
Classify aircraft by heavier-than-air aerodynes and lighter-than-air aerostats, clarify aircraft vs airplane, define aerospace engineering, and note fixed-wing airplanes and land planes with examples like airships, balloons, and gliders.
Explore wing configurations from monoplanes to biplanes and high, low, mid, and parasol wings, and study dihedral and anhedral effects on lift, stability, and maneuverability.
Define cruise and approach speeds using Mach number and altitude effects. Explain how wing configuration and high lift devices influence approach speed and required visibility.
You will understand the main technological advancements in commercial jet airplane design.
This lecture will help to understand different airplane noise categories established by ICAO, and what are typical methods of airplane's noise level reduction.
Explore the four forces of flight: lift, weight, thrust, and drag. See how lift is generated by airfoil camber and angle of attack, through Bernoulli and Newton's laws.
Explore the principles and components of jet engines, including turbojet, turbofan, and turboprop, and how intake, compression, combustion, and exhaust generate thrust.
Aerospace Engineering: Airplane design and Aerodynamic basics course is aviation and airline related course where you will study most modern airplane designs and engine work principles. My intention is that you, in terms of aerodynamics, learn and understand how different airplane components including its engines make the airplane to fly in the most efficient way. The course is concentrated on civil commercial airplanes but also explains essential designs used in military aviation.
The structure of the course is following:
Introduction
Aircraft and airplane classification
Aerodynamics basics
Airframe, flight controls and engines
You will learn such topics as Aircraft classification, Flight Performance classes, Airplane spectrum of use, Commercial airplane classification, Aerodynamic forces of an airplane, Laminar and turbulent flows, stall, Airframe, Flight controls and high lift devices, Jet engines, Aviation fuel types, ICAO noise categories and much more!
The objectives of this course for you are to be well oriented in Aerospace engineering and in Aviation in general, and get deep theoretical and practical knowledge on the subjects. For better understanding the course contains a lot of graphical information, practical examples, around 2 hours of specially prepared reading materials and quizzes after each theoretical section.
I encourage you to begin this journey to Aviation and Aerospace engineering and you will not regret it! If you have any questions during the course feel free to contact me, I will answer as quick as possible!