Hypersonic and High Temperature Gas Dynamics [Hardcover]

John David Anderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2000 | ISBN-10: 156347459X | ISBN-13: 978-1563474590

This book is a self-contained text for those students and readers interested in learning hypersonic flow and high-temperature gas dynamics. It assumes no prior familiarity with either subject on the part of the reader. if you have worked and/or are working in these areas, and you want a cohesive presentation of the fundamentals, a development of important theory and techniques, a discussion of the salient results with emphasis on the physical aspects, and a presentation of modern thinking in these areas, then this book is also for you. In other words, this book is designed for two roles: (1) as an effective classroom text which can be used with ease by the instructor, and which can be understood with ease by the student; and (2) as a viable, professional working tool on the desk of all engineers, scientists and managers who have any contact in their jobs with hypersonic and/or high-temperature flow.

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"John Anderson's books are consistently well written. It's an excellent book I'll keep for years to come." --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Dr. John Anderson, Jr. received his Ph.D. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering in 1966 from the Ohio State University. Dr. Anderson served as professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland where he became the Glenn L. Martin Distinguished Professor for Education in Aerospace Engineering. He is an Honorary Fellow of AIAA and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Among his numerous accomplishments, he was awarded the AIAA Pendray Aerospace Literature Award ""for writing textbooks in aerospace engineering which have received worldwide acclaim."" In 1999 he retired from the University of Maryland and was appointed Professor Emeritus. He is currently the Curator for Aerodynamics at the National Air and Space Museum. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 690 pages
• Publisher: Amer Inst of Aeronautics & (August 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156347459X
• ISBN-13: 978-1563474590
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,027,830 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an excellent first book for high temp gas dynamics, April 20, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Hypersonic and High Temperature Gas Dynamics (Hardcover)

This book in conjunction with Anderson's "Modern Compressible Flow with Historical Perspective" will give you and excellent fundamental background in high temp gas dynamics. I think the third section alone of this book (which introduces stastical mechanics, kinetic theory, chemically reacting flows, equilibrium and nonequilibrium flows) is worth the price.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Available from Am. Instit. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, January 21, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Hypersonic and High Temperature Gas Dynamics (Hardcover)

While this description refers to an out of print edition by McGraw-Hill, the book has been republished by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) with the ISBN 156347459X.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars another hit from john d anderson, October 11, 2000

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Joel Guerrero - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hypersonic and High Temperature Gas Dynamics (Hardcover)

I just finished reading an old edition, whihc is late 80's and it's incredible, I can't wait to get this new edition. If you like aerodynamics and are interested in space re-entry vehicles, for sure you should have this book in your personal library.