Fluid Dynamic Drag: Practical Information on Aerodynamic Drag and Hydrodynamic Resistance [Hardcover]

Sighard, F. Hoerner (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Hoerner Fluid Dynamics (June 1965)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9991194444
• ISBN-13: 978-9991194448
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,882,559 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Presents aerodynamic drag data for typical aero shapes., October 12, 1999

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Richard Monschke c/o Mary Monschke (Ft. Worth, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fluid Dynamic Drag: Practical Information on Aerodynamic Drag and Hydrodynamic Resistance (Hardcover)

Drag polars, data, and curves presented in easy format. Coefficients of drag for most shapes can be easily estimated for use in the drag equation and estimating aerodynamic drag loads.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Also try..., June 8, 2001

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J. Smith (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fluid Dynamic Drag: Practical Information on Aerodynamic Drag and Hydrodynamic Resistance (Hardcover)

If you like Hoerner, also take a look at the Applied Fluid Dynamics Handbook by Robert D. Blevins (ISBN 0894647172). Blevins puts a lot of similiar information into a more user friendly manner (not so many pencil marks, references scattered throughout the text, etc), while including a plethora of information in one source.

BTW - Hoerner has always been available directly through his widow in Bakersfield, CA - a very nice lady.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent compendium of aerodynamic drag data., December 9, 2009

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Heliophile (Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fluid Dynamic Drag (Paperback)

I have used this book for many years in my engineering career. It is a thorough collection of aerodynamic drag data that to my knowledge is not available in any other single reference. It includes sections on water-borne craft and land-borne vehicles as well as aircraft. The book is most useful for engineers and those who do not shy away from mathematical formulas. If you are interested in drag of land vehicles, also look at Hucho, Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles, SAE, 1998.