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Fluid Mechanics
  • Foundations and Applications of Mechanics
  • Volume 2, 3rd edition
  • C. S. Jog
  • Published online:
    05 May 2015
    Print publication:
    25 June 2015
  • Fluid mechanics is the study of fluids including liquids, gases and plasmas and the forces acting on them. Its study is critical in predicting rainfall, ocean currents, reducing drag on cars and aeroplanes, and design of engines. The subject is also interesting from a mathematical perspective due to the nonlinear nature of its equations. For example, the topic of turbulence has been a subject of interest to both mathematicians and engineers: to the former because of its mathematically complex nature and to the latter group because of its ubiquitous presence in real-life applications. This book is a follow-up to the first volume and discusses the concepts of fluid mechanics in detail. The book gives an in-depth summary of the governing equations and their engineering related applications. It also comprehensively discusses the fundamental theories related to kinematics and governing equations, hydrostatics, surface waves and ideal fluid flow, followed by their applications.

  • Appendix B - Sources of Experimental Data for Code Validation

  • Russell M. Cummings, William H. Mason, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Scott A. Morton, David R. McDaniel, University of Alabama, Birmingham
  • Book:
    Applied Computational Aerodynamics
    Published online:
    28 May 2018
    Print publication:
    27 April 2015, pp 766-775

  • Summary

    Some sources of aerodynamic geometry and experimental data for use in code evaluation are listed here. They are invaluable for making sure that you are using a computational aerodynamics code correctly. Always check a code that is new to you against known results, which we already discussed in Chapter 2. Note that rigorous validation of codes requires very careful analysis and an understanding of possible experimental, as well as computational, error (which was also discussed in Chapter 10). Most of the NASA and NACA reports cited here are available from the NASA Technical Reports Server, http://ntrs.nasa.gov/; a mirror website for NACA reports is available from Cranfield University at http://naca.central.cranfield.ac.uk/. Some of the reports listed here will also be provided at the book website: http://www.cambridge.org/aerodynamics. Most of the results are presented graphically, so a utility such as DataThief or Engauge is needed to digitize the data for comparison with calculations.

    Books

    Abbott, I.H. and von Doenhoff, A.E., Theory of Airfoil Sections, New York: Dover, 1959: This is a book every aerodynamicist should have. Look in the references for the original NACA airfoil reports. The aerodynamic descriptions contained in the reports are unsurpassed. However, beware of the actual data presented prior to 1939, which is when they discovered that they had to apply a different support interference correction to the measured results (see NACA Report 669 by Jacobs for details). Note that pressure distributions for airfoils are fairly rare. See also NACA Report 824, which is an earlier compendium similar to this book.

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