Introduction to aircraft; aeroelasticity and loads.

9780470858400

Introduction to aircraft; aeroelasticity and loads.

Wright, Jan R. and Jonathan E. Cooper.

John Wiley & Sons

2007

499 pages

$195.00

Hardcover

TL574

Aeroelasticity is the study of the interaction of aerodynamic, elastic, and inertia forces and it is strongly linked in the design of fixed wing aircraft to issues of static and dynamic loads resulting from flight maneuvers, ground maneuvers, and gust/turbulence encounters. In this volume, Wright (U. of Manchester, UK) and Cooper (U. of Liverpool, UK) review the range of basic aeroelastic and loads topics and principles encountered in aircraft design. Generally, simplified mathematical models for flexible aircraft are used to illustrate aeroelastic and loads phenomena and to demonstrate the links between models, industrial practice, and the certification process. Therefore, fairly simple continuum models based upon a small number of assumed modes have been used, thus avoiding partial differential equations and leading to a reliance upon strip theory aerodynamics and the Rayleigh-Ritz assumed modes method. Following from the continuum models, basic discretized structural and aerodynamic models are introduced in order to demonstrate current industrial practices.

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