Aeroelasticity is an essential discipline for the design of airplanes, unmanned systems, and innovative configurations.

This book introduces the subject of unsteady aerodynamics and dynamic aeroelasticity by presenting industry-standard techniques, such as the Doublet Lattice Method for nonplanar wing systems. “Introduction to Unsteady Aerodynamics and Dynamic Aeroelasticity'' is a useful reference for aerospace engineers and users of NASTRAN and ZAERO but is also an excellent complementary textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students.

The theoretical material includes:

· Fundamental equations of aerodynamics.

· Concepts of Velocity and Acceleration Potentials.

· Theory of small perturbations.

· Virtual displacements and work, Hamilton's Principle, and Lagrange's Equations.

· Aeroelastic equations expressed in the time, Laplace, and Fourier domains.

· Concept of Generalized Aerodynamic Force Matrix.

· Complete derivation of the nonplanar kernel for unsteady aerodynamic analyses.

· Detailed derivation of the Doublet Lattice Method.

· Linear Time-Invariant systems and stability analysis.

· Rational function approximation for the generalized aerodynamic force matrix.

· Fluid-structure boundary conditions and splining.

· Root locus technique.

· Techniques to find the flutter point: k, k-E, p-k, non-iterative p-k, g, second-order g, GAAM, p, p-L, p-p, and CV methods.