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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Principles of Flight 1

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 342-0426/02
Abbreviation ZL1
Course title Principles of Flight 1
Credits 3
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Vladimír Smrž, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1 AERODYNAMICS OF SUBSONIC SPEEDS
1.1. Physical principles, laws and definitions
1.2. Two-dimensional flow past airfoils
1.3. Aerodynamic coefficient
1.4. Three-dimensional flow around an airplane
1.5. The total resistance of the airplane
1.6. Ground Effect
1.7. The relationship between lift coefficient and speed constant buoyancy
1.8. Flow separation on the wing
1.9. Increasing the maximum lift coefficient
1.10. Means to reduce the proportion of CL-CD, and to increase resistance
1.11. Boundary layer (link)
1.12. Special cases - special circumstances

2 AERODYNAMICS OF TRANSSONIC SPEEDS
2.1. The definition of Mach number
2.2. Shock waves
2.3. Ways to avoid the effects of exceeding the critical Mach number

Literature

ANDERSON, J. D. Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1991.
Principles of Flight, Theoretical Knowledge Manual ATPL. Frankfurt: Jeppesen GmbH, 2001. ISBN 0-88487-290-4 .
THOM, T. The Aeroplane – Technical, The Air Pilot´s Manual, Volume 4. London: Airlife Publishing, Ltd., 1994. ISBN 1-85310-017-X .

Advised literature

ANDERSON, J. D. Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1991.
Principles of Flight, Theoretical Knowledge Manual ATPL. Frankfurt: Jeppesen GmbH, 2001. ISBN 0-88487-290-4 .
THOM, T. The Aeroplane – Technical, The Air Pilot´s Manual, Volume 4. London: Airlife Publishing, Ltd., 1994. ISBN 1-85310-017-X .