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CSE- 911 Advanced Flight Mechanics

Campus	RCMS
Programs	PG
Session	Fall Semester 2016
Course Title	Advanced Flight Mechanics
Course Code	CSE- 911
Credit Hours	3-0
Pre-Requisutes
Course Objectives	The course is designed to introduce the students with different challenges in flight modeling and simulation and to use the advanced analytical/computational techniques to predict the flight dynamic behaviors. Objectives of the course are: Introduction to the modeling concepts of flight mechanics through rigorous analytical techniques. Simulation of the mathematical models of aircraft flight mechanics. Understanding of aircraft equations of motion and associated methods of modeling and analysis through linear and nonlinear approaches
Detail Content	Introduction Overview of Aerodynamics and Flight medium Overview of Propulsion Airplane Geometric Configurations Aircraft Performance Steady Flight Accelerated Flight Flight Mechanics Frames of Reference Static and Dynamic Stability Concept Longitudinal Static Stability Lateral/Directional Static Stability Equations of Motion and Its Linearization Dynamic Stability Linearized Longitudinal Dynamics Linearized Lateral Dynamics Flight Simulation – Numerical approaches
Text/Ref Books	Nelson, R. (1998) “Aircraft Stability and Automatic Control”, 2nd ed. McGraw Hill. Inc. Phillips, W. F. (2004) “Mechanics of Flight”, 1st ed. Wiley. Inc. Anderson, J. D. (1999) “Aircraft Performance and Design”, 1st ed. McGraw-Hill International Series. Naplitano, M. “Aircraft Dynamics: From Modeling to Simulation”, 1st ed. Wiley Inc. Yechout, T. R. “Introduction to Aircraft Flight Mechanics, Performance, Static Stability, Dynamic Stability, and Classical Feedback Control”, 1st ed. AIAA Education Series.
Time Schedule	Fall 2015
Faculty/Resource Person	Dr Adnan Maqsood PhD (Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore) Discipline : CFD Specialization: