31594 - Aircraft Modelling and Simulation Workshop

Course contents

A survey of air navigation. Mechanics of latero-directional flight and instruments. VFR circuits of airport traffic and holding traffic. VFR flight simulation in airport circuits. IFR procedures  with NDB-RMI and VOR-HSI. IFR flight simulation. Procedures of accurate instrumental approach: ILS+GPWS. Simulation of IFR airport circuit provided with ILS. The double engine flight and the coordination of multiple crew. Climbs, descents and energy management: NMS, PMS e FMS.

Readings/Bibliography

- Photocopies given by the teacher

Allerton David, University of Sheffield, Principles of Flight Simulation, AIAA Education Series, Published by John Wiley & Sons, © 2010, 471 pages, Hardback, ISBN-10: 1-60086-703-0; ISBN-13: 978-1-60086-703-3

Anonymous, “Flying Qualities of Piloted Aircraft”, MIL-HDBK-1797, Department of Defence USA,1997

Etkin B. , “Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight-Stability and Control”, John Wiley & Sons, 1982

Gainer T.G., Hoffmann S., “Summary of Transformation Equations and Equationsof Motion Used in Free Flight and Wind Tunnel Data Reduction ”, NASA SP-3070

McCormick B.W., “Aerodynamics, Aeronautics and Flight Mechanics”, John Wiley & Sons, 1995

Nelson R. C., “Flight Stability and Automatic Control”, McGraw-Hill, 1989

Rolfe J., and Staples K., Flight Simulation, Cambridge University Press, 1986, ISBN 0-521-35751-9
Tobak M., Schiff L.B., “On the Formulation of the Aerodynamic Characteristics in Aircraft Dynamics”, NASA TR-R-456, 1976.

Trebbi R.: Il volo strumentale IFR. Aviabook, 1998

Yeager J.C., “Implementation and Testing of Turbulence Models for the F-18 HARV Simulation », NASA CR-1998-206937

Teaching methods

Classroom lessons  with individuation of the fundamental subjects of the course.

Laboratory activity consisting of:

-simulation of complex vehicles (by means of ALSIM simulator) managed by crew of two students.

- simulation of  "Multi-Crew Coordination" flights in a "Line Oriented Flight Training" environment; sessions consist of one hour of planning, two hours of flight and an hour of discussion. 

Assessment methods

During the course it's foreseen: 1) a multiple choice test; 2) a lecture given by the students either personally or as a team;
and at the end of the course: 3) a discussion relating to a subject included in the laboratory and agreed by the student and the professor.

Teaching tools

Overhead projector, PC, simulator of flight and navigation procedures.

Office hours

See the website of Raimondo Alberto Bernabeo