Atmospheric Flight Dynamics

Course code: AE4304

Summary Grade: 7.1

The files below contain a summary of the atmospheric flight dynamics reader. The chapters below correspond to chapters 2 to 8 of the reader, respectively. (Chapter 9 of the reader hasn't been summarized, since there wasn't much new stuff in it. But that chapter does have some interesting Matlab examples, so it might be worthwhile to look at it yourself for the practical.)

Stochastic variables and processes (85kb)
What are stochastic variables and processes? And what properties do they have? That's what this chapter is about.
Spectral analysis of continuous processes (94kb)
This chapter discusses continuous processes in the frequency domain. What is a PSD function? Read it here.
Spectral analysis of discrete processes (98kb)
Here, we talk about discrete processes in the frequency domain. Multiple ways of transforming them are treated.
Multivariable stochastic processes (91kb)
What happens when we use multiple variables in stochastic processes? Read it in this file.
Describing atmospheric turbulence (103kb)
What are the properties of turbulence? And how can we model it? This chapter discusses the answers to these questions.
Symmetric responses to turbulence (86kb)
When we put an aircraft into turbulent air, what will it do? Find the answer for the symmetric eigenmotions here.
Asymmetric responses to turbulence (104kb)
In this chapter, we look at the asymmetric response of an aircraft in turbulent air. Again, equations of motion will be derived.

Full Version

Atmospheric Flight Dynamics Summary - Full Version (277kb)
All above files are combined in this single file.

Example Exams Grade: 7.6

I've worked out two old exams for this course. You can find them below (with and without solutions). I recommend you to try the versions without solutions first.

Example Exam 1 Problems (169kb)
Example Exam 1 Problems and Solutions (189kb)
Example Exam 2 Problems (165kb)
Example Exam 2 Problems and Solutions (183kb)