McCormick - Aerodynamics Aeronautics and Flight Mechanics

CONTENTS

ONE INTRODUCTION

A Brief History I

A Brief Introduction to the Technology of Aeronautics 9

TWO FLUID MECHANICS 16

Fluid Statics and the Atmosphere 16

Fluid Dynamics 22

Conservation of Mass 26

The Momentum Theorem 29

Euler's Equation of Motion 31

Bernoulli's Equation 33

Determination of Free-Stream Velocity 35

Determination of True Airspeed 36

Potential Flow 38

Velocity Potential and Stream Function 39

Elementary Flow Functions