* Undergraduate course: Flight control and simulation/Flight Performance and Stability
1. Objectives: The objective of this course is to introduce the fundamentals of flight vehicle modeling, identification and control, design techniques, and help students to understand the classical control and its applications in aerospace engineering. The students are expected to grasp hand-on experiences with practical project works. The contents of the course are convering multi-disciplines, which include flight modeling, stability analysis, control theory and flight simulation.
3. Textbook:
(2) Review.pdf (A good review of textbook)
(1) MATLAB;
i.A Collection of Nonlinear Aircraft Simulations in MATLAB.pdf
ii. MATLAB Examples Simple.rar (A simple model for longitudinal dynamic analysis. The related code is developed on MAC OS X and a slight modification is required for Windows based MATLAB. Extremely complicated model can be obtained from this example. The package is password protected. Xun 2015)
5. Grading policy:
Homework 20% (The main purpose is to help you gain interest and build up basic research experience)
Examination 80% (mid 30% final 50%)
Bonus points max 10% for less than 10% students
TA: Minqiang Si, msiconnect.ust.hk
7. Detailed Syllabus (Effective since 2015)
Mid-term: 17 Mar; Final-term: TBD
Important note: Canvas is working. Please directly refer to that system!
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Topics |
Note and Suggested Refs (Prior to lecture) |
Proj/HW (after the lecture) |
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Course Introduction |
Read Abstract Chapter, and (1) TextbookReview.pdf; (2) http://wright.nasa.gov/airplane/shortw.html |
(1) HW0.pdf (2) Read: NatureSwift.pdf
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1 | Flight History | Read Chap 1. |
(1) HW1.pdf; (2) Read: Nature1.pdf; Nature2.pdf |
2-3 | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics | Read: (1) Supp_Chap1.pdf. (2) Wiki: Wing. |
(1) Chap 2, Prob 1 and Prob 7. (2) HW-2-1.pdf (3) Read: Aerodynamic_Background.pdf (4) Read: Chap 12! (Chap 13 is closely related but requires additional knowledge to be given in the following lectures) |
4-5 | Stability: Fundamentals; Lyapunov's method | Read Sec 4.1 in Lyapunov.pdf. |
(1) Read SatelliteFormation.pdf, and derive Eq. (1) in this reference and submit the derivation report (in PDF) by using TeX. (A sample TeX code package is provided here TeX_Sample.zip)
(2) Read Chap 3.1-3.3. |
6-7 | Longitudinal Stability: Wing and Wing-Tail Combination | Read: (1) Chap 3.1-3.2, which is however too complex compared to my note; (2) To understand the shift theorem for moment, read: Shift.pdf |
(1) Homework-I.pdf (2) Read: peerj.pdf (Performance of tail is given) |
8-9 | Lateral Stability; Euler Angles | (1) Read Chap 3.4-3.5; (2) Read Chap 2. | From (2.21), prove (2.22) using MATLAB. 2. Chap 2, Prob 5. |
10 | Eqs of Motion | Read Supp_I.pdf to understand the inertial matrix. |
(1) Answer questions raised in Sup_I.pdf. (2) Read Chap 4.1. |
11-12 |
Linearization; Aircraft Model: from Aerodynamics to linearization |
(1) Read Chap 4.2. (2) Some MATLAB demo of linearization (to be shown only during the lecture) (3) Read Chap 13! (Probs can be omitted) |
(1) Prof_EoM.pdf (2) Understand the left 1Timer code and think how to apply to get your own paper flight model |
13-15 | Revisit of Control: Laplace Transform and State Space |
(1) Read Ref: Control for AC control, Sol to linear eqs.pdf. (2) Read Chap 5.6-5.7, Chap 6.4. |
(1) Derive formulations in the Laplace transform table. (2) Read Chap 11.1-11.4, and finish Probs 11.1, 11.3. |
16-17 | Longitudinal Dynamics; Matlab Design Cases | Some MATLAB demos: 1. Long_demo.rar |
(1) Read Chap 6. (2) Chap 6, Probs 1,2,4,7. |
18-19 | Lateral Dynamics; (Rolling) Design Cases | Read: the ref 13BangJA.pdf provided a complete demo of rolling control design |
(1) Read Chap 7. (2) Derive the lateral dynamic eqs. |
20-21 | Flying and Handling Qualities | (1) Read 6.5, and Chaps 10-11 again | Probs 10.1, 11.6, 11.7. |
22-23 | More Design Cases with Control Methods | MATLAB examples: (1) Hyper's automatic landing; (2) Lateral control using mu-synthesis |
Read Bicycle.pdf for fun. Course report (for paper aircraft etc) |
24 | From History to Future |
Read (1) Handling_Wright_1.pdf; (2) AIAA-03-0097.pdf |
Course report (for paper aircraft etc) |
25 | Final review |
Read: Review.pdf |
Course report (for paper aircraft etc) |
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