Computational Techniques of Rotor Dynamics with the Finite Element Method
暫譯: 有限元素法在轉子動力學中的計算技術

轉子動力學是工程科學的一個古典與現代分支。然而，分析柔性物體的旋轉行為，特別是那些形狀不規則的物體，如螺旋槳和葉片，則需要更現代的工具，例如有限元素法，這正是本書的重點。

Arne Vollan studied aeronautical engineering at the Technical University of Trondheim (Norway) and Aachen (Germany) and holds the Diplom Ingenieur degree. He was employed by several aeronautical companies such as VFW-Fokker (now Airbus), Helicopter Technik Muenchen, Dornier, Nationaal Lucht-en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium, and Pilatus Aircraft as a dynamic and aeroelastic specialist. He was also a consultant and developed programs for the analysis of rotating structures like wind turbines and propellers. Since 2002, he has been working at AeroFEM GmbH in Switzerland on rotor dynamics and the aeroelasticity of aircraft and large wind turbines. He is still active in consulting, and the new industrial application case study presented in the last chapter is a result of that activity.

Louis Komzsik is a graduate of the Technical University of Budapest with an engineering degree and the Eotvos University of Sciences in Budapest with a mathematics degree, and he holds a Doctorate from the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary. He was employed by the Hungarian Shipyards from 1972 to 1980 and worked at the McDonnell-Douglas Corporation in 1981 and 1982. He was the chief numerical analyst leading the development of NASTRAN atthe MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation from 1983 to 2003 and served in a similar capacity at Siemens PLM Software in California from 2003 to 2016. Since his retirement from industry in 2017, he has been lecturing at The University of California in Irvine and at Obuda University in Budapest, Hungary, where he is presently Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics.

阿爾內·沃蘭（Arne Vollan）在挪威的特隆赫姆科技大學（Technical University of Trondheim）和德國的亞琛大學（Aachen）學習航空工程，並獲得Diplom Ingenieur學位。他曾在多家航空公司工作，如VFW-Fokker（現為空中巴士）、慕尼黑直升機技術公司（Helicopter Technik Muenchen）、多尼爾（Dornier）、國家航空與太空實驗室（Nationaal Lucht-en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium）以及皮拉圖斯飛機（Pilatus Aircraft），擔任動力學和氣動彈性專家。他還擔任顧問，開發旋轉結構（如風力發電機和螺旋槳）分析的程式。自2002年以來，他在瑞士的AeroFEM GmbH從事旋翼動力學和飛機及大型風力發電機的氣動彈性研究。他仍然活躍於顧問工作，最後一章中呈現的新工業應用案例研究正是這項活動的結果。

路易斯·科姆茲基（Louis Komzsik）畢業於布達佩斯科技大學（Technical University of Budapest），獲得工程學位，並在布達佩斯厄爾特大學（Eotvos University of Sciences）獲得數學學位，還擁有匈牙利布達佩斯科技大學的博士學位。他於1972年至1980年在匈牙利造船廠工作，並於1981年和1982年在麥克唐納-道格拉斯公司（McDonnell-Douglas Corporation）工作。他在麥克尼爾-施文德勒公司（MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation）擔任首席數值分析師，負責NASTRAN的開發，任職於1983年至2003年，並於2003年至2016年在加州的西門子PLM軟體（Siemens PLM Software）擔任類似職位。自2017年退休以來，他在加州大學爾灣分校（The University of California in Irvine）和匈牙利奧布達大學（Obuda University）授課，目前擔任應用數學的名譽教授。