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Contents
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| Week 1: |
Atmosphere and Space: General definitions (fluid, pressure, temperature, density, viscosity, speed of sound, Mach and reynolds numbers, wind tunnel experiments, Bernoulli equation, compressibility), standard atmospheric model (variations of parameters with altitude, earth rotation, and winds) |
| Week 2: |
Aerodynamics and Measurements Systems: Aerodynamic forces and moments (lift, drag and moment coefficients), profile and airfoil performance (thickness, camber, angle of attack, additional aerodynamic surfaces), flight instruments-sensors ( air speed, altimeter, rate of ascend, accelerometer, gyroscope) |
| Week 3: |
Propulsion Systems: General definitions, fuel (solid and liquid fuel, battery, fuel cell), turbojet, turboprop, turboshaft, ramjet, scramjet, rocket propulsion, spacecraft booster engines, reciprocating engines, propeller thrust, electric engines, Homework #1 |
| Week 4: |
Aerospace Platforms/Systems: Kite, balloon-zeppelin, deltaplan, parachute, glider, airplane, hovercraft, helicopter, spacecraft-satellite, unmanned air vehicle (UAV), launchers, VTOL airplanes |
| Week 5: |
Flight and Maneuvering: Taxiing, take-off, climbing, bank, level flight, approach, gliding, landing, mission optimization |
| Week 6: |
Equations of Aircraft Motion: Rigid body model, axes systems, forces (thrust, gravity, lift, drag, centripedal effects), moments (pitch, yaw, roll), orientation and position, transfer functions, Homework #2 |
| Week 7: |
Laboratory: Aircraft design and construction |
| Week 8: |
Midterm exam, Design evaluations |
| Week 9: |
Space and Orbit: Launch, orbiting maneuvers, orbits ( circular, elliptic, geostationary), orbital stability, space travel, microgravity, atmospheric reentry, Homework #3 |
| Week 10: |
Laboratory: Aircraft design and construction |
| Week 11: |
Laboratory: Aircraft Control Systems |
| Week 12: |
Laboratory: Simulation of Satellite Orbit, Homework #4 |
| Week 13: |
6DOF Model: Body, wind, target, geodetical (ground), NED coordinates, euler angles, coordinate transformations, dynamic stability and control |
| Week 14: |
Laboratory: Aircraft modelling, simulation, and control, Project |
| Week 15*: |
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| Week 16*: |
Final Exam |
| Textbooks and materials: |
Fundamentals of Airplane Flight Mechanics, D.G. Hull, Springer, 2007 |
| Recommended readings: |
Dynamics of Flight Stability and Control, 3rd Ed., B. Etkin, L.D. Reid, John Wiley & Sons, 1996
Mechanics of Flight, 11th Ed., A.C. Kermode, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006
Flight Stability and Automatic Control, R.C. Nelson, McGraw-Hill Book, 1989
Performance and Stability of Aircraft, J.B. Russel, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003
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* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
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