This book is a modern treatment of the aerodynamic principles of helicopters and rotating-wing vertical lift aircraft. Part one covers the technical history of helicopter flight, basic methods of rotor aerodynamics, and performance-related design issues. Part two contains advanced topics in helicopter aerodynamics, including airfoil flows, unsteady aerodynamics, dynamic stall, rotor wakes, and rotor-airframe aerodynamic interactions. Part three contains chapters on autogiros and advanced aerodynamic analysis and a new chapter on the aerodynamics of wind turbines. The book is extensively illustrated and contains homework problems.
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"Professor Leishman has provided a significant addition to the literature that will prove its worth for many years to come."
Alfred Gessow, Vertiflite
"[A] complete treatment of the subject, pulling together between its covers all the relevant topics in a useable manner. The book will be suitable for anyone in the industry or academia who has to function at a high technical level. In particular, I recommend it highly to those of us who are not aerodynamicists per se, but need to be increasingly well informed on aerodynamic matters..."
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"Not only is this book a good text for the graduate student but it is also a good book for practical engineers and researchers ... This book is an excellent addition to a reference library."
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Alfred Gessow, Vertiflite
"[A] complete treatment of the subject, pulling together between its covers all the relevant topics in a useable manner. The book will be suitable for anyone in the industry or academia who has to function at a high technical level. In particular, I recommend it highly to those of us who are not aerodynamicists per se, but need to be increasingly well informed on aerodynamic matters..."
Stewart Houston, Aerospace Journal
"Not only is this book a good text for the graduate student but it is also a good book for practical engineers and researchers ... This book is an excellent addition to a reference library."
Chee Tung, AIAA Journal
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This book is modern treatment of the aerodynamic principles of helicopters and rotating-wing vertical lift aircraft. Part one covers the technical history of helicopter flight, and basic methods of rotor aerodynamics, and performance related design issues. Part two contains advanced topics in helicopter aerodynamics, including airfoil flows, unsteady aerodynamics, dynamic stall, and rotor wakes, and rotor-airframe aerodynamic interactions. Part three contains chapters on autogiros and advanced aerodynamic analysis and a new chapter on the aerodynamics of wind turbines. The book is extensively illustrated and contains homework problems.
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A must have for all rotorcraft engineers,
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This review is from: Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics (Cambridge Aerospace Series) (Hardcover)
As an aerospace engineer I have read many books on rotorcraft and I must admit that this is the most up to date and useful text on rotorcraft that I have had the pleasure to read. There are many aspects of the text that stand out, however the one I found most useful, especially as a graduate student, was that the equations are derived from engineering basics and are accompanied by clear explanations of the principles involved. The text and equations are also supplimented by clear diagrams that serve to enhance understanding of the more complex topics covered. All in all a great book and one that I would highly recommend to both rotorcraft students and practicing engineers alike.
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American Helicopter Soc, Annual Forum, New York, United States, Aerospace Sciences Meeting, European Rotorcraft Forum, Juan de la Cierva, Annual National, Igor Sikorsky, Great Britain, Technical Report, University of Maryland, Royal Aeronautical Soc, Bell Model, John Wiley, Princeton University Press, San Francisco, Smithsonian Institution, Technical Memorandum, Technical Note, Sikorsky Aircraft, European Rotorcratt Forum, Aeronautical Sciences, Applied Aerodynamics Conference, College Park New!
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American Helicopter Soc, Annual Forum, New York, United States, Aerospace Sciences Meeting, European Rotorcraft Forum, Juan de la Cierva, Annual National, Igor Sikorsky, Great Britain, Technical Report, University of Maryland, Royal Aeronautical Soc, Bell Model, John Wiley, Princeton University Press, San Francisco, Smithsonian Institution, Technical Memorandum, Technical Note, Sikorsky Aircraft, European Rotorcratt Forum, Aeronautical Sciences, Applied Aerodynamics Conference, College Park New!
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- Modelling and Control of Mini-Flying Machines (Advances in Industrial Control) by Pedro Castillo Garcia in Back Matter
- Identification Modeling and Characteristics of Miniature Rotorcraft by Bernard Mettler in Back Matter
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