Guia docente 2023_24
Escola de Enxeñaría Aeronáutica e do Espazo
Máster Universitario en Operaciones e Ingeniería de Sistemas Aéreos no Tripulados
 Subjects
  Fundamentals of unmanned aerial systems
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Introduction Historical approximation to unmanned aerial vehicles.
Ranking of the aircraft and his systems of propulsion.
Terrestrial infrastructures.
Management of aerial traffic.
Legal environment.
Unmanned air vehicles Principles of flight.
Aircraft performance.
General description of fixed wing aircraft . Controls of flight. Structure. Main instruments and systems.
General description of helicopters. Controls of flight. Main instruments and systems.
Multicopters.
Fluid mechanics priinciples Compresivility.
Viscosity.
Limit layer and turbulence.
Reynolds number.
Mach number.
Bernoulli's equation..
ISA.
Aerodynamics principles Airfoils in incompresible flow. Flat plate. Cilinder.
Kutta condition. Prandtl.
Introduction to the propulsion of aircraft. Propellers: Theory of Froude; theory of the element of shovel. Propellerr adaptation.
Aero jets.
Push power, specific impulse and control of push in electric propulsion.
Flight mechanics Basic flight equations.
Cruisse flight, ascend, descent and gliding.
Banking.
Wind effect.
Actuators.
Stability and control.
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