Aeroelasticity is the study of flexible structures situated in a flowing fluid. Its modern origins are in the field of aerospace engineering, but it has now expanded to include phenomena arising in other fields such as bioengineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering and nuclear engineering. The present volume is a teaching text for a first, and possibly second, course in aeroelasticity. It will also be useful as a reference source on the fundamentals of the subject for practitioners. In this third edition, several chapters have been revised and three new chapters added. The latter include a brief introduction to Experimental Aeroelasticity', an overview of a frontier of research Nonlinear Aeroelasticity', and the first connected, authoritative account of `Aeroelastic Control' in book form.
The authors are drawn from a range of fields including aerospace engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, rotorcraft and turbomachinery. Each author is a leading expert in the subject of his chapter and has many years of experience in consulting, research and teaching.

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Preface. Preface to the third edition. Short bibliography. 1. Introduction. 2. Static aeroelasticity. 3. Dynamic aeroelasticity. 4. Nonsteady aerodynamics of lifting and non-lifting surfaces. 5. Stall flutter. 6. Aeroelastic problems of civil engineering strucures. 7. Aeroelastic response of rotorcraft. 8. Aeroelasticity in turbomachines. 9. Unsteady transonic aerodynamics and aeroelasticity. 10. Experimental aeroelasticity. 11. Nonlinear aeroelasticity. 12. Aeroelastic control. Appendix I: A primer for structural response to random pressure fluctuations. Appendix II: Some example problems. Subject index. Author index.