Airplane Performance
Semester	Lectures + Exercises	Course code no.	ECTS points
VII	2 + 2	18789	5

 

Lecturer in charge:

dr. sc. Milan Vrdoljak

 

Course objective

Determination of basic equations that connect constructive characteristics and airplane performance.

 

Course contents

• Airplane aerodynamic model
• Lifting surface, control surface, normal force versus lift force, center of pressure,
• Zero-lift drag: due to friction, drag due to pressure, base drag.
• Drag due to lift, miscellaneous drag, ground effect, polar.
• Normal force and its steady state gradients.
• Pitching moment and its steady state gradients.
• Propulsion force and moment
• Static stability, neutral point
• Steady state flight, load factor
• Differential equations of steady state flight
• Straight level flight, required and available thrust, range and endurance
• Climb and descent
• Horizontal turning, vertical turning.
• Take off
• Landing
• Energy concepts for accelerated flight, flight envelope, optimal climb

 

Course materials

• Moodle online course

Recommended literature:

• S. Jankovic: "Mehanika leta zrakoplova", Sveučilište u Zagrebu FSB, 2002.

• B. Pamadi: "Performance, Stability, Dynamics and Control of Airplanes", AIAA, Education Series 1998.

• Rendulic Z. "Mehanika leta", Vojno-izdavački i novinarski centar, Beograd, 1987.

 

Lecture methods

• lectures

• individual exercises on personal computer or individual project

 

Exam

Two partial written (computer) exams or project and oral exam

Exam prerequests

• Aerodynamics I

 

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