Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
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 CMECES2 That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
C5 CMECES5 That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy

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
The student will have the help of the professor for individual or group tutorials. These tutorials may be conducted in person or virtually, but always within the timetable established for this purpose.

Assessment
  Description Qualification
Oral tests 25%
Mixed tests 75%
 
Other comments and second call
1. The completion of the requested assignments (individual or group), as well as of the possible field practicals/outings, will be mandatory for the elaboration of the final grade.

2. The elaboration of the final grade, weighted between the assignment and the mixed tests, may be subject to the obtaining of a minimum grade in each of the parts.

3. The completion of lab tasks will be essential in order to be eligible for the evaluation process both in the first and in the second call. The lab exercises will include, as long as the necessary means and facilities are available, the performance of laboratory work of compulsory attendance.

4. In case the work is not delivered for the first call, the maximum grade to be obtained in it may be limited for the second call.

5.  The presentations and most of the bibliography used are in English. The exams and evaluation tests may be in Spanish or English, according to the student's preference.

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
John 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