Flight Mechanics

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Department of Aerospace Engineering

Synopsis:

•Mechanics of flight as a discipline. Equations of motion. Coordinate systems.

•Optimized performance.

•Performance of unsteady flight.

•Manoeuvres in vertical plane Three-dimensional manoeuvres.

•Equations of motion for the flight dynamics.

•Modelling of aerodynamic characteristics, aerodynamic derivatives.

•Static equilibrium longitudinal, lateral. Unconventional configurations.

•Solution of the equations of motion.

•Longitudinal dynamics. Criteria of longitudinal handling.

•Lateral-directional dynamics. Criteria of lateral-directional handling.

•Augmentation of stability. Manoeuvrability. Pilot – aircraft interaction.

•Coupling of movements.

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•Cook, M. V. Flight Dynamics Principles, 2011, Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-7506-6927-6

•Kermode, A. C. Mechanics of Flight, 2006, Pearson, ISBN 978-1-4058-2359-3

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