An internationally recognized expert explains the aerodynamic principles of helicopters and other rotating-wing vertical lift aircraft. Besides the history of helicopter flight, basic methods of analysis, and performance and design issues, Leishman covers airfoil flows, unsteady aerodynamics, dynamic stall, and rotor wakes. Each chapter includes homework problems.

1. Introduction: A History of Helicopter Flight
2. Fundamentals of Rotor Aerodynamics
3. Blade Element Analysis
4. Rotating Blade Motion
5. Basic Helicopter Performance
6. Conceptual Design of Helicopters
7. Rotor Airfoil Aerodynamics
8. Unsteady Aerodynamics
9. Dynamic Stall
10. Rotor Wakes and Tip Vorties

J. Gordon Leishman is the Minta Martin Chair of Engineering and Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland. He is a former aerodynamicist at Westland Helicopters and has written extensively on topics in helicopter aerodynamics. 

Dr Leishman is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is also Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of the American Helicopter Society. 

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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