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    Mar 28, 2024  
Courses of Study 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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MAE 5070 - Dynamics of Flight Vehicles


Spring. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: MAE 3050 . Prerequisite or corequisite: MAE 3260  or permission of instructor.

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Introduction to stability and control of atmospheric-flight vehicles. Review of aerodynamic forces and methods for analysis of linear systems. Static stability and control. Small disturbance equations of unsteady motion. Dynamic stability of longitudinal and lateral-directional motions; transient response. At the level of Flight: Stability and Automatic Control by Nelson.

Outcome 1: Students will understand the nature of aerodynamic forces and moments (aerodynamic stability derivatives) in determining the motions of a flight vehicle.

Outcome 2: Understand the various terms in the equations of motion and the simplifications arising from assumptions of small disturbances from equilibrium flight and from the bi-lateral symmetry of most aircraft.

Outcome 3: Be able to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems in aircraft flight dynamics.

Outcome 4: Understand the principal constraints imposed on aircraft design by stability and controllability requirements.



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