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Introduction to Flight Mechanics and Control

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Key Facts
Lecturer	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Florian Holzapfel
Contact	David Braun, M.Sc.
Language of Instructions	English (incl. exam)
Language of Materials	English (& German)
Type / ECTS	Lecture, Exercise / 5 (Bachelor Module)
Semester	Winter Semester
Time and Place (2022W)	Lecture: Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30, MW 0250 (TUM-Online) Exercise: Thursdays, 12:00-13:00, MW 1050 (TUM-Online)
Related Links	Moodle: Lecture and Tutorials Introducing Poster

Details
Prerequisites	none
Content / Educational Objectives	The lecture “Introduction to Flight Mechanics and Flight Control” shall give an overview over the subjects, which are provided by the institute of Flight System Dynamics during the master study “Aeronautical Engineering”. The following headwords shall describe the main content of the lecture: Coordinate systems used in aerospace engineering and transformation between them ISA standard atmosphere Forces and moments at the aircraft Equations of motion considering the aircraft as point mass Flight Phases Equation of motion considering the aircraft as rigid body Static Stability Eigen-motions of the aircraft and dynamic stability Overview Flight Controller Stability augmentation Control augmentation Autopilots These headwords cover a wide range of the subjects, which are content of the lectures “Aircraft Performance”, “Flight Dynamics, Stability and Control” and “Fundamentals of Flight Control”. Since those lectures explain the issues on a high level of detail, the intention of the present lecture is giving an overview. Therefore, simplifying assumptions, such as “ no wind”, “flat non-rotating earth” or “thrust exactly in direction of speed” are introduced to reduce the complexity.
Teaching Methods / Materials	Scriptum Introduction in Flight System Dynamics and Flight Control Exercises Introduction in Flight System Dynamics and Flight Control
Exam	Exam type: written Duration: 90 minutes Mixture of short questions and calculations Closed book, with calculator (non-programmable)
Reference Literature	Brockhaus, R. et. al.: Flugregelung, 3 neu bearb. Aufl., Springer, Berlin, 2011 Roskam, J.: Airplane Flight Dynamics and Automatic Flight Control, Part I and II, DARCorporation, Lewrence, KS, 1998, www.darcorp.com Sevens, B.L. & Lewis F.L.: Aircraft Control and Simulation, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1995 Schmidt L.V.: Intorduction to Aircraft Dynamics, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, 1998, www.aiaa.org Abzug, M.J.: Computational Flight Dynamics, Americal Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, 1998, www.aiaa.org Hafer, X. & Sachs, G.: Flugmechanik – Moderne Entwurfs- und Steuerungskonzepte, 3. Auflage, Springer, Berlin, 1993 Russel, J.B.: Performance and Stability of Aircraft, John Wiley & Sons, Baffins Lane, 1998