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Course Name Flight Stability and Control
Course Code 25DT633
Program M.Tech. in Defence Technology
Semester 1
Credits 3
Campus Coimbatore

Syllabus

Course Content
Unit Contents Contact Hrs.
1. Review of Static stability and Introduction to Dynamic Stability, Review: Body Axis, Stability Axis, Earth Axis – Euler Angles – Transformation between axis 7
2. Aircraft Equations of Motion- Aircraft Trim: Steady level flight – Coupled and decoupled trim analysis, and Steady level turn, 9
3. Small Perturbation Theory: Linear Equations of Motion, Stability Derivatives, Longitudinal and Lateral Modes – Concept and Physics – Characteristic Equation 9
4. State Space Modelling – Response analysis – Transfer Function Approach 7
5. Flying and Handling Qualities 5
6. Autopilots – Stability Augmentation System [SAS]. Longitudinal Stability Augmentation, Lateral Stability Augmentation – Autopilot Design. Active Control Technology(ACT) 8
Total 45

Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objectives:

The main objective of the course is to provide knowledge to the students about dynamics of flying vehicles, modelling and simulation, and control of flying vehicles.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course the student should be able to

  • Understand flight dynamics of a general flying platform.
  • Carry out response simulation of flying vehicle using simple flight dynamic models.
  • Carry out stability analysis of flying vehicle using linearized models.
  • Understand the fundamentals of autopilot.

Text Books / References

References / Suggested Books:

  1. M.V. Cook, Flight Dynamics Principles, “A Linear Systems Approach to Aircraft Stability and Control,” 3rd Edition, Elsevier, 2013.
  2. Robert C Nelson, “Introduction to Flight Stability and Automatic Control,” 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1998.
  3. Warren F Philips, “Mechanics of Flight”, Wiley, 2004.
  4. Literature / books suggested by respective course Lecturers.

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