Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Symbols
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Nonstationary Atmosphere
- 3 Dynamics of Elastically Supported Rigid Airfoils
- 4 Dynamics of Rigid Aircraft in a Nonstationary Atmosphere
- 5 Dynamics of Flexible Aircraft with Quasi-Steady Deformations
- 6 Dynamics of Flexible Aircraft with Small-Amplitude Vibrations
- 7 Time-Domain Unsteady Aerodynamics for Low-Speed Flight
- 8 Geometrically Nonlinear Composite Beams
- 9 Dynamics of Very Flexible Aircraft
- 10 Feedback Control
- Experimental Testing
- Appendix A The Fourier Transform
- Appendix B Von Kármán Model for Isotropic Turbulence
- Appendix C Finite Rotations
- References
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 June 2023
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Symbols
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Nonstationary Atmosphere
- 3 Dynamics of Elastically Supported Rigid Airfoils
- 4 Dynamics of Rigid Aircraft in a Nonstationary Atmosphere
- 5 Dynamics of Flexible Aircraft with Quasi-Steady Deformations
- 6 Dynamics of Flexible Aircraft with Small-Amplitude Vibrations
- 7 Time-Domain Unsteady Aerodynamics for Low-Speed Flight
- 8 Geometrically Nonlinear Composite Beams
- 9 Dynamics of Very Flexible Aircraft
- 10 Feedback Control
- Experimental Testing
- Appendix A The Fourier Transform
- Appendix B Von Kármán Model for Isotropic Turbulence
- Appendix C Finite Rotations
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter first defines the scope for flexible aircraft dynamics. It reviews the historical evolution of airframe designs and of the analysis methods used to support them. It also reviews some basic concepts in dynamics, linear systems, and system identification that are of relevance to the book.
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- Dynamics of Flexible AircraftCoupled Flight Mechanics, Aeroelasticity, and Control, pp. 1 - 34Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023