syllabus
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
Forces and moments acting on a vehicle in flight. Equations of motion of a rigid flight vehicle Various types of drags. Drag polar of vehicles from low speeds to hypersonic speeds.
AIR BREATHING ENGINES AND ROCKETS
Review of the variation of thrust/power and SFC with altitude and velocity, for various air breathing engines and rockets.
UNACCELERATED FLIGHT
Performance of airplane in level flight, range, endurance. glide, climb.
ACCELERATED FLIGHT
Accelerated flight, turn, maneuvers, take-off and landing. Flight limitations.
FLIGHT TESTING
Flight - testing: Altitude definitions, Speed definitions, Air speed, altitude and temperature measurements. Errors and calibration. Measurement of engine power, charts and corrections. Flight determination of drag polar.
TEXT BOOKS
- To study the different forces acting on a vehicle in flight, drag, variation of thrust, performance during different conditions, and flight testing
Forces and moments acting on a vehicle in flight. Equations of motion of a rigid flight vehicle Various types of drags. Drag polar of vehicles from low speeds to hypersonic speeds.
AIR BREATHING ENGINES AND ROCKETS
Review of the variation of thrust/power and SFC with altitude and velocity, for various air breathing engines and rockets.
UNACCELERATED FLIGHT
Performance of airplane in level flight, range, endurance. glide, climb.
ACCELERATED FLIGHT
Accelerated flight, turn, maneuvers, take-off and landing. Flight limitations.
FLIGHT TESTING
Flight - testing: Altitude definitions, Speed definitions, Air speed, altitude and temperature measurements. Errors and calibration. Measurement of engine power, charts and corrections. Flight determination of drag polar.
TEXT BOOKS
- Perkins, C. D., and Hage, R, E., Airplane Performance, Stability and Control, Wiley Toppan, 1974
- Babister, A.W., Aircraft Stability and Response, Pergamon Press, 1980
- McCormick, B. W., Aerodynamics, Aeronautics and Flight Mechanics, John Wiley, 1995
- Nelson, R.C., Flight Stability and Automatic Control, McGraw Hill, 1989