Anderson's book provides the most accessible approach to compressible flow for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering students and professionals. In keeping with previous versions, the 3rd edition uses numerous historical vignettes that show the evolution of the field. New pedagogical features--"Roadmaps" showing the development of a given topic, and "Design Boxes" giving examples of design decisions--will make the 3rd edition even more practical and user-friendly than before. The 3rd edition strikes a careful balance between classical methods of determining compressible flow, and modern numerical and computer techniques (such as CFD) now used widely in industry & research. A new Book Website will contain all problem solutions for instructors.
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John D. Anderson, Jr. is the Curator of Aerodynamics at the National Air & Space Museum Smithsonian Institute and Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland.
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The best engineering book I have ever read,
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This review is from: Modern Compressible Flow: With Historical Perspective (Hardcover)
This book was an indispensible study tool for my PhD qualifying exam in high temp gas dynamics. Before reading this book I had never had a formal compressible flow class and I think that it covers the fundamental concepts of frozen compressible flow very well. If you don't have an excellent understanding of normal and oblique shocks, expansion fans, nozzle flow, blunt body flow and shock tubes after reading this book, you haven't been paying attention!
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a little disappointing,
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Well written classic supersonic theory, but "flavor" of numerical methods is given only : I think a college textbook of that price should give more than just flavor. Classic supersonic theory is not complete and needs to be integrated with other prior classic books (i.e. Ferri, Aerodynamics of supersonic flows). Overally, a little disappointing about the quantity of information given.
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Heavy in math, but illustrations and commentary helps.,
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This review is from: Modern Compressible Flow: With Historical Perspective (Hardcover)
As it must be, this book is heavy in math, yet does not treat the subject just from a mathmatics point of view. It is filled with illustrations, photographs and commentary to help explain the subject matter. The only thing that seems to be missing is a math symbols list! It's a good text, well written and worth the money.
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nonequilibrium nozzle flows, flowfield variables, supersonic blunt body problem, induced mass motion, vortical singularity, compressible flow applications, equilibrium chemically reacting mixture, oblique shock diffuser, vortical singularities, incident expansion wave, equilibrium chemically reacting gas, calorically perfect gas, rearward differences, entropy streamline, subsonic inflow boundary, velocity potential equation, oblique shock properties, oblique shock theory, unsteady wave motion, hypersonic similarity, flowfield values, blunt body flowfield, nonequilibrium expansion, normal shock properties, locally supersonic flow Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Solution From Table, World War, Theodore von Karman, Adolf Busemann, Isaac Newton, John Stack, Substitute Eqs, Air Force, Ludwig Prandtl, Jet Propulsion Engine Thrust, Leonhard Euler, Technische Hochschule, Cal Tech, Daniel Bernoulli, English Engineering System, Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, New York, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Solution From Example, Some Theoretical Aspects of Transonic Flows, The Basics, After Anderson, Examine Eqs, General Conservation Equations Revisited New!
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nonequilibrium nozzle flows, flowfield variables, supersonic blunt body problem, induced mass motion, vortical singularity, compressible flow applications, equilibrium chemically reacting mixture, oblique shock diffuser, vortical singularities, incident expansion wave, equilibrium chemically reacting gas, calorically perfect gas, rearward differences, entropy streamline, subsonic inflow boundary, velocity potential equation, oblique shock properties, oblique shock theory, unsteady wave motion, hypersonic similarity, flowfield values, blunt body flowfield, nonequilibrium expansion, normal shock properties, locally supersonic flow Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Solution From Table, World War, Theodore von Karman, Adolf Busemann, Isaac Newton, John Stack, Substitute Eqs, Air Force, Ludwig Prandtl, Jet Propulsion Engine Thrust, Leonhard Euler, Technische Hochschule, Cal Tech, Daniel Bernoulli, English Engineering System, Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, New York, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Solution From Example, Some Theoretical Aspects of Transonic Flows, The Basics, After Anderson, Examine Eqs, General Conservation Equations Revisited New!
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- Fundamentals of Aerodynamics (McGraw-Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering) by John Anderson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Hypersonic and High Temperature Gas Dynamics by John David Anderson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Strömungsmechanik A-Z: Eine systematische Einordnung von Begriffen und Konzepten der Strömungsmechanik (Vieweg Praxiswissen) (German Edition) by Heinz Herwig on 5 pages
- Computational Gasdynamics by Culbert B. Laney on page 18, page 45, and page 99
- Fluid Mechanics by Frank M. White in Front Matter, page 519, and page 684
- Introduction to Flight (McGraw-Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering) by John D. Anderson in Front Matter, page 373, and page 745
- Hypersonic and High Temperature Gas Dynamics by John David Anderson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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