An Introduction to the Theory of Aeroelasticity

by Y C Fung

Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486469360

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Book Description

Geared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this outstanding text was written by one of the founders of bioengineering and modern biomechanics. It offers unusually thorough coverage of the interaction of aerodynamic forces and elastic structures.

It has also proven highly useful to designers and engineers concerned with flutter, structural dynamics, flight loads, and related subjects.An introductory chapter covers concepts of aerodynamics, elasticity, and mechanical vibrations. Chapters 2 through 11 survey aeroelastic problems, their historical background, basic physical concepts, and the principles of analysis. Chapters 12 through 15 contain the fundamentals of oscillating airfoil theory and a brief summary of experimental results. Each chapter is followed by a bibliography, and 147 illustrations and 20 tables illuminate the text.

Customer Reviews

You will not find a book in Aeroelasticity that deals with it like this one.

Most books that are old present material that is hard to find in other books.

It is good in presenting this subject in rather a simple way, and includes the derivation of most of the equations needed.

The order of the topics in chapters is good as starts from the first thing to know in Aeroelasticity and finishes with more advanced topics.

Disadvantages are that this book goes straight into topic without proper introduction! I mean you need to have a strong background on Aerodynamics and Strength of Materials. Even the few pages in the beginning are not enough in my opinion.

When comparing this one to the other famous reference "Aeroelasticity' by Bisplinghoff, all opinions agree that the latter is better.For me I can't say anything different.

Fung's book on aeroelasticity is probably the second classic reference on this topic after Bisplinghoff's work. Although quite old, the book still retains its relevance since the field has not changed dramatically since he wrote this over 40 years ago. Yes, you will not see references to FEA/FEM, programming notes, etc. but the essential theory is very clearly laid out by the author. This is something that is usually lacking in recent texts.

Since aeroelasticity is by its very nature, quite interdisciplinary, any book claiming to deal with the topic will eventually suffer from lack of depth. This is quite obvious from Fung's book but that is not to detract from its value as a very clear and concise exposition of the principles of aeroelasticity.

I highly recommend this book for someone who has a good grasp of undergraduate engineering and would like to explore the fundamentals of aeroelasticity. Other than that, Bisplinghoff's book is a standard reference for this topic. A newer text by Wright & Cooper is more relevant if one is looking for implementation. Lastly, a multiauthor work "A modern course in aeroelasticity" is available that aims towards a more mature audience (graduate students & researchers) by trying to maintain sufficient depth throughout.