Good General Aerodynamics Book

[737eng]

I am a Structures Engineer, who hasn't dealt with calculating aerodynamic loads (lift and drag) in a long time (since college, and I either sold back my text book or I borrowed it for the classes, I believe it was by Anderson). These aero loads were always provided to me and I utilized them to accomplish the structural analysis. I recently was involved in some work, where lift and drag of an installed component on an A/C had to be calculated and I really struggled with accomplishing this from memory, luckily I was able to utilize the expertese of a fellow engineer. Now I am looking at purchasing an aerodynamics book for my own reference and since they are relatively expensive, I want to know which text would be the best for my application. I would generally be calculating lift and drag on components installed on the exterior of an aircraft fuselage, (i.e. gps antenna, blade antenna, camera pods, etc....) Any suggestions?

 

[Sparweb]

Anderson is still a good choice.

Steven Fahey, CET
"Simplicate, and add more lightness" - Bill Stout

 

[Configurator]

I like Bertin and Smith's Aerodynamics for Engineers.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...002-6018602-9797669?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Lee

http://www.lmco.com

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[Sparweb]

Bertin & Smith's book looks a lot like they took Perkins & Hage, mashed the pages together with Kuethe & Schetzer's book, and left out a bunch of useful stuff. Buying P&H's Airplane Performance, Stability & Control AND Kuethe's Foundations of Aerodynamics will cost twice as much, admittedly, but be worth 4x more.
If you can't find these two on Amazon.com, you can try Alibris.com.

Steven Fahey, CET