Flight Dynamics
Objectives
The main objective of this curricular unit is to present and understand the fundamentals of Flight Dynamics to analyse flight stability.
It is an application of the knowledge already acquired in disciplines such as Fluid Dynamics and Applied Mechanics, where understanding some points addressed throughout the curricular unit will depend on base subjects.
General characterization
Code
13146
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Duarte Manuel Salvador Freire Silva de Albuquerque, Marta Isabel Pimenta Verdete da Silva Carvalho
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 67
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
The program assumes that the student masters the matters studied in Fluids Dynamics and Applied Mechanics.
Bibliography
Course book:
Michael V. Cook, Flight Dynamics Principles (Third Edition), Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013.
Teaching method
Classes are theoretical and practical, and student participation is encouraged.
An approach is focused on a case study for each of the subjects, exposing the subject and the concepts related to its resolution.
Evaluation method
Two tests (50% each) are solved during classes.
In case of failing or improving their grades, the students have to take a final exam.
Subject matter
Review of rigid body Dynamics and stability concepts.
Aircraft nomenclature. Aerodynamics, aircraft axes systems.
Longitudinal and lateral static stability of aircraft.
Derivation of rigid body aircraft equations of motion.
Small perturbation theory:
- derivation of perturbed equations of motion of aircraft.
- decoupling of aircraft perturbed equations.
Aircraft longitudinal and lateral dynamics modes.
Aircraft response to control or atmospheric inputs.
Introduction to nonlinear problems in aircraft flight dynamics: Inertia coupling, high angle of attack phenomena, elastic effects.