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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789315103321

Autore

Johnson Wayne <1946->

Titolo

Rotorcraft aeromechanics / / Wayne Johnson, NASA Ames Research Center [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-23693-2

1-107-34191-4

1-107-34441-7

1-107-25562-7

1-139-23565-6

1-107-34816-1

1-107-34566-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 927 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge aerospace series ; ; 36

Classificazione

TEC009000

Disciplina

629.132/3

Soggetti

Helicopters - Aerodynamics

Helicopters - Design and construction

Rotors (Helicopters)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Notation; 3. Hover; 4. Vertical flight; 5. Forward flight wake; 6. Forward flight; 7. Performance; 8. Design; 9. Wings and wakes; 10. Unsteady aerodynamics; 11. Actuator disk; 12. Stall; 13. Computational aerodynamics; 14. Noise; 15. Mathematics of rotating systems; 16. Blade motion; 17. Beam theory; 18. Dynamics; 19. Flap motion; 20. Stability; 21. Flight dynamics; 22. Comprehensive analysis.

Sommario/riassunto

A rotorcraft is a class of aircraft that uses large-diameter rotating wings to accomplish efficient vertical take-off and landing. The class encompasses helicopters of numerous configurations (single main rotor and tail rotor, tandem rotors, coaxial rotors), tilting proprotor aircraft, compound helicopters, and many other innovative configuration concepts. Aeromechanics covers much of what the rotorcraft engineer needs: performance, loads, vibration, stability, flight dynamics, and



noise. These topics include many of the key performance attributes and the often-encountered problems in rotorcraft designs. This comprehensive book presents, in depth, what engineers need to know about modelling rotorcraft aeromechanics. The focus is on analysis, and calculated results are presented to illustrate analysis characteristics and rotor behaviour. The first third of the book is an introduction to rotorcraft aerodynamics, blade motion, and performance. The remainder of the book covers advanced topics in rotary wing aerodynamics and dynamics.