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Main Bibliography |
Silvestre, M. A. R., Gamboa, P. V., Flight Performance Lecture Notes. Universidade da Beira Interior, 2020.
John D. Anderson Jr., “Introduction to Flight”, McGraw Hill Co., 4th Edition, 2000
Richard S. Shevell, “Fundamentals of Flight”, Prentice Hall, 1989
S. K. Ojha, “Flight Performance of Aircraft”, AIAA Education Series, 1995
Francis J. Hale, “Introduction to Aircraft Performance, Selection and Design”, John Wiley & Sons, 1984
Nguyen X. Vinh, “Flight Mechanics of High Performance Aircraft”, Cambridge University Press, 1993
Kimberlin, Ralph D., “Flight testing of fixed wing aircraft”, American Institute of aeronautics and Astronautics, 2003
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The classes are divided into TP and PL. In the TP classes, the material is given through the presentation of slides.
Here, the modeling is explained and implemented by solving exercises in a spreadsheet. The spreadsheets are used by
each student to fully estimate the performance of various types of aircraft and deliver the respective Individual
Assessment Work.
In PL classes, students perform a group work to obtain the aerodynamic and propulsion characteristics of an airplane
model through test flights. With the test flights data, the group prepares a report and includes the estimate of the
complete performance of the tested model.
There is also a written test. Students attending the course can take a written final exam test
that can worth the full exam grade.
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