An engineering approach to the calculation of aerodynamic flows (Q4937015)

This book describes calculations of practically relevant aerodynamical flows by using the interactive-boundary-layer stability-transition approach developed mainly by the author and his associates. This approach employs the numerical solution (by Hess-Smith panel method) of reduced Navier-Stokes equations in which Euler and boundary-layer equations are coupled in an interactive way; the onset of transition to turbulence is obtained by using the linear stability theory and \(e^n\)-method. The book consists of 13 chapters and can be subdivided logically into three main parts. Part 1 (chapters 2 to 6) discusses steady two-dimensional incompressible and compressible airfoil flows, part 2 (chapters 7 to 9) describes unsteady two-dimensional incompressible and compressible airfoil flows; and finally, part 3 (chapters 10 to 13) studies the above flows in the three-dimensional case. An attractive feature of this book is that, in addition to explicit descriptions of the calculation procedures, the author gives program codes written in Fortran, including all subroutines. The computer programs with additional details and sample calculations are also available from the author. The methodology is illustrated by many practical examples (subsonic and transonic flows around SAAB wing, RAE wing, ONERA-M6 wing, multielement wings and slat-wing-flap configurations). The book can be highly recommended to students, specialists and engineers dealing with practical aerodynamical computations.