Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2020_21
Subject FLIGHT MECHANICS Code 00710025
Study programme
0710 - GRADO EN INGENIERÍA AEROESPACIAL
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
6 Compulsory Third First
Language
Castellano
Prerequisites
Department ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP.
Coordinador
GONZALO DE GRADO , JESÚS
E-mail jgong@unileon.es
lescg@unileon.es
Lecturers
GONZALO DE GRADO , JESÚS
ESCAPA GARCIA , LUIS ALBERTO
Web http://
General description
Tribunales de Revisión
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. BARREIRO GARCIA , JOAQUIN
Secretario ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. FERNANDEZ ABIA , ANA ISABEL
Vocal ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. PEREZ GARCIA , HILDE
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. ALIJA PEREZ , JOSE MANUEL
Secretario ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. MARTINEZ PELLITERO , SUSANA
Vocal ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. RODRIGUEZ MATEOS , PABLO

Competencias
Code  
A8647
A8660
A8661
A8668
A8679
A8680
A8694
A8695
A8696
A8698
A8700
A8730
A8736
A8871
A8880
A8949
A8958
A8960
A8965
B958
B959
B960
B961
B962
B963
B964
B965
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5

Learning aims
Competences
Consistent knowledge, applied to Engineering, on aircraft systems and automatic flight control of aerospace vehicles A8660
A8661
A8680
A8694
A8695
A8696
A8698
A8700
A8730
A8736
A8871
A8880
A8949
A8958
A8960
A8965
B958
B959
B960
B961
B962
B963
B964
B965
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
Adequate knowledge, applied to Engineering, on the physical phenomena of flight, its qualities and control, including aerodynamic and propulsive forces, their performances and flight stability A8647
A8661
A8668
A8679
A8680
A8730
A8871
A8880
A8949
A8958
A8960
A8965
B958
B959
B960
B961
B962
B963
B964
B965
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
Ellaboration and presentation of concepts solving problems of flight mechanics by applying the knowledge gained, in a reasoned and professional manner A8880
A8949
A8958
A8960
A8965
B958
B959
B960
B961
B962
B963
B964
B965
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Introduction to Flight Mechanics I. Intorduction to Flight Mechanics
Aerodynamic forces II. Aerodynamic forces
Airplane performances IV. Glider flight
V. Turbojet: level flight
VI. Turbojet: climbing/descent flight
VII. Turbojet: symmetrical turn
VIII. Turbojet: mixed operation
IX. Piston engines: mixed operation
X. Take-off performances
XI. Landing performances
Static stability and control XII. Longitudinal control
XIII. Lever forces
XIV. Lateral-directional control
XV. Symmetric flight manoeuvres
Dynamic Stability Control XVI. Stability derivatives

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Class hours Hours outside the classroom Total hours
 
Lecture 0 0 0
 
Mixed tests 3 0 3
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies   ::  
  Description
Lecture Oral lessons supported on written material

Personalized attention
 
Description
Mondays and Tuesdays, from 10:00h to 14:00h and from 16:00h to 19:30h

Assessment
  Description Qualification
Mixed tests Writen test on theory (40%) and problems (60%) 100%
 
Other comments and second call

ADDENDUM
Contingency plan due to COVID-19 emergency conditions that prevents from presence based teaching
COVID-19 Teaching Guide Addendum Access Link


Sources of information
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic J. Roskam, Airplane Flight Dynamics and Automatic Flight Controls. Parts I & II, , Prentice-Hall Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1982
Monserrat Martínez-Merello, José Joaquín, Análisis y evaluación del vuelo de las aeronaves, Garceta, 2017
B. Etkin y Ll. D. Reid, Dynamics of Flight, John Wiley & Sons, 1996
M.A. Gómez-Tierno, M. Pérez-Cortés y C. Puentes-Márquez, Mecánica del vuelo, Garceta, 2012 (2ª edición)
E. Torenbeek, Synthesis of Subsonic Airplane Design, Delft University Press/Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1982

Complementary A.I. Carmona, Aerodinámica y Actuaciones del Avión, Thomson/Paraninfo , 2004
R. Nelson, Flight Stability and Automatic Control , McGraw-Hill , 1997
Bandu N. Pamadi (redactor), Performance, Stability , Dynamics, and Control of Airplanes (AIAA Educqation Series), AIAA, 2014 (3ª edición)


Recommendations


Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
DIFFERENTIAL AND INGTEGRAL CALCULUS / 00710002
AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY / 00710012
AERODYNAMICS / 00710018