Special Topic: Mechanics of Flight and Spaceflight

Learning Outcomes

• Washington Accord (V4) Summary of Graduate Attributes attained in this course:
  
  
  
• Course topics with Learning Outcomes (and Washington Accord (WA) and UC Graduate Attributes) identified.
  
  1. Formulate aircraft equations of motion and control theory.
         1.1. Demonstrate understanding of the response of a vehicle to changing forces during flight, and the control of the attitude (pointing direction) of the craft.
         1.2. Application of relevant strategies to flight control problems.
         1.3. Use relevant software for predicting and controlling flight.
         1.4. Incorporate kaupapa Māori in the design of aerospace systems. (BCC7)
  2. Demonstrate understanding of the challenges associated with analysing, predicting, and controlling the orbital dynamics of spacecraft.
         2.1. Formulate the equations of motion for spaceflight using common approximations.
         2.2. Use appropriate orbit determination methods.
         2.3. Create lunar and interplanetary trajectories.
         2.4. Contrast current practice with Māori perspectives on aviation and the space sector. (BCC7)

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Biculturally competent and confident Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

Prerequisites

For further information see Mechanical Engineering .