Introduction to Aircraft Aeroelasticity and Loads

Series Preface

This book addresses the science of aeroelastics as it applies to aircraft and air vehicle design and as such is just one of a wide ranging variety of topics that contribute to the over-arching subject of aerospace systems and their integrated solutions.

Over the past fifty years or so, a wealth of knowledge associated with aerospace systems has been gleaned by many aerospace engineering specialists who have witnessed a unique transition of available technologies including the invention of the transistor and its extension to the remarkable levels of solid state electronics and software integration that we now take for granted. Many of these specialists who have lived through these technology revolutions from mechanical, structural, electronic and aerodynamic backgrounds are retiring from full time positions. It is important that the expertise established by this community of gurus be captured and documented to support the up-coming generation of aerospace engineers that consider a career in aerospace engineering to be both exciting and fulfilling.

The Aerospace Series by John Wiley & Sons provides a practical and topical series of books authored by established experts in industry and academia that provide a unique insight into the issues facing the engineering communities associated with the design development and certification of modern air vehicles. The range of topics available from this Series is intended to provide a valuable background of knowledge to industry ...