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 Atmospheric Flight Mechanics
Fifth Semester 2024
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Teacher: Dr. MANOJ T NAIR, Associate Professor Aerospace

Atmospheric Flight Mechanics

  • Course Objectives

  1. formulate equations of motion for an aircraft in atmospheric flight,
  2. motivate the assumptions made to simplify a flight mechanics problem,
  3. analyze equilibrium and stability for an aircraft,
  4. explain the basic modes of motion and related mechanisms of

  • Course Outcomes

  1. Understand and apply equations of motion for an aircraft.
  2. Evaluate the performance of aircraft for climb, steady flight, and turn.
  3. Glide, take-off, and landing performance evaluation.
  4. Able to evaluate longitudinal static stability and understand the principle of dynamic stability.