Courses

In this module, the equations of motion of an aircraft are established and equations for calculating flight performance are derived from them. In addition, the most important flight performances of an aircraft during takeoff and landing, climb, cruise and descent as well as during simple maneuvers are calculated and evaluated. It is verified that an aircraft is controllable about the laxis and statically stable.

The module covers the fundamentals of flight dynamics and flight control of aircraft, in particular the equations of motion, the intrinsic behavior, the dynamics of longitudinal and lateral motion and the determination of flight characteristics. Furthermore, the module includes the structure of flight control systems, the description of the control path between aircraft and pilot, the most important controller types and the design of flight controllers.

The lecture covers the basics of attitude dynamics, determination, sensors and actuators in spacecraft. Furthermore, the lecture deals with design procedures for satellite attitude control and applies them to practical examples.

 This module contains modern techniques of closed loop control for aerospace purposes. Besides the basics of closed loop control there is a strong focus on practical application as well. Among others, modern design methods such as robust control, linear parameter-varying control and nonlinear control are adressed. Typical applications for closed loop control in aerospace engineering are fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, UAV, satellites, launchers.

The module covers the design of a specific system from the field of aerospace engineering (e.g. fixed-wing aircraft, helicopter, multicopter, satellite, launch vehicle, rocket engine, jet engine), in particular the design process from conceptualization to realisation, taking into account interdisciplinary aspects.

This module covers the theory and practice of airfoil aerodynamics including current and alternative high lift configurations, induced drag including the ground effect, as well as special requirements caused by compressibility in cruise flight.
 Contents also include various measurement methods of flow quantities on aircraft and airfoil models as well as active practical investigations of various current flight conditions in free flight.

The module covers the fundamentals of heat and mass transfer in flows, in particular the different types of convection of single-phase fluids and the phenomena involving phase transition, as well as the transfer of the fundamentals to practical topics, including the design and construction of equipment for various applications and the application to turbomachinery.