Teaching at FSD

 

Courses

Winter Semester

• Fundamentals of Flight Mechanics

• Automatic Flight Control

• Space Flight Dynamics II

• Simulator-based Flight Training

• Flight Mechanical Design of a MAV

Summer Semester

• Flight Dynamics

• Flight Guidance

• Space Flight Dynamics I

• Flight Mechanics Laboratory (incl. Flight Test)

• Simulator based Flight Training II

 

Lecture Notes

Lecture notes are available at UniCopy, Augustinerbach 12

 

Content of Teaching

Flight Dynamics

• Fundamentals in terms, coordinate systems, forces and moments
• Static Longitudinal Motion
• Static Lateral Motion with yaw motion, roll motion, couplings, stability and control
• Static Flight, for example curve flight, sideslip and one-engine flight
• Equations of Motion
• Dynamics of Longitudinal Motion with system characteristics, command behaviour and disturbance behaviour
• Dynamics of Lateral Motion with system characteristics, command behaviour and disturbance behaviour
• Flying Qualities Requirements

Automatic Flight Control

• Fundamentals in definitions, design goals and design methods
• Elements of the Flight Control Loop
• Tasks and Structure of Flight Control Loops
• Control to improve of handling qualities for example dampers, attitude controllers etc.
• Trajectory Controllers for example altitude controller, speed controller etc.
• Flight Guidance/Mission Control
• Extension of Flight Envelope, for exampl load alleviation, structural mode damping etc.
• Realisation Aspects
• Examples of Flight Control Systems

Fundamentals of Flight Mechanics

• Physics
• Performance
• Handling Qualities
• Automatic Flight Control
• Flight Tests
• Flight Guidance

Space Flight Dynamics I

• Solar System, Planets
• Definitions
• Basic Laws
• 2-Body Problem
• Earth's Gravitational Field
• Ballistic Trajectories
• Escape and Capture Orbits
• Transition Orbits
• Swing-by-Manoeuvres
• Interplanetary Orbit Design

Space Flight Dynamics II

• Multi Body Problem
• Sphere of Influence
• 3-Body System
• Calculation of Orbits
• Performance Calculations
• Ascending Orbits und Launch Window
• Rotational Motion
• Attitude Control

Flight Mechanics Laboratory *)

• Flight tests with a one-engined sports airplane at Aachen-Merzbrück airfield and in the flight simulator
• Demonstration of flight characteristics and stability
• Determination of flight performance
• Determination of different influences on flight behaviour and performance
• Demonstration of navigation and landing

Simulator-based Flight Training *)

• Conveying of basic knowledge in piloting an airplane
• Reproduction of important flight mechanical motions
• Demonstration of Flight Characteristics and Stability Behaviour
• Performing of simulated flights with radio navigation tasks and ILS landing approaches
• Demonstration of effects caused by environmental conditions and system failures

Flight Mechanical Design of a MAV *)

• Performing a complete design for a MAV including first flight
• Preliminary design within the tutorial
• Detailed calculations with numerical tools
• 6 Degree of Freedom simulation of the design
• Generation of engineering drawings
• Demonstration Flight

*) The marked courses are supported by student fees. Contact person for the application of student fees at the Chair of Flight System Dynamics is Dr.-Ing. N. Siepenkötter. Further information regarding the application of student fees in the faculty of mechanical engineering can be found on the web pages of the faculty.