Higher Approximations in Aerodynamic Theory / / M. J. Lighthill.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Lighthill, M. J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1960
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2221
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (156 p.)

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Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Section E. Higher Approximations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Subsonic Flows -- 3. Supersonic Two-Dimensional Airfoil Theory: Surface Pressures -- 4. Supersonic Two-dimensional Airfoil Theory: Complete Flow Pattern -- 5. Supersonic Two-dimensional Airfoil Theory: Influence of a Blunt Leading Edge -- 6. Supersonic Projectile Theory: Complete Flow Pattern -- 7. Supersonic Projectile Theory: Surface Pressures -- 8. Supersonic Three-dimensional Wing Theory -- 9. Cited References