ASE 1023

INTRODUCTION TO FLIGHT MECHANICSI

REQUIRED/ELECTIVE:

Aerospace Engineering - Required

CATALOG DATA :

ASE 1023. Introduction to Flight Mechanics (3) (Prerequisite: ASE 1013). Three hours lecture. Three hours laboratory. Introduction to airfoils, wings, and other aerodynamic shapes, elements of airplane performance, principles of stability and control, applications of computer modeling, computational tools, historical perspectives.

PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC:

  1. Derivatives
  2. Aerodynamic coefficients
  3. Wing and rocket terminology
  4. Mathcad and Unigraphics

TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER REQUIRED MATERIAL:

Anderson, J.D., Jr., Introduction to Flight, McGraw Hill, Boston, 2005.

COORDINATOR:

Dr. David Bridges, Chair, Undergraduate Committee

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Note: Parenthesized list indicates the Aerospace Engineering program outcomes addressed by each objective.

  1. To introduce methods for analyzing the performance of flight vehicles (1, 2, 3, 8).
  2. To provide an introduction to applications of fundamentals of mathematics, basic physical sciences and engineering sciences to problems in aerospace engineering (1, 2).
  3. To introduce analytical, computational, experimental, and problem-solving skills and tools used in aerospace engineering (2, 3, 4, 6, 7).

TOPICS COVERED:

Lecture and Laboratory

 (Number of 75-min classes)

1.

Aircraft Flight Performance

20

2.

Aerodynamics

5

3.

Multistage Rocket Performance

4

4.

Mathcad

8

5.

Matlab

10

6.

Unigraphics

8

7.

Review and Tests

3

CONTRIBUTION TO PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT:

Math and Basic Sciences (1/3)

Engineering Topics of Engineering Science and Design (2/3)

ASSESSMENTS:

  1. Exams
  2. Homework
  3. Reports

MEASURED OUTCOMES:

Note: Parenthesized list indicates the assessment methods used (see above).

Performance Criteria:

Objective 1:

1.1 Demonstrate a qualitative understanding of aircraft flight performance (3).
1.2 Demonstrate an ability to calculate aircraft flight performance (1, 2, 3).
1.3 Demonstrate a qualitative understanding of rocket flight performance (3).
1.4 Demonstrate an ability to calculate rocket flight performance (1, 2, 3).

Objective 2:

2.1 Demonstrate an understanding of how math, physics and engineering mechanics are used to solve problems in aerospace engineering (1, 2, 3).
2.2 Demonstrate an ability to use math and physics to solve problems in aerospace engineering (1, 2, 3).

Objective 3:

3.1 Demonstrate an ability to use ability to use Mathcad, Matlab and Unigraphics to solve problems in aerospace engineering (1, 2, 3).

PREPARED BY:

Keith Koenig, Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Jan. 2005.