Airfoils, Lift and Drag Illustrated
An Engineering Guide to Airflow Analysis, Boundary Layers and Flight Fundamentals for Aspiring Aerospace EngineersBy Patrick Zwolinska
Length11h 21m
About this audiobook
A diagram-first engineering guide that turns half-remembered aerodynamics into calculable physics, from pressure distributions and boundary layers to drag polars, critical Mach number and shock waves.
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GenreTechnology, Science and Nature
Length11 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Airfoils, Lift and Drag Illustrated
2Foreword
3Preface
4About This Book
5Chapter 1: Air, Pressure and the Standard Atmosphere
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61.1 The Working Fluid: Composition, Density and the Gas Law
71.2 The Standard Atmosphere: Temperature Lapse and Pressure Integration
81.3 Pressure on a Surface: Static, Gauge and Absolute
91.4 Dynamic Pressure and the Equivalent Airspeed Idea
101.5 Indicated, Calibrated, Equivalent and True Airspeed
11Chapter 2: Continuity, Bernoulli and Streamlines
122.1 Streamlines, Streamtubes and Steady Flow
132.2 Mass Conservation and the Continuity Equation
142.3 Bernoulli’s Equation Along a Streamline
152.4 Stagnation Points and Stagnation Pressure
162.5 The Pressure Coefficient
17Chapter 3: Airfoil Geometry and Section Conventions
183.1 Chord, Camber Line and Thickness Distribution
193.2 Leading-Edge Radius, Trailing-Edge Angle and Slope
203.3 NACA Four- and Five-Digit Sections
213.4 Other Section Families and Naming Practice
223.5 Planform Geometry: Span, Area, Aspect Ratio, Taper and Sweep
23Chapter 4: Lift, Circulation and the Lift Curve
244.1 Pressure Distribution and the Origin of Lift
254.2 Circulation, the Kutta Condition and the Bound Vortex
264.3 The Lift Curve: Slope, Zero-Lift Angle and Stall
274.4 Section Versus Finite-Wing Coefficients
284.5 Maximum Lift Coefficient and Its Limits
29Chapter 5: Reynolds Number and the Boundary Layer
305.1 Viscosity, No-Slip and the Definition of Reynolds Number
315.2 Laminar and Turbulent Velocity Profiles
325.3 Transition from Laminar to Turbulent Flow
335.4 Displacement and Momentum Thickness
345.5 Boundary-Layer Growth Along a Chord
35Chapter 6: Skin Friction, Pressure Drag and Separation
366.1 Wall Shear Stress and Skin-Friction Coefficient
376.2 Adverse Pressure Gradients and Separation
386.3 Pressure Drag, Form Drag and the Wake
396.4 Separation Bubbles and Their Consequences
406.5 Surface Roughness, Waviness and Icing Effects
41Chapter 7: Stall, Spin and High-Lift Devices
427.1 Stall Progression Across a Wing
437.2 The Stall Itself: Pressure Distribution and Behavior
447.3 Spin Entry, Autorotation and Recovery Principles
457.4 Plain and Slotted Flaps
467.5 Slats, Leading-Edge Devices and Their Increments
47Chapter 8: Finite Wings, Downwash and Induced Drag
488.1 Trailing Vortices and the Origin of Downwash
498.2 Effective Angle of Attack and the Finite-Wing Lift Slope
508.3 Induced Drag and Its Dependence on Aspect Ratio
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