THE BEST TEXT BOOKS AND WEBSITES FOR UNDERSTANDING BASICS OF AEROPLANE(AERODYNAMICS,STRUCTURES,SYSTEMS,PROPULSION,HISTORY) AND TAKING A STEP IN TO AERONAUTICS

 As a aeronautical engineering student I have read many books and articles relating aeronautical and aerospace engineering.Here I am posting some text books and websites that helped me a lot.You will surely enjoy this.

The text books I like to refer are:

1.INTRODUCTION TO FLIGHT BY JOHN D ANDERSON(THE BEST BOOK I EVER READ IN AERONAUTICAL LITERATURE).IT CONTAINS HISTORICAL NOTES,AUTHOR HIMSELF IS WORKED WITH SOME FAMOUS AERONAUTICAL PERSONS.

2.FUNDAMENTALS OF FLIGHT BY LALIT GUPTA AND O.P SHARMA .IT COMPRISES FOUR VOLUMES,AERODYNAMICS,PROPULSION,STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS.USES SIMPLE LANGUAGE.VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND.VERY GOOD FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT VERY GOOD AT ENGLISH TO UNDERSTAND THINGS MORE CLEARLY.

3.AERODYNAMICS BY  CLANCY

There are some websites some contains animations,videos and other materials which are very helpful in understanding the aerospace and aeronautics.

1.NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/

THIS WEBSITE CONTAINS ANIMATIONS AND USER FRIENDLY TECHNIQUES TO UNDERSTAND AERONAUTICS.

2.NPTL

CONTAINS MANY USEFUL PDF NOTES,PRESENTATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING PROPULSION STREAM,AERODYNAMICS STREAM.

GO TO THIS SITE AND SEARCH AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

http://nptel.ac.in/courses.php?disciplineId=101

3.YOUTUBE 

YOU WILL FIND MANY USEFUL VIDEOS THAT HELP YOU UNDERSTAND BASICS VISUALLY.