This monograph presents a summary of engineering methods most commonly employed for preliminary aerodynamic analysis of bodies travelling at hypersonic speeds. The work is divided into three parts: Part I deals with Predictive Methodology; Part II covers Validation of Predictive Methods and Part III the Aerodynamics of Rarefied Gases.

Dr AK Sreekanth has multiple qualifications to his credit starting with B.E. (Mech) from College of Engineering, Bangalore; D.I.I.Sc (Aero), I.I.Sc, Bangalore, followed with M.A.Sc and Ph.D from University of Toronto, Canada.

He started working as Lecturer at University of Toronto, as Staff Scientist at Boeing Company, Seattle, NRC-NASA Senior Post Doctoral Research Fellow; NASA Ames Research Center; California, Professor and Head of Aerodynamics Group, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, Member of International Rarefied Gas Dynamics Advisory Committee for many years and CSIR Emeritus Professor; I.I.Sc, Bangalore.

His area of specialization is Experimental and Numerical Gas and Fluid dynamics with special reference to Rarefied and Hypersonic Flows -High Speed Wind Tunnel and Shock Tube testing.