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Proemium
Foreword by Dr. Mark J. Lewis
Preface to the 2025 Edition
Preface to the 2024 Edition
Attention! AE201 Students at ERAU
Acknowledgements
About the Author
1. What is Aerospace Engineering?
2. History of Aircraft & Aviation
3. History of Rockets & Space Flight
4. Mathematics for Engineering
5. Units & Conversion Factors
6. Professional Responsibilities, Ethics, & Copyright
7. Aircraft Classifications & Regulations
8. Anatomy of Aircraft & Spacecraft
9. Aerospace Structures
10. Aerospace Materials
11. Fundamental Properties of Fluids
12. Fluid Statics & the Hydrostatic Equation
13. Atmospheric Properties & the ISA
14. Types of Fluid Flows
15. Dimensional Analysis
16. Mach Number & Reynolds Number
17. Dynamic Similarity
18. Problem Solving & Modeling
19. Equations of Fluid Motion
20. Continuity Equation
21. Momentum Equation
22. Energy Equation & Bernoulli’s Equation
23. Applications of the Conservation Laws
24. Boundary Layer Flows
25. Turbulent Flows
26. Bluff Body Flows
27. Internal Flows
28. Time-Dependent Flows
29. Viscous-Dominated Flows
30. Airfoil Shapes
31. Aerodynamics of Airfoil Sections
32. Wing Shapes & Nomenclature
33. Aerodynamics of Finite Wings
34. Potential Flows
35. Thin Airfoil Theory
36. Lifting Line Theory
37. Airplane Equations of Motion
38. Fundamentals of Propulsion Systems
39. Airspeed Definitions & Measurement
40. Altitude Definitions & Measurement
41. Piston Engines
42. Aircraft Propellers
43. Turbojet Engines
44. Turbofan & Turboprop Engines
45. Rocket Engines
46. Steady Level-Flight Operations
47. Airplane Performance Envelopes
48. Takeoff & Landing Performance
49. Flight Range & Endurance
50. Climbing, Ceiling & Gliding
51. Flight Maneuvers & Gusts
52. Supersonic Flight Vehicles
53. Hypersonic Flight Vehicles
54. Rockets & Launch Vehicles
55. Astronautics, Space & Astrodynamics
56. Stalling & Spinning
57. Aircraft Stability & Control
58. Acoustics of Flight Vehicles
59. Introduction to Advanced Computational Methods
60. Unsteady Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity, & Flutter
61. Gliders & Sailplanes
62. Helicopters & Vertical Flight
63. Autogiros & Gyroplanes
64. Airships, Blimps, & Aerostats
65. Ground Effect Vehicles
66. Electrically-Powered Aircraft
67. Worked Examples: Introductory
68. Worked Examples: Anatomy, Structures, & Regulations
69. Worked Examples: Fluid Properties & Hydrostatics
70. Worked Examples: Units, Conversion Factors & Dimensional Analysis
71. Worked Examples: Fluid Flows & Fluid Dynamics
72. Worked Examples: Bluff Body Flows
73. Worked Examples: Internal Flows
74. Worked Examples: Airfoils & Wings
75. Worked Examples: Propulsion Systems
76. Worked Examples: Airplane, Rocket, & Spacecraft Performance
Essential Formulae
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