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Fundamentals of
Aerodynamics
Seventh Edition
John D. Anderson, Jr.
Christopher P. Cadou
,Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
Seventh Edition
John D. Anderson, Jr.
Christopher P. Cadou
,McGRAW HILL SERIES IN AERONAUTICAL AND
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
T
he Wright brothers invented the first practical airplane in the first decade
of the twentieth century. Along with this came the rise of aeronautical
engineering as an exciting, new, distinct discipline. College courses in
aeronautical engineering were offered as early as 1914 at the University of
Michigan and at MIT. Michigan was the first university to establish an aeronau-
tics department with a four-year degree-granting program in 1916; by 1926 it
had graduated over one hundred students. The need for substantive textbooks in
various areas of aeronautical engineering became critical. Rising to this demand,
McGraw Hill became one of the first publishers of aeronautical engineering text-
books, starting with Airplane Design and Construction by Ottorino Pomilio in
1919, and the classic and definitive text Airplane Design: Aerodynamics by the
iconic Edward P. Warner in 1927. Warner’s book was a watershed in aeronautical
engineering textbooks.
Since then, McGraw Hill has become the time-honored publisher of books in
aeronautical engineering. With the advent of high-speed flight after World War II
and the space program in 1957, aeronautical and aerospace engineering grew
to new heights. There was, however, a hiatus that occurred in the 1970s when
aerospace engineering went through a transition, and virtually no new books in
the field were published for almost a decade by anybody. McGraw Hill broke
this hiatus with the foresight of its Chief Engineering Editor, B.J. Clark, who
was instrumental in the publication of Introduction to Flight by John Anderson.
First published in 1978, Introduction to Flight is now in its 8th edition. Clark’s
bold decision was followed by McGraw Hill riding the crest of a new wave of
students and activity in aerospace engineering, and it opened the flood-gates for
new textbooks in the field.
In 1988, McGraw Hill initiated its formal series in Aeronautical and
Aerospace Engineering, gathering together under one roof all its existing texts
in the field, and soliciting new manuscripts. This author is proud to have been
made the consulting editor for this series, and to have contributed some of the
titles. Starting with eight books in 1988, the series now embraces 24 books cov-
ering a broad range of discipline in the field. With this, McGraw Hill continues
its tradition, started in 1919, as the premier publisher of important textbooks in
aeronautical and aerospace engineering.
John D. Anderson, Jr.
, Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
Seventh Edition
John D. Anderson, Jr.
Curator of Aerodynamics
National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Institution
and
Professor Emeritus
University of Maryland
Christopher P. Cadou
Professor of Aerospace
Engineering
and
Keystone Professor,
University of Maryland
Fundamentals of
Aerodynamics
Seventh Edition
John D. Anderson, Jr.
Christopher P. Cadou
,Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
Seventh Edition
John D. Anderson, Jr.
Christopher P. Cadou
,McGRAW HILL SERIES IN AERONAUTICAL AND
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
T
he Wright brothers invented the first practical airplane in the first decade
of the twentieth century. Along with this came the rise of aeronautical
engineering as an exciting, new, distinct discipline. College courses in
aeronautical engineering were offered as early as 1914 at the University of
Michigan and at MIT. Michigan was the first university to establish an aeronau-
tics department with a four-year degree-granting program in 1916; by 1926 it
had graduated over one hundred students. The need for substantive textbooks in
various areas of aeronautical engineering became critical. Rising to this demand,
McGraw Hill became one of the first publishers of aeronautical engineering text-
books, starting with Airplane Design and Construction by Ottorino Pomilio in
1919, and the classic and definitive text Airplane Design: Aerodynamics by the
iconic Edward P. Warner in 1927. Warner’s book was a watershed in aeronautical
engineering textbooks.
Since then, McGraw Hill has become the time-honored publisher of books in
aeronautical engineering. With the advent of high-speed flight after World War II
and the space program in 1957, aeronautical and aerospace engineering grew
to new heights. There was, however, a hiatus that occurred in the 1970s when
aerospace engineering went through a transition, and virtually no new books in
the field were published for almost a decade by anybody. McGraw Hill broke
this hiatus with the foresight of its Chief Engineering Editor, B.J. Clark, who
was instrumental in the publication of Introduction to Flight by John Anderson.
First published in 1978, Introduction to Flight is now in its 8th edition. Clark’s
bold decision was followed by McGraw Hill riding the crest of a new wave of
students and activity in aerospace engineering, and it opened the flood-gates for
new textbooks in the field.
In 1988, McGraw Hill initiated its formal series in Aeronautical and
Aerospace Engineering, gathering together under one roof all its existing texts
in the field, and soliciting new manuscripts. This author is proud to have been
made the consulting editor for this series, and to have contributed some of the
titles. Starting with eight books in 1988, the series now embraces 24 books cov-
ering a broad range of discipline in the field. With this, McGraw Hill continues
its tradition, started in 1919, as the premier publisher of important textbooks in
aeronautical and aerospace engineering.
John D. Anderson, Jr.
, Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
Seventh Edition
John D. Anderson, Jr.
Curator of Aerodynamics
National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Institution
and
Professor Emeritus
University of Maryland
Christopher P. Cadou
Professor of Aerospace
Engineering
and
Keystone Professor,
University of Maryland
