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Originally Posted by tasdrouille
Would I be missing a lot over the 4th edition if I only read Hucho's 2nd edition? I'm asking cause I can borrow the 2nd edition for free at the local engineering school.
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Hard to say since I haven't seen the 2nd edition, but since the 4th edition is almost 350 pages longer, I would assume that Doax's words ring true.
I own the 4th and think is is a wonderful book. The math in one of the earlier chapters is very dense and somethat difficult even for an engineering type, but it is the sort of thing you can read and reread. It doesn't detract from the rest of the book. Hucho has lots of pictures, illustrations and graphs, so most of his major points can be deciphered even when you have difficulty with the math.
But FREE is good. Check out the 2nd edition and you may find it satisfies you. If you were patient enough to type in the chapter headings, then I'd be able to tell you what you were missing. There is a chapter of CFD in the 4th which I suspect is missing from the 2nd.