ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
UCK341E Flight Stability and Control
Fall 2016-2017
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Lecturers:
Prof. Emre Koyuncu
Department of Aeronautics Engineering
Istanbul Technical University
Web: cal.uubf.itu.edu.tr/~koyuncu
Email:
[email protected] *feel free to stop by my office (room 08)
Prof. Gokhan Inalhan
Department of Aeronautics Engineering
Istanbul Technical University
Email:
[email protected]Mr. Oral Barkay
Professional in aeronautics industry
Email:
[email protected]TAs and RAs:
Mr. Mevlut Uzun (
[email protected]) and
Mr. Guney Guner (
[email protected])
You can find them at Controls and Avionics Laboratory (UUBF Room 312)
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
To teach fundamentals of Flight Stability and Controls as to provide them with them basics that lead to
analysis of flying and handling characteristics and successful design of automatic flight control systems.
The course focuses on the following topics for the student gain expertise on the fundamentals of flight
stability and controls : Basic definitions of flight mechanics, control and control surfaces. General structure
of flight control systems. Aircraft static and dynamic stability and stability derivatives. Static longitudinal
and lateral stability. Aircraft longitudinal and lateral dynamic equations. Nonlinear dynamic equations.
Linearization of equations. Longitudinal and lateral transfer functions. Longitudinal modes of motion. Short
and long period approximation. Transient response of aircraft dynamic. Basic concept of aircraft control
systems. The types of autopilot. Autopilot design. Design of displacement autopilot by the Root Locus
method. Inner and outer loop concepts. Pitch orientation control system. Root locus analysis. Acceleration
control system. Matlab Simulink simulation of aircraft autopilots.
COURSE MATERIAL
The lecture notes will be provided during class based on:
o Lecture Notes: Gokhan Inalhan, Flight Stability ad Control (Lecture Notes), UUBF, 20062010.
o Jonathan How, Flight Stability ad Control (Lecture Notes), MIT/AA, 2004
Robert C. Nelson Flight Stability and Control, 1998 ISBN : 0-07-115838-3 : This text is available
as an e-book from the library!
Brian L.Stevens, Frank L. Lewis, Aircraft Control and Simulation, 2003, Second Edition, ISBN: 0471-37145-9 : Highly recommended for future Aerospace GNC studies
Bernard Etkin, Dynamics of Flight: Stability and Control, 3rd Edition. New York: John Wiley 2001 :
Classic
Donald Mclean, Automatic Flight Control Systems. New York, Prentice Hall, 1990.
John Blakelock, Automatic Control of Aircraft and Missiles. Second Edition, New York: John
Wiley, 1991.
Thomas R. Yechout et al, Introduction to Aircraft Flight Mechanics, AIAA, 2003.
Bandu N. Pamadi, Performance, Stability, Dynamics and Control of Airplanes, 2004, ISBN :156347-538-9
ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT
Content
Description
Grade
Homework
There will be 4 homework assignments
% 30
handed out every two weeks. Generally, you
will have one week to complete them.
Midterm exam
At 8th or 9th week, in class hour
% 30
Final exam
During final exam weeks
% 40
# Description
Notes
1 Basic definitions of flight mechanics,
control, and control surfaces
2 Aircraft static and dynamic stability and
stability derivatives
3 Aircraft longitudinal and lateral dynamic
equations, nonlinear dynamics
HW1
4 Linearization and transfer functions
5 Longitudinal modes of the motion;
longitudinal stability derivatives, short and
phugoid modes
6 Longitudinal transfer functions , analysis of
transient and steady state responses for
elevator displacement
HW2
7 Basic concepts of the aircraft control
systems; longitudinal autopilot design
8 Types of autopilots and design methods
HW3
9 Displacement autopilots design by root
locus method
10 Design of autopilot by inner and outer
loop concepts
Midterm exam at 8th
or 9th week, in class
hour
11 Pitch and acceleration aircraft control
system design methods
12 cont. Pitch and acceleration aircraft
control system design methods
13 MATLAB and SIMULINK programming in
aircraft dynamic and control systems
HW4
14 MATLAB and SIMULINK programming in
aircraft dynamic and control systems
During final exam
weeks
Final TBA
exam
