Aircraft Systems

Code	10364
Year	3
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Aeronautics and Astronautics
Entry requirements	N/A.
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face.
Work placements	There is no work placement.
Learning outcomes	- To know the principles of data acquisition; - To be able to work with Python Programming Language for data acquisition, processing and simulation of aircraft systems dynamics; - To know how to model and to analyze the dynamics of aircraft electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems; - To know how to design controllers for aircraft systems.
Syllabus	1. Notion of Dynamical Systems 2. Laplace Transform and Z-Transform 3. Transfer Functions of Dynamical Systems 4. Principles of Data Acquisition 5. Statistical Filtering (offline/online) 6. Main Aircraft Systems (electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic) 7. Aircraft System Dynamics Analysis 8. Aircraft System Control
Main Bibliography	1. K. Bousson. Introdução ao Dimensionamento dos Controladores Monodimensionais, Texto de apoio às aulas, Departamento de Ciências Aeroespaciais, Universidade da Beira Interior, 2002. 2. R.C. Dorf, R.H. Bishop. Modern Control Systems, Pearson Publishing, 13th Edition, 2016. 3. R. H. Drake. Aircraft Electrical Systems, Hydraulic Systems, and Instruments, Literary Licensing, LLC, 2013. 4. A. Malvino. Electronic Principles, Career Education, 1998. 5. I. Moir, A. Seabridge. Aircraft Systems: Mechanical, Electrical and Avionics Subsystems Integration, Wiley, 2008. 6. H. R. Taylor. Data Acquisition for Sensor Systems, Springer, 2010. 7. S. Wang, M. Tomovic, H. Liu. Commercial Aircraft Hydraulic Systems, Academic Press, 2015.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	The teaching methodologies comply with Regulation (R) 28/2006 of September 14th and the successive amendments introduced by Decrees 32-A / 2006 of October 30th, 33/2008 of September 1st and 31 / R / 2009 of August 4th. A. LEARNING PHASE Assignment 1: 30%; Assignment 2: 30%; Assignment 3: 40%. B. EXAMINATION PHASE: Miniproject (100%)
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.