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Aircraft and Vehicle Design, 6 ECTS credits.
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For:
AER
M
MEC
MI
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 42
Rec. self-study hours: 118
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Area of Education: Technology
Main field of studies: Mechanical Engineering
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G2
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Aim:
The course gives fundamental knowledge and understanding of the factors that affects the configuration and dimensioning of an airplane.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Solid Mechanics, Engineering Materials, Machine Elements, Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer.
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Organisation:
The teaching consists of lectures, lessons, computational exercises and educational study visits.
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Course contents:
- Lift and how lift is produced
- Drag and drag calculations
- Propulsion: different ways of producing thrust
- Performance and performance calculations
- Stability and control
- Different aircraft configurations and why they look the way they do
- Basics on aircraft dimensioning
- Aircraft dimensioning
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Course literature:
J. Andersson �?oIntroduction to flight�?�,
Lecture slides/handouts
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Examination: |
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Written examination
Computer exercises/reports
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4 ECTS
2 ECTS
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Course language is Swedish/English.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Mikael Axin
Examiner: Petter Krus
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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