AERO3000
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
Students learn how to represent and evaluate aircraft stability, controllability and handling qualities. Commencing with the characterisation of aerodynamic properties, the course develops the mathematical representations and tools used to model the dynamics and stability of an aircraft, and its response to control. Students will obtain practical numerical skills in mathematical representation through flight simulation.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Mathematically represent the motion of an aircraft.
2. Estimate aerodynamic and control derivatives and their effects on equilibrium.
3. Analyse aircraft equilibrium and trim conditions.
4. Evaluate flight stability and interpret its impact on aircraft operations and pilot workload.
5. Appraise the handling qualities of an aircraft.
6. Model aircraft flight behaviours using computational techniques.
7. Analyse flight control mechanisms and critique their effectiveness.
8. Participate as an effective group member in a group project.
Content
- Representations of aircraft state.
- Characterisation of aerodynamic properties.
- Reference frames, axis systems and the representation of aircraft motion in six-degrees-of-freedom.
- Introduction to stability concepts.
- General equations of aircraft motion.
- Aircraft static stability, equilibrium and trim.
- Longitudinal and Lateral-Directional Motions.
- Dynamic aircraft stability, controllability and handling qualities.
- Time-domain solution of equations of motion.
- Computational flight simulation.
- Conventional flight controls and actuation systems.
- Regulatory requirements relating to aircraft handling qualities.
Assumed knowledge
AERO2000 Aircraft Performance and OperationsMATH2310 Calculus of Science and Engineering
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Modelling Aircraft Motion
Written Assignment: Aircraft Aerodynamics Modelling and Static Stability
Quiz: In-class quiz
Written Assignment: Flight Simulation and Dynamics Assessment
Online Open Book Formal Examination: Formal Examination
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Lecture-2
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
- AERO3000 - Semester 1, 2024 (Callaghan) (PDF, 233.9 KB)
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