Syllabus and Assignments for

Aircraft Flight Dynamics

MAE 331, Fall 2012

3-4:20 pm, Tues and Thurs
Engineering Quadrangle

Robert F. Stengel

School of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton University

Aircraft Flight Dynamics
		
Week		Tuesday					Thursday
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1		-					Introduction,
							Mathematical Preliminaries

2		Point-Mass Dynamics and Forces		Aviation History	 

3		Configuration Aerodynamics		Configuration Aerodynamics

4		Cruising Flight Performance		Gliding, Climbing, and Turning Performance
		
5		Aircraft Equations of Motion		Aircraft Equations of Motion		
										
6		Linearized Equations and		Longitudinal Dynamics
		Modes of Motion

7		Lateral-Directional Dynamics		Analysis of Time Response

		
					MID-TERM BREAK

8		Root-Locus Analysis			Transfer Functions and			
		of Parameter Variations			Frequency Response			

9		Aircraft Control Devices		Flight Testing
		and Systems				for Stability and Control

10		Advanced Problems of			Thanksgiving			
		Longitudinal Dynamics				

11		Advanced Problems of			Flying Qualities Criteria
		Lateral-Directional Dynamics

12		Maneuvering and Aeroelasticity		Problems of High Speed and Altitude
	
13		Atmospheric Hazards to Flight		Configuration and Power Effects
							on Flight Stability

					READING PERIOD

		TERM PAPER DUE (Dean's Date)

Homework Assignments for 2012 (pdf)

Principal References

• Stengel, R., Flight Dynamics, Princeton University Press, 2004.
• Abzug, M., and Larrabee, E., Airplane Stability and Control: A History of the Technologies that Made Aviation Possible, Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Supporting Reference

• Stengel, R., Optimal Control and Estimation, Dover Publications, 1994.

Office Hours:

• Robert Stengel, D202C, Monday and Wednesday, 1:30-2:30 pm

Aircraft Flight Dynamics