Introduction to Aeroelasticity introduces the classical topics of aeroelasticity, beginning with elastic structural modeling and the way that wing and tail structures can diverge and deform due to aerodynamic, inertial, and control-surface deflections.
After describing flutter, first with an airfoil example with increasing complexity, and then for flutter predictions of finite wings with and without control surfaces, the book expands into single-degree-of-freedom flutter. It introduces cable “galloping,” Aeolian flutter, plunging and pitching stall flutter. The book presents equation derivations in a step-by-step fashion, complemented by several numerical and historical examples.
The book is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate aerospace engineering students taking introductory courses in Aeroelasticity.
Instructors will be able to utilize a Solutions Manual and Figure Slides for their course.
1. Introduction. 2. Structural Aspects: Stiffness and Flexibility. 3. Divergence. 4. Control Reversal. 5. Structural Dynamics. 6. Classical Flutter. 7. Single-Degree of Freedom Flutter. Appendix A. Lumped-Parameter Coupled Bending and Twisting. Appendix B. Flutter of the Representative Section with Control Surface.
Biography
James DeLaurier has worked as an aerospace engineer, consultant, and professor. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University, and has worked at McDonnell Aircraft, the NASA Ames Research Center, the Sheldahl Company, and Battelle Memorial Institute. Until his retirement in 2006, Dr. DeLaurier was a professor of at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS). His research topics have included aircraft design, lighter-than-air flight vehicles (airships and aerostats), flapping-wing aircraft, and remotely-piloted microwave-powered aircraft.
