SUBSONIC AERODYNAMICS (With Exercises)

Ion Paraschivoiu, professor in the mechanical engineering department, has a Ph. D. in aerodynamics that he obtained under the direction of the renowned European aerodynamist Elie Carafoli. He also holds the J. A. Bombardier Aeronautical chair at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and is an international expert in the aerodynamics of wind turbines. His research interests include aircraft icing, optimization and drag prediction.

The research and development in the field of aeronautics and space technologies has led to the perfection of airplanes, helicopters, propellers as well as new aerospace vehicles. The problems of aerodynamic nature are very complex; to solve them, it is necessary to resort to in-depth studies that focus on the new challenges of flight.

The study of aerodynamics problems in subsonic regime occupies a major place in the understanding of the fundamental principles of fluid dynamics and their application to external and internal flows. This book deals with the flow of perfect/ideal and incompressible fluids around various configurations such as airfoils, wings, propellers and axis-symmetric bodies in order to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of these configurations.

Subsonic Aerodynamics is intended, most of all, for students and engineers specializing in aeronautics. It is also intended to be of interest to all the students and engineers in mechanical engineering desiring to advance the knowledge in this field of application.