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This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online. Pages: 79. Chapters: Aerodynamics, Aircraft, Fluid dynamics, Spacecraft, Spacecraft components, Spacecraft propulsion, Aeroelasticity, Fluid dynamics, Mach number, Navier-Stokes equations, Skin friction, Aerobraking, Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity, Aeronautics, Astrodynamics, Booster, Delta-v, Design, Fluid dynamics, Hall effect thruster, Laser equipment, List of aerospace engineering topics, Rotor, Shirt-sleeve environment, Space Shuttle, Supersonic, Thrust, Vacuum, Wind tunnel, Nozzle, Rocket, Aerodynamics, Cavitation, Computational fluid dynamics, Lift, Mach number, Navier-Stokes equations, Orifice plate, Pressure, Skin friction, Supersonic, Wind tunnel, Artificial satellite, Big dumb booster, Booster, Carbon dioxide, Laser equipment, Launch vehicle, McDonnell Douglas DC-X, Rocket, Satellite, Single-stage to orbit, Soyuz launch vehicle, Soyuz spacecraft, SpaceShipOne, Space technology, Aerospike engine, Gas turbine, Spacecraft propulsion, Aerospike engine, Air-augmented rocket, Big dumb booster, Bipropellant rocket, Booster, Bussard ramjet, De laval nozzle, Hall effect thruster, Launch vehicle, Space elevator, Specific impulse. Excerpt: Aeroelasticity is the science which studies the interaction among inertial, elastic and aerodynamic forces. Modern airplane structures are not completely rigid, and aeroelastic phenomena arise when structural deformations induce changes on aerodynamic forces. The additional aerodynamic forces cause increasing of the structural deformations, which leads to greater aerodynamic forces. These interactions may become smaller until a condition of equilibrium, or may diverge catastrophically. Aeroelasticity can be divided in two fields of study: static and dynamic aeroelasticity. Static aeroelasticity studies the interaction between aerodynamic and inertial forces on an elastic estructure. Mass properties are significant in the calculations of this type of...
