History of Aerodynamics
	1.1 Timetable A (1931-1960)
	Year	Autor(s)	Title	Notes
	1932	Karman, Th. von and Moore, N. B.	Resistance of Slender Bodies Moving with Supersonic Velocities, Trans. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng. 34, 303-310.
	1933	Taylor, G. I. and Maccoll, J. W.	The Air Pressure on a Cone Moving at High Speeds," Proc. Roy. Soc. (London), A139: 278-297.	also in Taylor's Papers, Cambridge University Press, London, 1963.
	1936		Convegno di scienze, fisiche, matemaliche e naturali, 30 settembre - 6 ottobre 1935 -XIII tema: le alte velocità in aviazione.	V Convegno Volta in Roma.
	1942	Bethe, H. A.	On the Theory of Shock Waves for an Arbitrary Equation of State, OSRD Rept. 545, Serial No. NDRC-B-237, May, 1942.
		Taylor, G. I. and Jones, H.	Note on the Lateral Expansion behind a Detonation Wave," British Ministry of Supply;	also in Taylor's Papers, Cambridge University Press, London, 1963.
	1944	Neumann, J. von	Proposal and Analysis of a New Numerical Method for the Treatment of Hydrodynamical Shock Problems, Underwater Explosion Research, vol. 1, Office of Naval Research, Washington, D.C.
		Weyl, H.	Shock Waves in Arbitrary Fluids, AMP Note No. 12, AMG-NYU No. 46, 1944.
	1945	Landau, L. D.	On Shock Waves at Large Distances from the Place of Their Origin, Prikl. Mat. Mekhan., 9(4): 286-292.	also in Papers, Pergamon, New York, 1965.
	1947	Karman, Th. von	Supersonic Aerodynamics - Principles and Applications, J. Aeronaut. Sci., 14 (7), 373-402
		Kopal, Z.	Tables of Supersonic Flow around Cones, Department of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
		Jones, R. T.	Wing Plan Forms for High-Speed Flight, NACA TR 863.	also NACA TN-1033 (1946)
	1948	Lighthill, M. J.	The Position of the Shock Wave in Certain Aerodynamic Problems, Quart. J. Mech. Appl. Math., 1: 309-318.
	1950	Taylor, G. I.	The Formation of a Blast Wave by a Very Intense Explosion I. Theoretical Discussion, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London), A201: 159-174.	also in Taylor's Papers, Cambridge University Press, London, 1963.
		Taylor, G. I.	The Formation of a Blast Wave by a Very Intense Explosion II. The Atomic Explosions of 1945, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London), A201: 175-186.	also in Taylor's Papers, Cambridge University Press, London, 1963.
		Taylor, G.. I.	The Dynamics of the Combustion Products behind Plane and Spherical Detonation Fronts in Explosives, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London), A200: 235-247.	also in Taylor's Papers, Cambridge University Press, London, 1963.
	1952	Lighthill, M. J.	On Sound Generated Aerodynamically, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London), A211: 564.
		Whitcomb, R. T.	A Study of the Zero Lift Drag Rise Characteristics of Wing-Body Combination near Speed of Sound, NACA RM L52H08.	also NACA RM L53I15a (1953)
		Whitham, G. B.	The Flow Patern of Supersonic Projectile, Comm. Pure Appl. Math. Vol. V, 301-348.
	1955	Lighthill, M. J. and Whitham,G. B.	On Kinematic Waves I. Flood movement in long rivers, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London) ,A229, 281-316.
		Lighthill, M. J. and Whitham,G. B.	On Kinematic Waves II A Theory of Traffic Flow on Long Crowded Roads, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London), A229: 317-345.
	1956	Whitham, G. B.	On the Propagation of Weak Shock Waves, J. Fluid Mech., 1: 3.
	1958	Fay, J. A. and Riddell	Theory of Stagnation Point Heat Transfer in Dissociated Air, Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, vol. 25, No. 2, p. 73, February, 1958.
	1958	Alen, M. and Eggers, A. J. Jr.	A Study of the Fluid Motion and Aerodynamical Heating of Ballistic Missiles Entering the Earth's Atmosphere at High Speeds, NACA 1381.
	1.2 Timetable listed by Philip A. Thompson
	1.2a Most cited literatures studied by Kostoff and Cummings
	(a) Top 20
	(b) Chronological 97 literatures
	(c) Literature list
	1.3 Classical Papers (Poisson, Riemann, Hugoniot, Rankine…)
	1.4 Specific Topics
		1.4.1 Japanese wartime studies
		1.4.2 Structure of Shock Waves
		1.4.3 Compressible Boundary Layers
	1.5 Volta Congress 1935.
	2. Books on aerodynamics
	2.1 Major books.
	2.2 Additional references.
	3. People in aerodynamics
		2.1 First generation (Euler, Mach…)
		2.2 Second generation (von Karman, G. I. Taylor…)
		2.3 Third generation (Liepmann…)
		2.4 Fourth generation
		2.5 Men and women in the Kinetic Theory of Gases
		2.6 Japanese aerodynamicists
	4. Bibliographies of selected aerodynamicists
		1. G. I. Taylor
		2. Theodore von Karman
		3. John von Neumann
		4. Hans W. Liepmann
		5. M. James Lighthill
		6. G.B. Whitham
	5. Historical Papers on Computational Fluid Dynamics
		1. Major Papers
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