Basic Helicopter Aerodynamics

✍ Scribed by Seddon, John; Newman, Simon

• Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 197
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume is an excellent introduction to the aerodynamics of helicopters. It provides an account of the first principles in the fluid mechanics and flight dynamics of single-rotor helicopters. The text is intended to provide, in a short volume, an introduction to the theory of rotary-wing aircraft for use by undergraduate and graduate students, while providing a detailed description of the physical phenomena involved. The text assumes that the reader already has some knowledge of differences between the fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. Many diagrams, drawings, graphs, and representative sets of data augment the text.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter
• Preface to First Edition
• Preface to Second Edition
• Table of Contents
• 1. Introduction
2. Rotor in Vertical Flight: Momentum Theory and Wake Analysis
3. Rotor in Vertical Flight: Blade Element Theory
4. Rotor Mechanisms for Forward Flight
5. Rotor Aerodynamics in Forward Flight
6. Aerodynamic Design
7. Performance
8. Trim, Stability and Control
Index