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Syllabus |
Part I (Aerial Navigation) - General principles of aerial navigation. Earth WGS-84 model (with the revisions introduced in
2004). Coordinate transformation (geocentric/geodetic reference). Loxodromes and Orthodromes. QDM and QDR.
Calculation of speeds. Altimetry. Basic instruments for aerial navigation.
Part II (Avionics Systems) - General principles of emission/reception systems. Principles of radio-navigation antennas.
Wave emission/reception modes for radio-navigation systems. Medium range systems (ADF, VOR, DME, TACAN, ...).
Short-range systems (Radio-altimeter, GPWS, ILS,...). LORAN system (long range). Satellite navigation systems (GPS,
Galileo, GLONASS, ...). Principles of radar operation. Inertial navigation systems. ADS-B system.
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Main Bibliography |
1. R.P.G. Collinson, Introduction to Avionics Systems, 3rd Edition, Springer, 2011.
2. Helfrick, A., Practical Aircraft Electronic Systems, Prentice-Hall, 1997.
3. Kayton, M., and R.F. Walter: Avionics Navigation Systems. John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
4. Eismin, T., Aircraft Electricity and Electronics, 5th Ed., 1994.
5. Parkinson, B. W., J. Spilker, P. Axelrad, P. Enge: Global Positioning System: Theory and Applications. AIAA
Publications, 1996.
6. Vermeille, H., Direct transformation from geocentric coordinates to geodetic coordinates, Journal of Geodesy, Vol. 76
(2002), pp. 451-454.
7. Vermeille, H., Computing geodetic coordinates from geocentric coordinates, Journal of Geodesy, Vol. 78 (2004), pp.
94-95.
8. Conjunto de publicações sobre temas específicos e atuais relativos à navegação e sistemas aviónicos (publicações
a serem disponibilizadas pelo docente da cadeira).
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