Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA							2021_22
Subject	FLIGHT MECHANICS					Code	00710325
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 - crubs@unileon.es
Lecturers	GONZALO DE GRADO , JESÚS GARCIA GUTIERREZ , ADRIAN RUBIO SIERRA , CARLOS
Web	http://
General description
Tribunales de Revisión	Tribunal titular Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. PEREZ GARCIA , HILDE Secretario ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. BARREIRO GARCIA , JOAQUIN Vocal ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. DOMINGUEZ FERNANDEZ , DIEGO Tribunal suplente Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. RODRIGUEZ MATEOS , PABLO Secretario ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. CASTEJON LIMAS , MANUEL Vocal ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. FERNANDEZ LLAMAS , CAMINO

Competencias

Code
A17694
A17702
A17703
B958
B959
B962
B5474
B5476
B5481
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5

Learning aims

	Competences
Consistent knowledge, applied to Engineering, on aircraft systems and automatic flight control of aerospace vehicles	A17694 A17702 A17703	B958 B959 B962 B5474 B5476 B5481	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	A17694 A17702 A17703	B958 B959 B962 B5474 B5476 B5481	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	A17694 A17702 A17703	B958 B959 B962 B5474 B5476 B5481	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

Planning

Methodologies  ::  Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
PBL (Problem Based Learning)	20	30	50
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms	8	12	20
Personal tuition	1	1.5	2.5
Lecture	28	42	70
Mixed tests	3	4.5	7.5
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies   ::  

	Description
PBL (Problem Based Learning)	Approach, discussion and resolution (individual or group) of flight mechanics problems
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms	Simulation exercises in a flight simulator
Personal tuition	Individual analysis of progress
Lecture	Oral lessons supported on written material

Personalized attention

Personal tuition

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

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms	Practical exercise	10%
Mixed tests	Writen test on theory (40%) and problems (60%)	90%
Other comments and second call

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