Meet the editors

Dr. Mofid Gorji-Bandpy received his MS in Mechanical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, in 1978. In 1990, he obtained his Ph.D. in Hydraulic Engineering from the School of Engineering, University of Wales College of Cardiff (UWCC), UK. At present, he is a full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran. He is also a

visiting professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada. His major interests are in advanced methods of energy-conversion systems, turbo machinery, fluid mechanics, water distribution networks, and solutions to both energy and environmental problems. He has published more than 300 papers in these fields. He has also published several refereed publications in different fields of mechanical engineering, applied mathematics, and aerodynamics. In addition, Dr. Gorji-Bandpy was recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics in 2017 and 2018.

Dr. Aly-Mousaad Aly is an associate professor at Louisiana State University (LSU). His research aims at creating fundamental knowledge in wind engineering, dynamics, and control to build more resilient, economic, and recoverable infrastructure to enhance safety and reduce the huge cost of rebuilding after windstorms and earthquakes. He is the director of the LSU Windstorm Impact, Science, and Engineering (WISE) research

and education program (wise.lsu.edu). His research enables advanced wind testing, which yields loads that mimic those at full scale. His research advanced the implementation of smart dampers in super-tall structures and a novel probabilistic theory that enables the analytical modeling of semi-active damping. He received a Ph.D. from the Polytechnic University of Milan, and an MSc and BSc from Alexandria University, Egypt.

Contents

**Section 1**

Engineering

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

**Section 4**

*by Vladimir Frolov*

*by Anna Markhotok*

**Preface XI**

Aeroelasticity **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 31**

**Chapter 3 53**

Optimization **79**

**Chapter 4 81**

Boundary-Layer Theory **99**

**Chapter 5 101**

**Chapter 6 121**

Aerospace Applications **135**

Optimization of Lift-Curve Slope for Wing-Fuselage Combination

Application of an Asynchronous Synchronous Alternator for Wind

Aerodynamics of Low-Rise Buildings: Challenges and Recent Advances in Experimental and Computational Methods *by Aly Mousaad Aly, Faiaz Khaled and Hamzeh Gol-Zaroudi*

Research on Aeroelasticity Phenomenon in Aeronautical

Wave Drag Modification in the Presence of Discharges

Boundary Layer Theory: New Analytical Approximations with Error and Lambert Functions for Flat Plate without/with Suction

*by Chedhli Hafien, Adnen Bourehla and Mounir Bouzaiane*

*by Hoang Thi Kim Dung and Nguyen Phu Khanh*

Power Plant of Low, Medium and High Power

*by Sergey Gandzha and Anton Kotov*
