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78599 - Flight Mechanics Laboratory

Academic Year 2021/2022

                
                        Docente:
                        Fabrizio Giulietti
                    
                        Credits:
                        3
                    
                        SSD:
                        ING-IND/03
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Forli
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Aerospace Engineering (cod. 9234)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

Mathematical model for aircraft performance analysis and design. Aircraft preliminary sizing and design. Static stability analysis and fundamentals of control system design.

Course contents

Development of the 6 Degrees-of-Freedom dynamic model of a fixed/rotary-wing aircraft.

Design and implementation of flight control laws for stability augmentation and trajectory tracking.

Numerical validation in simulation environment and by means of flight testing.

Readings/Bibliography

Getting Started with Matlab/Simulink, www.mathworks.com

Class notes provided by the teacher

Teaching methods

Class lectures.

Computer workshop.

Laboratory activities and Flight testing.

Assessment methods

Final report on numerical and experimental activity.

Teaching tools

Matlab/Simulink environment.

Numerical simulations.

Office hours

See the website of Fabrizio Giulietti

SDGs

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.