UNSW Handbook Course - Aerodynamics, Stability and Control

Aerodynamics, Stability and Control - AVEN3610


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
	Course Outline: http://www.mech.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 3
	EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 2
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Drag of an Aircraft - Techniques and devices to reduce drag. Airfoil characteristics at low Reynolds number. Lift and drag at high Mach number. Effect of supercooled cloud, drizzle, rain and icing on airfoil performance. Stability - longitudinal and lateral static and dynamic stability, stability and manoeuvre margins, aircraft loading strategies, reduced stability aircraft. Control-trimmed flight, aircraft response to control input, limits of controllability.

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