According to Wikipedia, Prof. Alfred Gessow was an American pioneer in the field of helicopter aerodynamics and aerospace engineering. He was a co-author of the early rotorcraft engineering text Aerodynamics of the Helicopter, which, although published in 1952, has been in print for more than 50 years. Gessow was chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, and was ultimately promoted to Professor Emeritus.
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Published Works
Aerodynamics of the Helicopter (1981) (333)
Effect of rotor-blade twist and plan-form taper on helicopter hovering performance (1948) (31)
A method for studying the transient blade-flapping behavior of lifting rotors at extreme operating conditions (1955) (25)
Review of Information on Induced Flow of a Lifting Rotor (1954) (20)
Flight Investigation of Effects of Rotor-Blade Twist on Helicopter Performance in the High-Speed and Vertical-Autorotative-Descent Conditions (1948) (12)
Effect of Blade Stalling on the Efficiency of a Helicopter Rotor as Measured in Flight (1947) (12)
Effect of Rotor-Tip Speed on Helicopter Hovering Performance and Maximum Forward Speed (1946) (10)
Supplementary Charts for Estimating Performance of High-Performance Helicopters (1955) (10)
Flight tests of the Sikorsky HNS-1 (Army YR-4B) helicopter II : hovering and vertical-flight performance with the original and an alternate set of main-rotor blades, including a comparison with hovering performance theory (1945) (8)
An introduction to the physical aspects of helicopter stability (1949) (7)
Flight Tests of a Helicopter in Autorotation, Including a Comparison with Theory (1947) (6)
A theoretical estimate of the effects of compressibility on the performance of a helicopter rotor in various flight conditions (1956) (6)
Aircraft wake turbulence minimization by aerodynamic means (1974) (5)
An Analysis of the Autorotative Performance of a Helicopter Powered by Rotor-Tip Jet Units (1950) (5)
Charts for estimating tail-rotor contribution to helicopter directional stability and control in low-speed flight (1955) (4)
Analysis of Flight-performance Measurements on a Twisted, Plywood-covered Helicopter Rotor in Various Flight Conditions (1948) (3)
A survey of computational aerodynamics in the United States (1977) (2)
Bibliography of NACA papers on rotating-wing aircraft : January 1952 (1948) (2)
An Assessment Of Current Helicopter Theory In Terms Of Early Developments (1985) (1)
Effect of Blade Cutout on Power Required by Helicopters Operating at High Tip-Speed Ratios (1960) (1)
