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Introduction to Aerospace Engineering

Octavian Thor Pleter, PhD, PhD, MBA (MBS)

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Introduction. Why Aerospace Engineering?


Flight Principles. Classification of Aircraft and Spacecraft.
Airplane. Aircraft Structure and Systems. Flight Control.
Aircraft Classes and Categories. Aircraft Materials.
Airplane Flight. Lift, Weight, Thrust, Drag. Airfoils.
Axes. Controls, Stability. Load Factor. Stall.
Helicopters. Controls, Stability. Lighter than Air Aircraft.
Airspeed, Mach Number. Flight Instruments: Pitot, Gyro, Magnetic.
Aero Engines and the Fuel System. Piston Engine. Jet Engine.
Instruments.
10.Aerodrome Operations. Air Traffic Management, Airspace. VFR, IFR.
11.Spacecraft Propulsion, Control and Stability.
12.Navigation. Air Navigation Systems. Automatic Flight Control. FMS.
13.Air Transport Engineering. Aviation Business. Regulators. Chicago
Convention.
14.Conclusions.
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Newtons Laws

I. Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to


remain in that state of motion unless an external
force is applied to it.

II. The relationship between an object's mass m, its


acceleration a, and the applied force F is F = ma.

III. For every action there is an equal and opposite


reaction.

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Flight

Nonatmospheric
flight: does not
require the
atmosphere to lift
the body

Atmospheric
flight: requires
the atmosphere
(a fluid) to lift
the body

atmosphere acts
like a break; may
be used to steer
the vehicle

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Flight

Non-Atmospheric
Flight

Atmospheric
Aerodynamic Lift
Flight

Ballistic Flight

Heavier-than-Air Flight

Reaction Flight

Lighter-than-Air Flight

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Non-Atmospheric Flight

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Ballistic Flight - Newtons 1st


The bullet keeps its motion after launch, on a straight trajectory.

Gravity will eventually bring it down (Newtons 2nd).


Friction with air will slow it down (Newtons 2nd).
The launch mechanics: explosion exhaust gas is pushed back
bullet is pushed forward (Newtons 3rd).

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Spacecraft in Earth Orbit = Ballistic Flight at 1st Cosmic Speed

V1 = 7.82 km/s

Defeat gravity by centrifugal force.


Avoid friction with air extra-atmospheric flight.
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Spacecraft in Earth Orbit = Ballistic Flight at 1st Cosmic Speed


The launch mechanics:
violent burn of rocket fuel
exhaust gas is pushed down
rocket is pushed up (Newtons 3rd).
go vertically to get rid of the atmosphere
then go tangentially to V1 to defeat
gravity

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Spacecraft in Earth Orbit = Ballistic Flight at 1st Cosmic Speed

V2
mM
m
G 2
R
R

GM
V
R
G = 6.6726 x 10-11 m3/kg/s2

- the universal constant of gravitation


M = 5.98 x 1024 kg mass of the Earth
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Problem: the International Space Station

GM
V
R
G = 6.6726 x 10-11 m3/kg/s2
- the universal constant of gravitation
M = 5.98 x 1024 kg Earth mass
RE = 6,371 km
ALT = 400 km
V=?
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Problem: the International Space Station

GM
V
R

V = 7.676 km/s = 27,600 km/h

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Problem: GPS satellite velocity


G = 6.6726 x 10-11 m3/kg/s2
- the universal constant of gravitation
M = 5.98 x 1024 kg mass of the Earth

R = 6,371 km

ALT = 20,200 km
V=?

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Newtons 3rd Reaction Flight


Rocket launch:
violent burn of rocket fuel
exhaust gas is pushed down
rocket is pushed up (Newtons 3rd)

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Spacecraft
Manned Spacecraft

Soyuz
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Spacecraft
Unmanned Spacecraft

Voyager
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Spacecraft
Space Shuttle

Reusable Manned
Spaceship
capable of landing
after gliding in the
atmosphere
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Launch Rockets
Multi-stage Liquid Fuel Rocket

Saturn V
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Atmospheric Aerodynamic Lift Flight

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How do the birds fly?

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Newtons 3rd Heavier-than-Air Atmospheric Flight

Bird flying:
wings push the air down
bird is pushed up (Newtons 3rd)

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Newtons 3rd Lighter-than-Air Atmospheric Flight

Atmosphere =
Fluid

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Archimedes Principle

Any object, wholly or


partly immersed in a
fluid, is buoyed up
by a force equal to
the weight of the
fluid displaced by
the object."

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Balloon

L air V g

Gas

Density
kg/m3 *)

Air

1.204

Helium (He)

0.1786

Hydrogen (H) 0.0899

*) in normal conditions:
+20C at sea level

W (m gas V ) g
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Rescuers find helium balloons belonging to


missing Brazilian priest floating in the sea
Last updated at 16:03 23 April 2008
A Roman Catholic priest who went missing in
seas off Brazil after trying to break a record for
flying with helium balloons was today feared
dead.
Adelir Antonio de Carli is thought to have been
blown 30 miles offshore after lifting off on Sunday
afternoon.
Today rescuers reached a cluster of brightly
coloured party balloons floating in the ocean off
Brazil's coast but did not find the priest.

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Problem: Helium Balloons


m = 80 kg (priest) + 20 kg (equipment) = 100 kg
R = 0.4 m (balloon radius)
How many Helium balloons are
Needed to lift the priest?

4
V R3
3

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Problem: Helium Balloons


m = 80 kg (priest) + 20 kg (equipment) = 100 kg
R = 0.4 m (balloon radius)

Vbal

How many Helium balloons are


Needed to lift the priest?

4
R3
3

m
V
air He

Vbal = 0.268 m3

V = 97.5 m3
N = V / Vbal = 364

! After liftoff the air density goes down


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Lighter-than-Air Aircraft = Aerostats


Balloon

Free / Captive
Hot Air / Helium
Not Steerable
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Lighter-than-Air Aircraft = Aerostats


Airship (Dirigible)

Hydrogen / Helium
Steerable
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Heavier-than-Air Aircraft = Aerodynes


Kite

Captive
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Aerodynes
Paraglider

Aerodynamic lift
Non-powered
foot-launched
aircraft
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Aerodynes
Glider

Aerodynamic lift
Non-powered
Aircraft
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Aerodynes
Ultralight Aircraft (ULM)

Aerodynamic lift
Powered Aircraft
Under 300 kg
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Aerodynes
Fixed-Wing Land
Aircraft

Aerodynamic lift
Powered Aircraft
Over 300 kg
Uses land airfields
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Aerodynes
VTOL Aircraft

Vertical Take-off
and Landing fixed
wing aircraft with
vectored
propulsion
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Aerodynes
UAV Aircraft

Unmanned Air
Vehicle

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Aerodynes
UCAV Aircraft

Unmanned
Combat Air
Vehicle;
Unlike UAVs,
UCAVs carry
weapons
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Aerodynes
Hydroplanes (Seaplanes)

Aerodynamic lift
Fixed-Wing Powered
Aircraft
Uses water to take-off
and land
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Aerodynes
Fixed-Wing Amphibians

Aerodynamic lift
Powered Aircraft
Uses either water or
land to take-off and land
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Aerodynes
Rotorcraft - Helicopters

Aerodynamic lift produced


by a powered horizontal
propeller (rotating wing)
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Aerodynes
Rotorcraft - Gyrodynes

Aerodynamic lift produced


by a non-powered
horizontal propeller
(rotating wing)
Horizontal thrust
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Aerodynes
Rotorcraft - Tiltrotor

Takes off like a helicopter


Flies like a fixed-wing
airplane
Wing and Propellers tilt
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