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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Principles of Flight 1

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 342-0426/03
Abbreviation ZL1
Course title Principles of Flight 1
Credits 3
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator Ing. David Mičulka

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

ACADEMY, oxford. CAE Oxford – Principles of Flight. Independently Published, 2017. ISBN 9781976743658 .
BADICK, Joseph R. a JOHNSON, Brian A. Flight theory and aerodynamics: a practical guide for operational safety. Fourth edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2022. ISBN 978-1-119-77239-2 .

Advised literature

JOHN D. ANDERSON a CHRISTOPHER P. CADOU. Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. McGraw-Hill Education, 2023. ISBN 1266076441 .