Table Of ContentFundamentals of Aerodynamics
(In SI Units)
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Series in Aer and Aer
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AircraftPerformanceandDesign StressAnalysisofFiber-ReinforcedComposite
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ComputationalFluidDynamics Kane,LikinsandLevinson
SpacecraftDynamics
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FundamentalsofAerodynamics Kelly
FundamentalsofMechanicalVibrations
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ModernCompressibleFluidFlow FlightStabilityandAutomaticControl
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CombustionEngineering CompressibleFluidFlow
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AdvancedStrengthandAppliedStressAnalysis AnIntroductiontoCombustion
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FluidMechanics StressesinPlatesandShells
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FundamentalsofAircraftStructuralAnalysis ViscousFluidFlow
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LinearControlSystemsEngineering FluidMechanics
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SpacePropulationAnalysisandDesign SpaceflightDynamics
Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
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JohnD.Anderson,Jr.,wasborninLancaster,Pennsylvania,onOctober1,1937.
HeattendedtheUniversityofFlorida,graduatingin1959withhighhonorsand
a bachelor of aeronautical engineering degree. From 1959 to 1962, he was a
lieutenant and task scientist at the Aerospace Research Laboratory at Wright-
PattersonAirForceBase.From1962to1966,heattendedtheOhioStateUniver-
sityundertheNationalScienceFoundationandNASAFellowships,graduating
withaPh.D.inaeronauticalandastronauticalengineering.In1966,hejoinedthe
U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory as Chief of the Hypersonics Group. In 1973,
he became Chairman of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Uni-
versityofMaryland,andsince1980hasbeenprofessorofAerospaceEngineer-
ing at the University of Maryland. In 1982, he was designated a Distinguished
Scholar/TeacherbytheUniversity.During1986–1987,whileonsabbaticalfrom
the University, Dr. Anderson occupied the Charles Lindbergh Chair at the Na-
tionalAirandSpaceMuseumoftheSmithsonianInstitution.Hecontinuedwith
theAirandSpaceMuseumonedayeachweekastheirSpecialAssistantforAero-
dynamics,doingresearchandwritingonthehistoryofaerodynamics.Inaddition
to his position as professor of aerospace engineering, in 1993, he was made a
fullfacultymemberoftheCommitteefortheHistoryandPhilosophyofScience
and in 1996 an affiliate member of the History Department at the University of
Maryland.In1996,hebecametheGlennL.MartinDistinguishedProfessorfor
EducationinAerospaceEngineering.In1999,heretiredfromtheUniversityof
MarylandandwasappointedProfessorEmeritus.HeiscurrentlytheCuratorfor
AerodynamicsattheNationalAirandSpaceMuseum,SmithsonianInstitution.
Dr.Andersonhaspublishedtenbooks:GasdynamicLasers:AnIntroduction,
Academic Press (1976), and under McGraw-Hill, Introduction to Flight (1978,
1984, 1989, 2000, 2005), Modern Compressible Flow (1982, 1990, 2003),
Fundamentals of Aerodynamics (1984, 1991, 2001), Hypersonic and High
TemperatureGasDynamics(1989),ComputationalFluidDynamics:TheBasics
withApplications(1995),AircraftPerformanceandDesign(1999),AHistoryof
AerodynamicsandItsImpactonFlyingMachines, CambridgeUniversityPress
(1997 hardback, 1998 paperback), The Airplane: A History of Its Technology,
AmericanInstituteofAeronauticsandAstronautics(2003),andInventingFlight,
Johns Hopkins University Press (2004). He is the author of over 120 papers on
radiative gasdynamics, reentry aerothermodynamics, gasdynamic and chemical
lasers, computational fluid dynamics, applied aerodynamics, hypersonic flow,
andthehistoryofaeronautics.Dr.AndersonisinWho’sWhoinAmerica.Heis
an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
(AIAA).HeisalsoafellowoftheRoyalAeronauticalSociety,London.Heisa
memberofTauBetaPi,SigmaTau,PhiKappaPhi,PhiEtaSigma,TheAmerican
SocietyforEngineeringEducation,theHistoryofScienceSociety,andtheSoci-
etyfortheHistoryofTechnology.In1988,hewaselectedasVicePresidentofthe
AIAAforEducation.In1989,hewasawardedtheJohnLelandAtwoodAward
jointly by the American Society for Engineering Education and the American
InstituteofAeronauticsandAstronautics“forthelastinginfluenceofhisrecent
contributionstoaerospaceengineeringeducation.”In1995,hewasawardedthe
AIAAPendrayAerospaceLiteratureAward“forwritingundergraduateandgrad-
uatetextbooksinaerospaceengineeringwhichhavereceivedworldwideacclaim
fortheirreadabilityandclarityofpresentation,includinghistoricalcontent.”In
1996,hewaselectedVicePresidentoftheAIAAforPublications.Hehasrecently
beenhonoredbytheAIAAwithits2000vonKarmanLectureshipinAstronautics.
From1987tothepresent,Dr.Andersonhasbeentheseniorconsultingeditor
ontheMcGraw-HillSeriesinAeronauticalandAstronauticalEngineering.
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