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Part One - Fundamental Principles
1) Aerodynamics: Some Introductory Thoughts
2) Aerodynamics: Some Fundamental Principles and Equations
Part Two - Inviscid, Incompressible Flow
3) Fundamentals of Inviscid, Incompressible Flow
4) Incompressible Flow over Airfoils
5) Incompressible Flow over Finite Wings
6) Three-Dimensional Incompressible Flow
Part Three - Inviscid, Compressible Flow
7) Compressible Flow: Some Preliminary Aspects
8) Normal Shock Waves and Related Topics
9) Oblique Shock and Expansion Waves
10) Compressible Flow Through Nozzles, Diffusers, and Wind Tunnels
11) Subsonic Compressible Flow over Airfoils: Linear Theory
12) Linearized Supersonic Flow
13) Introduction to Numerical Techniques for Nonlinear Supersonic Flow
14) Elements of Hypersonic Flow
Part Four - Viscous Flow
15) Introduction to the Fundamental Principles and Equations of Viscous Flow
16) Some Special Cases; Couette and Poiseuille Flows
17) Introduction to Boundary Layers
18) Laminar Boundary Layers
19) Turbulent Boundary Layers
20) Navier-Stokes Solutions: Some Examples
Appendix A - Isentropic FlowProperties
Appendix B - Normal Shock Properties
Appendix C - Prandtl-Meyer Function and Mach Angle
Appendix D - Standard Atmosphere, SI Units
Appendix E - Standard Atmosphere, English Engineering Units