'Flight Mechanics' is a course offered in the sixth semester of B. Tech. in Aerospace Engineering program at School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
Unit 1
Equations of Motion – Forces Acting on the Aircraft – Review of Aerodynamic characteristics of the Wing and Compressibility Effects – Review of Propulsion Systems and their Performance Characteristics – Drag Contribution from Aircraft Components – Airplane Performance of Turbojets: Steady Flight, Range, Endurance, Conditions for Maximum Range and Endurance, Climb Performance, Turn Performance, Maximum Load Factor During Turn.
Unit 2
Glide Performance - Take-Off and Landing Performance – Performance of PistonProps: Steady Flight Climb and Turn Performance, Climb Performance, Turn Performance, Comparison with Turbojets - Turbofan and Turboprop Performance Evaluation Guidelines
Unit 3
Concept of Static and Dynamic Stability – Longitudinal Stability: Neutral Point, StickFixed and Stick-Free Stability – Longitudinal Control – Hinge Moments – Control Power – Directional Stability and Control – Lateral Stability and Control – Introduction to Dynamic Stability – Stability Derivatives.
- Hale, Francis J, “Introduction to Aircraft Performance, Selection, and Design”. Wiley, 1984.
- Nelson. R. C, “Flight Stability and Automatic Control”, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, 1998.
- Perkins. C. D and Hage. R. E, “Aircraft Performance, Stability and Control”, 11th edition, Wiley, 1967.
- Anderson. J. D, “Aircraft Performance and Design”, McGraw-Hill, 2010.
- Russel. J. B, “Performance and stability of aircraft”, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996.
