Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA							2022_23
Subject	HELICOPTERS AND DIVERSE AIRCRAFT					Code	00710336
Study programme	0710 - GRADO EN INGENIERÍA AEROESPACIAL
Descriptors	Credit.	Type	Year	Period
	6	Compulsory	Fourth	First
Language	Castellano
Prerequisites
Department	ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP.
Coordinador	GARCIA GUTIERREZ , ADRIAN				E-mail	agarcg@unileon.es ddomf@unileon.es
Lecturers	DOMINGUEZ FERNANDEZ, DIEGO GARCIA GUTIERREZ , ADRIAN
Web	http://
General description
Tribunales de Revisión	Tribunal titular Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. GONZALO DE GRADO , JESUS Secretario LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ , DEIBI Vocal ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. MARTINEZ PELLITERO , SUSANA Tribunal suplente Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. PEREZ GARCIA , HILDE Secretario ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. BARREIRO GARCIA , JOAQUIN Vocal ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. FERNANDEZ ABIA , ANA ISABEL

Competencias

Code
A17707
A17709
A17710
A17711
A17730
B958
B959
B962
B5474
B5477
B5479
C2
C5

Learning aims

	Competences
	A17707 A17710 A17711 A17730	B958 B959 B962 B5474 B5477 B5479	C2 C5
	A17709 A17710 A17711	B958 B959 B962 B5474 B5477 B5479	C2 C5
	A17707 A17709 A17710 A17711 A17730	B958 B959 B962 B5474 B5477 B5479	C2 C5

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Block I: INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE HELICOPTER	Lesson 1: GENERAL CONCEPTS Classification, advantages and disadvantages, main characteristics and future trends.
Block II: ROTOR AERODYNAMICS	Lesson 1: INTRODUCTION Theory of the actuator disc, blade element and combined. Lesson 3: ROTOR AEROMECHANICS
Block III: PERFORMANCE OF ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFTS	Lesson 1: VERTICAL FLIGHT Lesson 2: FORWARD FLIGHT Lesson 3: PERFORMANCE
Block IV: HELICOPTER DESIGN AND OPERATION	Lesson 1: STABILITY AND CONTROL
Block V: AEROSTATS	Lesson 1: BASIC PRINCIPLES Lesson 2: AERODYNAMICS Lesson 3: STABILITY AND CONTROL Lesson 4: CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
Block VI: UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES	Lesson 1: INTRODUCTION Applications, types and main characteristics. Lesson 2: UAS MODELING. KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS

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	0	1
Lecture	28	48	76
Mixed tests	2.5	0	2.5
Oral tests	0.5	0	0.5
(*)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)
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms
Personal tuition
Lecture

Personalized attention

Personal tuition

Description

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Mixed tests		75%
Oral tests		25%
Other comments and second call

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic	G. A. Khoury, J. D. Gillett, Airship Technology, Cambridge Aerospace Series, Series Number 10, 2008 Joh Seddon and Simon Newman, Basic Helicopter Aerodynamics, Wiley, 2011 Gordon Leishman, Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics, Cambridge University Press, 2006 Álvaro Cuerva Tejero et all., Teoría de los Helicópteros, Garceta, 2012 Reg Austin, Unmanned Aircraft Systems: UAVS Design, Development and Deployment, Wiley, 2010
Complementary	Brian L. Stevens, Frank L. Lewis, Eric N. Johnson, Aircraft Control and Simulation: Dynamics, Controls Design, and Autonomous Systems, Wiley, 2015 Carichner, Grant; Nicolai, Leland M., Fundamentals of aircraft and airship design. Vol. 2, Airship design and case studies, AIAA Education, 2013 Gareth D. Padfield, Helicopter Flight Dynamics: Including a Treatment of Tiltrotor Aircraft, Wiley, 2018 Wayne Johnson, Helicopter Theory, Dover, 1994 Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. Mclain, Small Unmanned Aircraft: Theory and Practice, Princeton University Press, 2012

Recommendations

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

AERODYNAMICS / 00710318 FLIGHT MECHANICS / 00710325 FLIGHT SYSTEMS / 00710329 AIRFRAME CALCULUS / 00710330