Rotorcraft aeromechanics / Wayne Johnson, NASA Ames Research Center.

"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, compoun...

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Superior document:Cambridge aerospace series ; 36
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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Cambridge aerospace series ; 36.
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Physical Description:xix, 927 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.