J. Gordon Leishman (College Park University of Maryland)

Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text provides a thorough, modern treatment of the aerodynamic principles of helicopters and other rotating-wing vertical lift aircraft. It covers basic topics of aerodynamic analysis, helicopter performance and design, and advanced topics, including airfoil flows and unsteady aerodynamics. Every chapter includes numerous illustrations, a bibliography, and homework problems.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Aerospace Series
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 866
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 50mm
• Gewicht: 1880g
• ISBN-13: 9781107013353
• ISBN-10: 1107013356
• Artikelnr.: 47271093

Autorenporträt

J. Gordon Leishman is the Minta Martin Chair of Engineering and Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a former aerodynamicist at Westland Helicopters and has written extensively on topics in helicopter aerodynamics. Leishman is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a Technical Fellow of the American Helicopter Society. He is Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of the American Helicopter Society. He is also the author of The Helicopter: Thinking Forward, Looking Back (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Acknowledgements
List of main symbols
1. Introduction: a history of helicopter flight
2. Fundamentals of rotor aerodynamics
3. Blade element analysis
4. Rotating blade motion
5. Helicopter performance
6. Aerodynamics design of helicopters
7. Aerodynamics of rotor airfoils
8. Unsteady airfoil behavior
9. Dynamic stall
10. Rotor wakes and blade tip vortices
11. Rotor-airframe interaction aerodynamics
12. Autogiros and gyroplanes
13. Aerodynamics of wind turbines
14. Computational methods for helicopter aerodynamics
Appendix
Index.