Historical Development of Helicopters and Overview
Introduction to Hovering and Vertical Flight Theory
Introduction to Forward Flight Theory
Rotor Blade Flapping Motion: Simple Model
Helicopter Trim (or Equilibrium) Analysis
Isolated Rotor Blade Dynamics
Rotor Blade Aeroelastic Stability: Coupled Mode Dynamics
Coupled Rotor-Fuselage Dynamics: Rotor Modes
Flap Dynamics under General Hub Motion
Helicopter Stability and Control
Ground Resonance-Aeromechanical Instability: A simple model
Bibliography
Biography
Professor C. Venkatesan holds a master of science in physics from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and master and doctoral degrees in engineering from Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. After gaining experience in both industry and academic research, he joined the department of aerospace engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur as faculty. He has initiated strong academic and research activity at IIT-Kanpur in the field of helicopter aeroelasticity. He has more than 100 research publications both in journals and conferences. He has received awards from The Aeronautical Society of India. He is a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering and Associate Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
"The book provides useful models of helicopter dynamics. … this volume fills a niche in the field of helicopter dynamics and some of its chapters could be used as an aid in an undergraduate or beginning graduate course in this field."
—Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, January 2016"The fundamentals are clearly explained. The development of the equations is clearly explained and the book can be easily understood by senior undergraduate students."
—Vengalattore T. Nagaraj, Senior Research Scientist, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, USA"I think the author has done justice to his work by bringing out the fairly complex subject through a step-by-step approach in a very simple and elegant manner."
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—George Thomas Vilakuvelil, Air Force Test Pilots School, Bangalore, India
