Introduction to Aeronautics and Aircraft Propulsion

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Department of Aerospace Engineering

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Brief history of the aeronautics. Classification and fundamental parts of aircraft. Safety, reliability and airworthiness requirements. Forces acting on an aircraft. Definition of the load factor. Manoeuvring and gust load factors. Load factor envelope. Main material groups. Wing structures. Fuselage structures Landing gear configurations and structures. Tail surfaces, conceptions and structures schemes. Systems for drag increasing. Flight in the atmosphere, operational envelopes, mechanical and energetic conditions of the powered flight, theoretical fundamentals. Production of thrust. Engine/airframe integration. Modular concept, diagnostics, maintenance. Propeller and its characteristics.

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Brief history of the aeronautics. Classification and fundamental parts of aircraft. Safety, reliability and airworthiness requirements. Forces acting on an aircraft. Definition of the load factor. Manoeuvring and gust load factors. Load factor envelope. Main material groups. Wing structures. Fuselage structures Landing gear configurations and structures. Tail surfaces, conceptions and structures schemes. Systems for drag increasing. Flight in the atmosphere, operational envelopes, mechanical and energetic conditions of the powered flight, theoretical fundamentals. Production of thrust. Engine/airframe integration. Modular concept, diagnostics, maintenance. Propeller and its characteristics.

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