Rotary-wing aerodynamics.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stepniewski, W. Z. (Wieslaw Zenon), 1909-

Contributor:

Keys, C. N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Helicopters--Aerodynamics.

Helicopters.

Physical Description:

xiii, 365, viii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, 1984.

Summary:

Clear, concise text covers aerodynamic phenomena of the rotor and offers guidelines for helicopter performance evaluation. Originally prepared for NASA. Prefaces. New Indexes. 10 black-and-white photos. 537 figures.

Contents:

Basic theories of rotor aerodynamics (with application to helicopters) / by W.Z. Stepniewski

Performance prediction of helicopters / by C.N. Keys ; edited by W.Z. Stepniewski.

Notes:

"An unabridged, slightly corrected republication in one volume of the work originally published in two volumes by the Science and Technical Information Office of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ... in 1979. Volume II ... is being reprinted here from the 1981 edition revised and edited by W.Z. Stepniewski for the U.S. Army Air Mobility Research and Development Laboratory"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0486646475

9780486646473

OCLC:

10022676

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