussions of important topics that are often missing in other aerodynamics books, such a three-dimensional flow in boundary layers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA broad view of the field and how it all fits together \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Aerodynamics: Arguing from the Real Physics\u003c\/i\u003e meticulously captures the results of the author's decades of pondering, discussing, and arguing the physical aspects of aerodynamic flows and is sure to help practicing engineers, as well as students, to gain a greater physical understanding of aerodynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doug McLean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42850217754685,"sku":"9781119967514","price":151.16,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781119967514_b7ea2590-6730-443f-98fb-29de818a6a81.jpg?v=1767070817","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/understanding-aerodynamics","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}