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2024/2025

Principles of Flight 2

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Code Completion Credits Range Language
21ZKL2-E ZK 3 2P+1C English
Course guarantor:
Lecturer:
Vladimír Machula
Tutor:
Vladimír Machula
Supervisor:
Department of Air Transport
Synopsis:

Ways of producing thrust, propeller, jet propulsion, thrust and momentum, propulsion efficiency, aerodynamics of fixed and variable pitch propeller, propeller operation modes, propeller airstream effect, gyroscopic effect, balance of forces in horizontal flight, glide and landing, performances, take off an climb, acceleration, positive load, manoevures, stability and controllability, transsonic speeds.

Requirements:

21ZKL1

Syllabus of lectures:
Syllabus of tutorials:
Study Objective:

The goal of the course is to explain deeply the principles of aerodynamics with the intention of high-speed aerodynamics.

Study materials:

BROŽ, Václav: Aerodynamika nízkých rychlostí. Vydavatelství ČVUT. 1995

BROŽ, Václav: Aerodynamika vysokých rychlostí. Vydavatelství ČVUT. 1995

DANĚK, Vladimír, FILAKOVSKÝ, Karol: Základy letu. Akademické nakladatelství CERM, Brno 2006

Peter J. Swatton: Principles of Flight for Pilots. Wiley 2010

Note:
Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:
06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed
roomHO:B-303
Machula V.
13:15–14:45
(lecture parallel384)
Horská 3 (nová budova)
roomHO:B-303
Machula V.
15:00–16:30
ODD WEEK

(parallel nr.384)
Horská 3 (nová budova)
Thu
Fri
Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:
Time-table is not available yet
The course is a part of the following study plans:
Data valid to 2024-10-15
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