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An Introduction to THE THEORY OF AEROELASTICITY Y. C. Funa Dover PuBLications, INC NEW YORK ACKNOWLEDOMENT ‘rte ta ty Gomera ns fe Sey ire ead deco net ‘conan ej ee Re pa cormmcut SoH} CEng & et Dover Poco I. 3 Sipe rered ander Pon Aeon ao ena Copy Conenon, Fan ne Retm yon mp, 3 The HIRLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ieee istote Fate en fabled 5b Jon ey LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALDGING.NE-PUBLICATION DATA. eee PREFACE TO THE DOVER EDITION, 1983, rots deal with the combined fenture of fui mechanics ad soll wechaniss Aicrall Gegners are conceraed with seadyeamic Fevfomots ofan sai tre. Degas of igs ad skyrper edo know wht te wid wile diag obi strctares, Designer of ical bear valves and stant of medi want Hao Ho¥ bod ‘ou in very eile vel, Neue and erommentist at ier satiate oeomoton of ids an mammal ore swaying ores Ghd ering a aver Seti ad of the pbs so forts on iow in ions with deformable boundaries, a on the deformation of tots subjesed of oan, wich vases wih the deformation se. ‘Thecynamisoftheve tes are ofteninrae, surpesing, and important fovthesrivl ofan machine, anima, ad plans Iwas avoledineach ‘thse res ile pride of He entered college a he time of Wold War Ilan chose to tidy seronnes ecu eed to be Lp elvat to national sia. ‘Nter puaon { wotted Io the Chinese leat of Aeron ‘Research in Cheng One of my agents wa he preparation of (lig menus of the cotrol sufi that jb rea bout ate. ‘Then I reced scholstip and entered the Caoria Tse of ‘TnhnlogyinPasedenn When my mentor, roses esac, sted tne what | woul ike to work oa for my PAD. thesis sid Suter, Dr ‘Stele sid that our De. Theodor vos Kirin ied to havea rare Drie om the fate of srpnson ges sponsored bythe State of ‘Warhngos Bsa of Highways an Brigette windiven ae be Tacoma Natows Brg, The che of he aure was belived tbe {he von Karman worse Wien Dr von ema ee, Dr Maurie Uf Bio wook over the poet When Dr Bit went bck to Belg, Dr. ous Duan continued inti rere Bl De. Dunn went tthe Je Propuion Laboratory, “We haves ind tassel but spel for be feng uspension ties See what youcan do with." Sopyed with ‘odes in tht wind tae octed om plans, and wrote my thes, ‘hich was expanded liter and bene this book “Thencusn te jesan spacterall I workevon fatter, coat wid and goad cera trblene ability angie of aera Seactae, costing fs on te alas of wind oad onthe eantinered oo the Univer of Wathngon sain i Seale enon methods to dap ot ihe Los Angels Alport By the 1960s, ay iateret was shifted 10 Diomeshanes, In 198 esigned my pot st Catch snd went t the University of Calor at San Diego to start oenginerng progam in ‘roca in sate, Inde, at meting ofthe Antec Soy of Zociogsts, I found may oolgite ace Case with ti book on ron, Premie Hal, Eaglwood Cl, New eres, el, 193. EDITORS’ PREFACE secodjamiss and two 08 suuctrl sas and ela. The pre. et work combier‘lements from the two fein. The subj ot ‘rola has eectved arp increasing amount of atention du Ing te pes few years, and ihe recent erature as bone very vai ‘have ben in the form of scenic a ecaical papers dealing with spe ‘Sc problems. Very few books desing withthe sojet sr whole ‘tet even hough the eaject il expanding ropidy. The preset ‘olume ha been prepared wit his in mind ands oped ht il {0 scents an engineers working Ia the eld Forte Bors * Ovni Aan Labs, Cara Ite of Tahsin PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION ‘Tres sway in the Wind so may amckeacks, Flags and weer so may alae wigs apd suspension beer The win payed ax leat acoan tare a0 i plas the sketetammeson lines, ahing them “sng” or even “gallop.” ‘These, a other phenome at reveal the eet of seradyaase force om ene bot form the set mater of ato. Its abject of growing importance in many etd of engineig parclcyinseronuto, where he he dee de or, withthe evening ral si ad peed, arty das team one of th most portant onideatony in etl ein ‘Atboup serelsc phenomena cei n vey Me the tempts to develop» theory toward thelr understating were made etetly by seronauclenpaers A svoos sy oak sated in the early "20s andy at preset 8 stl» Yousp sence making phd ogres. Neverthe, part ofthe thaoy hus echo» hte sap, "Tis bok oes Is exstence to» COU on aeolaty which hae been given fo sade In seronuts a the Calor Insite of Tech og ice 1948. sntended pinay asa textbon, bu should te uel ao to signers and ter engites, fr pes sompone Picture of various spec of serolats pobre 'A the subject ees 20 Beni on aerodynamic, lis, and ‘hail ibertion, most ofthe fandamentlconept ln thee lated branches of mechanics ae by expel in Chapter I. Te an lag rudimentary Knowledge of serdytamics sd segih of materiel ‘ould have no dca n reading it Ia dhs be even, an ot ‘made wo stess umber of points of importance ln toca, sach at ‘he arias conte inthe anal defo of she cee ae ‘meaning of else a, be condos under mich Intense softs ‘cuneate spn phase sine esol iton fanileer team with vscou damping. However, no step made {preset i deted manner all be metodo ean the atc eration of completed srt, or fle natal viraton des ‘The base reason isn dese fo move as que ax posible tthe malo ‘opis of eres, vo being out seotaic’s main fetes Io onrstthve wl fond in tetiss on eon, ela. “emu tn fe es ied in oo prs. Capes 2 © 11 conain't siey of srnaie polemic. froand bate py eer and he pops of ena Chap te 12 w IS conan he aden ling fl hoy. od 1 bet nary of epson el “The seer of Stal peop ees some expan, a Chap 2 some protien of Semon soe nc td mea Sal eepnerng ne cine The man share ef ese pode that te sever contered arent sueane’ and ae toon torial ese, Ome ma yey expec fos Phetomens i Sacsbed Thos phenome we Helo sppenr ae In sont! engering hes teleost condos a eco’ tre sc ss when ngs whe Sada et fow. An undestnding 0 the ponomecs snl Inpotat in ‘taf bao provider tral Sacked fore fae en {te dace inthe lowing cates Pisa probit inte a doped ia Chap- tes 3 It The dette probe and fuer tan re wed Sing conenonal ne. But Gacsing he Oma sen ne Graft ue to gre or her dying, wll as bulg td Sal fer te satis ar empties" T beleett oone steal osep and tgs ts fal iporans Wt oper {eran of any dyamiose ree “The tery of seroratey i conde fa Cope 1 witha cel forma adn cso ote te aed a ‘Seren Iis ope at th dueion vl ater! e teat of Satenacans toward te tmporant fl cng sich, ing corn ber ate, ae vay uh eee ‘hematemaieal estar Atbou ihe pat ow he poe ‘aly important prone i per were gherad by sella fantom tno shown tha he ete Belt of acoelty wuld ive be bed on noosladt onion To aiy et probs that ae rece Yo sat stems at aly carp toeal Thy, sno tpt eit fore Sy of onset sation The aeodyeanics of olan fl pened io Chapters 12 © 15 iol an neocciorysetie, td Inds ely ve ops tat at ‘eget Ing ths boo Many apse te went aa theory ae stl underpin capid development, and it seme yet 100 aay pion oles room ‘Athi Dok ent intended to be compen ora handbook, teton it deed only fo the fundamental pines. The phic ‘Snumpton voted ia te mathemstea! formalin of problem ae slvays empha o thatthe ders of approximation relative to te fel pl stem can be cen. In ths athe ener wil aie he ‘jpn, cl and nea fore, aod teal probim f «amie ‘erotic hihi. The parila cate of 30 olnon vith 20 ‘eget, nwichn gee ene fre ay be net, scaled ‘eter, sate, erecta. ‘Gite ieee fom the shove ce he reone problems in which he reponse ofan trols tem to eter applied Jodi 0 be [itd The external lon nay be cased by adoration ofthe ase ‘ody ss a dapat the contra sacs a an ane, oF by

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