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Aerodynamics for Engineers

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I strongly recommend this book for those who are studying their first courses in aerodynamics. It is indeed clear, easy to understand, and, above all, very illustrated. In point of fact, I have liked aerodynamics because of this book. I used this book in my first course in aerodynamics instead of the required book given by my university (K.F.U.P.M), which was " Fundamentals of Aerodynamics written by John D. Anderson, because it avoids the complexity of derivations of equations, which might be the nightmare for some aerodynamics students particularly the beginners. Over and above this, I have been very willing and interested in reading the text because the authors have avoided tautology. Furthermore, I have digested a lots of concepts because of its very clear figures which have made a great impression on me, you know, one picture worth a 1000 words as the saying goes.

As far as the examples given in each chapter are concerned, I believe that the authors should have added extra examples in order to see the applications of the important theories and their equations. Anyhow, some of the provided examples did come in my major exams.

Like other aerodynamics books I have seen, this book does not provide the students with the solution of the problems given at the end of each chapter. I found that some of the theoretical questions given at the end of each chapter were among the questions my instructor used to give us in his quizzes, major, and final exams. The other thing I don not like about this book, similar to other aerodynamics books, is that it does not have a glossary. Thus, Students will have to read the text to find the definitions of the new terms. However, the definitions given are easy to memorize and comprehend as well.

For those who are interested in full derivations of equations, I believe that this book will not be very helpful to them. They should buy " Fundamentals of Aerodynamics written by John D. Anderson" immediately.

I believe very strongly that using both of the books I mentioned above will enable the student to pass his/her course with flying colors. I am sure as eggs are eggs that they will come in handy in quizzes, majors, final exams, plus term projects. I used both of them and I got "B". Believe you me, you will make it God willing, as I did.

The book provides a great foundation in aerodynamics principles and theory for aeronautical engineers or mechanical engineers studying aerospace engineering. The book is well organized and well written with clear and easy to follow explanations.

This is a reader-friendly book that most mechanical or aeronautical engineering students who require a down to earth book that teaches the fundamentals of aerodynamics will find interesting and informative.

Although this is not the best book on the market, it nevertheless is worth investing in as it provides a basic though comprehensive guide to aerodynamics with a focus on fundamental principles and techniques, incorporating the latest advances in software and in hardware that have resulted in the ever increasing use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in aircraft design.

This book is very important for understanding key aerodynamic concepts. I feel that this book must be used in conjunction with 'Bases of Aerodynamic Design' by Kuethe and Chow.

I am an aerospace engineering major at WVU with almost 140 credits. Not to be mean but this is the worst textbook I have ever used or seen, even more so that our circuit analysis textbook. We used it for Incompressible Aerodynamics(MAE 335). It is unreadable and impossible to understand and hence to learn from by even the most gifted students. There are no answers in the back to tell if you're doing any of the problems right. Most of the relevant information is simply missing. Especially in the way of fluid control volume analysis. Also there's no procedure on how to solve any types of problems, as is given in every other textbook I've seen. I haven't seen any one fellow student who felt differently,it's unanimous. You NEED a competent instructor to guide you. It looks like an unrefined collection of notes.

This book and the "Fundamentals of Aerodynamics" by J.D. Anderson are the BEST aerodynamics text for the engineering students. I highly recommed them to every aerospace and mechanical engineering students.

In my senior year as a mechanical engineering student and this book makes it on my list of worst texts I have ever read. The material this book is teaching is complicated, which means the authors should have taken extra care to break things down slowly and concisely. What they did was just the opposite. The book if full of complicated math with little explanation, and irrelevant assumptions with too much explanation.

Let me jump straight to chapter 8, if you never read Modern Compressible Flow by Anderson, which is the textbook that my school uses for Gas Dynamics course, then you won't be able to do some of the problems given in this particular chapter, such as problem 8.18 (reflected shock, which isn't covered/is barely covered by the authors). If you plan to use this book for introduction to compressible flow or Gas Dynamics, stay away & stick to Anderson's book that I mentioned earlier (after you've read that book, then go ahead & read this book). It is not a bad book overall, but it cannot be used by itself. If you want a decent aerodynamics textbook/reference, then go with another Anderson's excellent book called Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. However, you shouldn't stick with just one book, build your library because some books have their pros and cons.