An Introduction to the Theory of Aeroelasticity

Gearedtowardadvancedundergraduatesandgraduatestudents,thisoutstandingtextwaswrittenbyoneofthefoundersofbioengineeringandmodernbiomechanics.Itoffersunusuallythoroughcoverageoftheinteractionofaerodynamicforcesandelasticstructures.Ithasalsoprovenhighlyusefultodesignersandengineersconcernedwithflutter,structuraldynamics,flightloads,andrelatedsubjects.Anintroductorychaptercoversconceptsofaerodynamics,elasticity,andmechanicalvibrations.Chapters2through11surveyaeroelasticproblems,theirhistoricalbackground,basicphysicalconcepts,andtheprinciplesofanalysis.Chapters12through15containthefundamentalsofoscillatingairfoiltheoryandabriefsummaryofexperimentalresults.Eachchapterisfollowedbyabibliography,and147illustrationsand20tablesilluminatethetext.