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Aerodynamics for Engineers merges fundamental fluid mechanics, experimental techniques, and computational fluid dynamics techniques to build a solid foundation for students in aerodynamic applications from low-speed flight through hypersonic flight. It presents a background discussion of each topic followed by a presentation of the theory, and then derives fundamental equations, applies them to simple computational techniques, and compares them to experimental data. Salient Features NEW - Chapter 14—discusses the strengths and limitations of various tools. End-of-chapter problems. Emphasis on practical problems and the fundamental principles and techniques for obtaining solutions. Background discussions followed by theory. Example problems—worked for relatively simple flow fields that can be defined by a few control points and can be worked using calculators. Theoretical solutions and/or the computed results with experimental data are compared. SI units and English units are used throughout.