Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107013353)

Written by an internationally recognized teacher and researcher, this book provides a thorough, modern treatment of the aerodynamic principles of helicopters and other rotating-wing vertical lift aircraft such as tilt rotors and autogiros. The text begins with a unique technical history of helicopter flight, and then covers basic methods of rotor aerodynamic analysis, and related issues associated with the performance of the helicopter and its aerodynamic design. It goes on to cover more advanced topics in helicopter aerodynamics, including airfoil flows, unsteady aerodynamics, dynamic stall, and rotor wakes, and rotor-airframe aerodynamic interactions, with final chapters on autogiros and advanced methods of helicopter aerodynamic analysis. Extensively illustrated throughout, each chapter includes a set of homework problems. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, practising engineers, and researchers will welcome this thoroughly revised and updated text on rotating-wing aerodynamics.

Author: J. Gordon Leishman
ISBN-10: 1107013356
ISBN-13: 9781107013353
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/15/2016
Pages: 866
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.75lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.81d