Books about aerodynamics (Hucho, Barnard)

[MetroMPG]

It's probably worth picking up, but I can't answer that without a comparison.

I skimmed the entire Hucho book 4th ed. this weekend - it's really good. Highly recommended to anyone with an interest in the subject. And it's encyclopedic compared to the Barnard book.

I'm looking forward to going through it properly.

EDIT: I'd guess that one area that's missing from the 2nd edition is the part on computational fluid dynamics. No big deal - the meat of the book is the history, theory & testing.

[Frank Lee]

Good- I have the 2nd Ed. and won't be missing much the way it sounds.

[aerohead]

I bought a copy of Hucho's book at the Texas Tech University Bookstore back in 1990,paid $80.00.It's worth every penny! Everything you can imagine is addressed,minus perhaps suction-slots! Theres stuff in there that amazed me,a virtual cornucopia of aero-think! I recommend it to everyone.One reading could save you decades of not going down dead-end aero roads.Can't say enough about it.And don't be intimidated 'cause its written from a compilation of Phd. work.You don't need a background in trig,analytical geometry,differential or integral calculus.Really! If you can work with fractions and percentages,your good to go! It's one of the best educational investments you could ever make.

[Frank Lee]

There is so much info in there you could read that book 10 times over and still gain new insights every time.

[MetroMPG]

New Insights! Aerodynamic puns. Gotta love it.

[tasdrouille]

I just finished reading Hucho's 2nd ed. It took me 2 days. It was the most interesting book I have read in a long time. It is a must read for anyone interested in car aerodynamics. Each of the 16 hours I spent reading this book was worth more than the countless hours I have spent searching the Internet for informations on aeromods.

[groar]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

The two I've seen referred to occasionally (by non-experts) are:

Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles: From Fluid Mechanics to Vehicle Engineering ([Proceedings] / SAE)
by by Wolf-Heinrich Hucho (Editor)

For a non-expert as I'm and not English speaking as mother tong, do you think it's sufficiently well written so I'll understand it ?

TIA,

Denis.

[Daox]

I think you could probably read through a lot of it. There is some that is complex. For instance there is a chapter just on the math of it all (I just breezed through that part). There is so much you can learn just by flipping through it looking at pictures...

[tasdrouille]

Originally Posted by Daox

There is so much you can learn just by flipping through it looking at pictures...

So true.

[Sandy]

Originally Posted by Daox

There is so much you can learn just by flipping through it looking at pictures...

sounds like a magazine I used to 'read' when I was a teenager,