Atmospheric Flight Dynamics and Control

Host University

Old Dominion University

Semester

Fall 2022

Course Number

MAE 844 CRN 22680

Credits

3

Discipline

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Instructor

Newman, Brett A. (BNEWMAN@ODU.EDU)

Course Information

Principles governing the dynamics and control of vehicles in atmospheric flight. Equations of motion development and solution including inertial/gravitational/aerodynamic/propulvsive loads, linear longitudinal and lateral-directional motions, and nonlinear trim and simulation. Flight control system design and analysis incorporating flying quality requirements, linear conventional/contemporary and frequency/time domain techniques for control and guidance functions, validation with nonlinear simulation, gain scheduling.

Prerequisites

MAE 403 or MAE 503 and MAE 604.