INTRODUCTION TO AEROSPACE

ENGINEERING

BY

Ms. G. Sravanthi
Assistant Professor

Mr. R. Suresh kumar

Assistant Professor

INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

(Autonomous)
Dundigal, Hyderabad - 500 043
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
Early Flight to
World War I
 Overview

• Early Uses of Lighter-than-Air Flying

Machines
• Heavier-than-Air Flying Machines
– The U“ A ’s Rea tio to the W ight B othe s’
Invention
– The A ’s Re ui e e ts fo the Fi st Milita
Aircraft
• Early Uses of Airpower

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 Early Years of Flight
Introduction
• Man first flew aloft in a balloon in 1783
• Airpower did not have an immediate
impact
• Flying machines were not readily accepted
by land oriented officers
• Ai po e ’s fi st ajo i pa t as ot u til
World War I

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 Balloons

• Mongolier Brothers flew first hot-air

balloon in 1783
• Ben Franklin saw first balloon flight and
immediately saw the military potential
• First used for military purposes by the
French in 1794 at Maubege
• Union and Confederate forces employed
balloons during the American Civil War

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 Balloons (Cont)

• Adolphus V. Greely, the grandfather of

military aviation in US, revived interest in
military capability of balloons in 1891
– 1892 -- Greely balloon used to direct artillery fire
during the Battle of San Juan Hill
• Interest in balloons dropped quickly with the
development of heavier-than-air vehicles

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 Dirigibles

• Steerable balloons -- ofte alled Ai ships

• 1884 -- first successful flight in a dirigible
• Ferdinand Von Zeppelin -- person most readily
identified with dirigibles
– Zeppelins first flown in 1900
– Germans used to bomb England in WW I
– Germans used to fly observation cover for their
surface fleet in WW I
• Vulnerable to winds and ground fire

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 The Early Years of Flight
• Uses of Balloons and Dirigibles
– Reconnaissance
– Artillery spotting
– Bombing (extremely limited prior to WW I)
– Morale Booster/Mail/Escape Means
– Air transport of supplies

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 Early Pioneers of Flight

• Otto Lilienthal -- studied gliders and first to

explain the superiority of curved surfaces
• Percy Pilcher -- built airplane chassis
• Octave Chanute -- Developed a double winged-
glider/wrote history of flight to1900
• Samuel P. Langley -- First to secure government
support to develop an airplane
– Failed twice to fly from houseboat in 1903
– Congress withdrew monetary support

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 Orville and Wilbur Wright
• First to fly a heavier-than-air, power-driven
machine -- 17 December 1903
– Flight traveled 120 feet and lasted 12 seconds
• Approached flying scientifically and
systematically
• Used experience of Lilienthal, Pilcher and
Chanute
• Built a glider in Dayton in 1899
– Moved to Kitty Hawk, N. Carolina in 1900

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Rea tio s to the W ight’s I e tio
• US government was very skeptical at first
– Not i te ested e ause of the La gle ’s failu es
• Britain and France were very enthusiastic
• President Roosevelt directed the Secretary of
War, W. H. Taft, to investigate the Wright
B othe s’ i e tio i 9
• Dec.1907 -- Chief Signal Officer, BG James Allen,
issued Specification # 486 calling for bids to
build the first military aircraft

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 Signal Corps Specification
# 486
• Established the requirements for the first military
aircraft. Aircraft must be able to:
– Carry 2 persons
– Reach speed of 40 mph
– Carry sufficient fuel for 125 mile nonstop flight
– Be controllable in flight in any direction
– Fly at least one hour
– Land at take-off point, without damage
– Be taken apart and reassembled in one hour
– No Military Operational Requirements Specified

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 Specification # 486 (Cont)
• 41 proposals were received, only 3
complied with specifications
• US Army signed contract with Wright
Brothers on 10 Feb 1908
• Wright Brothers delivered the first military
aircraft on 20 Aug 1908
• US Army accepted the first operational
aircraft on 2 Aug 1909

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 The Early Years of Flight
Closing Remarks
• Until WW I balloons, dirigibles and aircraft
were primarily reconnaissance vehicles
• Early on, the flying machines were not seen
as weapons of war
• Few believed the flying service was ready to
be a separate air force
• The potential uses of the airplane would
evolve considerably during WW I

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 Summary

• Early Uses of Lighter-than-Air Flying

Machines
• Heavier-than-Air Flying Machines
– The U“ A ’s Rea tio to the W ight B othe s’
Invention
– The A ’s Re ui e e ts fo the Fi st Milita
Aircraft
• Early Uses of Airpower

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History of Flight
 Aviation Through the Ages
1000B.C to 1250A.D

• Man's observations of the earth around him aroused his

curiosity and often inspired him to attempt the impossible.
How did man's lack of knowledge of the physical laws of
nature sometimes bring him tragedy?
• The Greek myth of Daedalus and his son Icarus was written
around 1000 B.C. The myth states that after Daedalus built
the labyrinth the king of Crete threw him in it to test it. He
and his son Icarus escaped by building wings of wax and
flying away. However Icarus flew too high and the wax in
his wings began to melt. His wings collapsed and he
plunged to his death in the sea.
• Kites flown around the year 400 B.C. in China were
ancestors of modern aviation and the airplane. In the year
1020 A.D. Oliver of Malmesbury put on a pair of wings and
leapt from the top of an abbey. He landed very hard and
broke his legs. Luckily he survived the crash. Many others
attempted to fly with "wings" but all failed, sometimes
fatally.
 Aviation Through the Ages
1250 to 1750
• I was one of the first to experiment with the
science of flying. Unfortunately my writings and
sketches weren't discovered until three hundred
years after my death.
• Leonardo da Vinci spent most of his life
exploring flight and left the world about 160
documents of sketches and observations about
flight. He made important discoveries about
the center of gravity, the center of pressure,
and streamlining. But like so many people of
his time he was obsessed with learning to fly
like a bird. What is the difference between
simply gliding and really flying like a bird?
 Aviation Through the Ages
1750 to 1850
• What forces cause smoke to rise in a fireplace? This was
what sparked Montgolfier's curiosity.
• Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier designed the first
successful flying craft. Their observations led them to
believe that burning created a gas, which they called
"Montgolfier's gas," causing a craft to rise. They
constructed a balloon made of cloth and paper. The first
aviators were a duck, rooster, and a sheep. Then in 1783 a
crowd in Paris watched as a Montgolfier balloon carried
two French men. The way the balloons worked is hot air
and gases filled the balloon causing it to lift. Once it was in
the air it simply went wherever the wind took it. To counter
this problem Henri Giffard designed a round oval shaped
balloon called a blimp and combined it with a steam engine
to make it steerable. When gasoline engines were invented
they became a major source of transportation across the
Atlantic Ocean. The Hindenburg zeppelin disaster in 1937
caused the end for these large airships.
 Aviation Through the Ages
1850 to 1900
• Sir George Cayley set in motion the
future study of aerodynamics in a single
sentence. "The whole problem is confined
within these limits, namely to make a
surface support a given weight by the
application of power to the resistance of
air."
• Sir George Cayley experimented with
gliders at his home in Yorkshire. He was
the first to discover how wings work.
Cayley discovered that wings are lifted
on the air. He also constructed the first
aircraft that was heavier than air. He is
now recognized as the father of aviation.
He came up with many principles of
heavier-than-air flight.
 Aviation Through the Ages
1850 to 1900
• In 1896, the German engineer,
Otto Lilienthal, tested several
monoplane and biplane gliders.
He built and flew the first glider
capable of carrying a person, but
died when he crashed in a sudden
gust of wind before he could
finish his powered plane.
• The structure of an airplane as we
know it today was in its formative
years. What are the parts of a
plane and how does each
function?
 AIRPLANE
• An airplane is a vehicle heavier than air, powered by an
engine, which travels through the air by the reaction of
air passing over its wings.
• FUSELAGE
The fuselage is the central body portion of an airplane
which accommodates the crew and passengers or cargo.
• COCKPIT
In general aviation airplanes, the cockpit is usually the
space in the fuselage for the pilot and the passengers: in
some aircrafts it is just the pilot's compartment.
• LANDING GEAR
The landing gear, located underneath the airplane,
supports it while on the ground.
• WINGS
Wings are the parts of airplanes which provide lift and
support the entire weight of the aircraft and its contents
while in flight.
 EXPERIMENT 2
Equipment:
• 2 sheets of notebook paper
• Hold two sheets of notebook paper about four
inches apart. Blow between them. Instead of
flying apart they come together. The air
moving rapidly between the two pieces of
paper has less pressure than the air pressing
on the outer sides of the paper.
 Equipment:
Ping-pong ball
• Tank-type vacuum cleaner
• Connect the hose to the blower rather than to the suction end
of the vacuum cleaner. Turn the switch on. Hold the hose
vertically so the stream of air goes straight up. Release the
ping-pong ball into the stream of air about a foot from the
nozzle. Slowly tip the nose so that air shoots at an angle. The
ball will stay suspended in the airstream. The force of gravity
upon the ball tends to make it drop out of the airstream.
However, the fast moving airstream lessens the air pressure
on the portion of the ball remaining in the airstream,
overcoming the force of gravity, which results in the ball
remaining suspended.
 Aviation Through the Ages
1900 to 1935

• "Only those who are acquainted with practical

aeronautics can appreciate the difficulties of
attempting the first trials of a flying machine in a 25-
mile gale. . . but. . . we were determined. . . to know
whether the machine possessed sufficient power to
fly."
• That was Wilbur Wright's statement to The Associated
Press, January 5, 1904.
• At 10:35 a.m. on December 17, 1903 the world's first
successful airplane known as the Flyer I accelerated
along its launching rail and flew through the air.
Twelve seconds later it landed 100 yards away on the
soft sand at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, North
Carolina. The pilot Orville and his brother Wilbur had
experimented for four years with kites and engines to
make the first successful flight ever.
• The brothers had made their own engine that
weighed 200 pounds and had four cylinders. It could
make 12 horse power, a sixth of the engine power of
a small car. It had no seat and the pilot had to lay in a
cradle in the bottom wing.
 Aviation Through the Ages
1900 A.D to 1935 A.D
• The Wright brothers continued to perfect their plane and it was
in a Wright biplane that the first transcontinental flight was
made by Calbraith P. Rodgers, in 1911.
The key to their success was to learn how to control the plane.
How were they able to accomplish this task?

• In 1914 World War I broke out. At first planes were used mostly
for reconnaissance, but later planes developed into biplane and
triplane fighters and bombers. Experiments were done with even
more sets of wings, but most failed. The main fighters of the war
were the British Sopwith "Camel," its cousin, "The Snipe," and
the famous German Fokker Df.I which was flown by the infamous
Red Baron. Aerial tactics and strategies were developed during
the middle of the war. Germany developed many fighter tactics
that are still in modified use today. The compass was an
important instrument to these early fighters. How do they work?
How has the technology changed over the decades?
 Aviation Through the Ages
1900 to 1935
• After the war General Billy Mitchell became an
advocate for military aviation. He and his pilots
achieved many firsts in the field of aviation during
these golden years. But the Europeans were leading
the race in commercial flight. It wasn't until Ralph
Pulitzer offered a trophy to promote high-speed flight
and began a national craze for air races that the
American public began to take notice.
• In 1918, the Post Office Department started airmail
service in the United States. The first Mailwing was
built by Pitcairn Aviation, Inc. In 1926, Congress
passed the Air Commerce Act. This established an
Aeronautics Branch within the Department of
Commerce. They were authorized to license planes
and pilots and provide standards for commercial
flight. And in 1927, Charles Lindbergh completed the
first transatlantic flight. He instantly became a world
hero.
• Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across
the Atlantic in 1928.
 Aviation Through the Ages
1935 A.D to 1950 A.D

• New technologies developed throughout the course

of World War II. The motto was if you commanded
the skies you could win the war.
• World War II implemented almost exclusively
monoplanes. Both sides of the war manufactured
literally thousands of fighters and bombers. The
main Allied planes included the British Supermarine
Spitfire Mk.IV, the American P-51 Mustang, the
American C-4U Corsair, the American B-17, and the
American B-29 Superfortress. The Grumann F6F
Hellcat was first used in 1943 and became the
premier carrier fighter plane. The main Axis planes
were the Bf109, the Junkers Ju-22, and the Stuka
dive-bomber. The mainstay of the Japanese forces
was the feared Mitsubishi Zero-sen. Our hangar
also includes the North American T28 B and the AT-
6 Texan, other planes from this period.
 Aviation Through the Ages
1935 A.D to 1950 A.D
• The major air battle of WW II was
the Battle of Britain. For days the
much larger German Luftwaffe
attacked the British Isles, but the
small number of British Spitfires
always seemed to know exactly
where and when the German
bombers would be attacking and
how large of a force.
The reason for this was a relatively
new technology called radar
allowed the British ground
stations to detect and identify the
size, speed, distance, and
trajectory of the German bombers
and send their Spitfires on perfect
intercept missions.
Aviation Through the Ages
1935 A.D to 1950 A.D

• Instrumentation was crude in

comparison to today's technology. In
the early days pilots relied on
landmarks and sometimes even pre-
set bonfires to guide them along their
way. What were the early
instruments like and what were their
functions? How has instrumentation
evolved through the ages?
• In the late 1940's, the military had
developed the jet engine and began
changing over to jet fighters. This
resulted in faster and better
performing craft. New aviation
records were set. In 1947, Chuck
Yeager broke the sound barrier.
 Aviation Through the Ages
1950 A.D to 1975 A.D

• After Chuck Yeager's supersonic flight in 1947,

aviation entered a new era dominated by jets.
• The years following the war saw the aviation
industry grow in leaps and bounds. The military
airforce developed more effective planes to
address the arms race with Russia. The B-47 and
B-52 bombers were built to be used to deliver
nuclear bombs. They were the world's heaviest
bombers and could hold up to 99,206 pounds of
bombs. Early bombers flew so high that the crew
had to wear pressure suits but later they were
used at low altitude because they were harder to
locate with radar.
 Aviation Through the Ages
1950 A.D to 1975 A.D

• In September, 1955, a contract was awarded to North

American Aviation for the X-15 plane which could fly at
4,500 miles per hour at an altitude of at least 70,000
feet. 54 percent of its total weight was its fuel (18,000
pounds). The total weight of the X-15 was 33,000
pounds. Though only three of this type of plane were
built they flew a total of over 200 times. The highest
speed ever reached was about 4,525 miles per hour or
Mach 6.72.
 Aviation Through the Ages
1950 A.D to 1975 A.D
• In 1958, the first American commercial jet, the
707, was put into service by the Boeing
Company. The commercial liners were an instant
hit with passengers who appreciated the faster
flying time. Again new records were set. By 1966
both Lockheed and Douglas Aircraft Corporations
had entered the commercial industry giving rise
to competition and the development of new
technologies.
• During the Vietnam War the use of military air
power was somewhat limited by policy in
Washington. President Nixon launched the only
strategic bombing campaign of the war. Many
fliers were shot down over Southeast Asia. They
were recently honored in a ceremony dedicating
the Missing Man Monument at Randolph Air
Force Base, in Texas.
 Aviation Through the Ages
1975A.D to 2000A.D
• Aviation has changed much since the beginning of time.
• The world's first supersonic commercial passenger aircraft operating regular
scheduled flights was the Concorde. It was developed jointly by Great Britain
and France during the 1960s and 1970s when the Comet 4, the DC-3, and the
Constellation were in regular service. No other supersonic aircraft can fly as fast
and as far as the Concorde without needing mid-flight refueling. Some military
aircraft can fly faster, but need in-flight refueling. The Concorde flies literally on
the edge of space, high through the atmosphere. Passengers are even capable of
seeing the earth's surface.

• The Nighthawk (F-117A) first flew in 1981 and began combat in 1989. This jet
was designed to avoid detection and mount precision attacks. It is the first
stealth combat aircraft in the world. It has a top speed of 593 mph (955 kph) and
is loaded with 5,000 lbs. of weapons. The choice of weaponry varies from laser-
guided bombs, air-to-air missiles, or air-to-surface missiles. Two types of
weapons can be carried at one time. The outside of the Nighthawk is coated
with a special material that absorbs some of the radar signals that strike it. It is
protected by 24 hour security with armed guards all around it. Authorized
personnel must pass a palm print test to get near the aircraft.
 Aviation Through the Ages
1975A.D to 2000A.D

• The CL-415, or "Firebird," is a very

important aircraft. This aircraft is
amphibious, which means it can be
operated from land or water. It was
developed by Canadair to stop raging
forest fires. However, it is also useful for
search and rescue missions, especially
on the sea. It can search for survivors
for up to seven hours before refueling.
It can scoop water into its tanks.
Through doors in the bottom of the
aircraft it drops water on the fire.
• The age of computers continues to
impact the aviation field. Today's
technology is exciting and it seems as if
"the sky's the limit" as we look into the
future.
Aviation today and tomorrow

• Boeing 787
designed completely on
the computer
• will carry 250 - 290
passengers on routes of
8,000 to 8,500 nautical
miles
• The airplane will use 20
percent less fuel for
comparable missions
than today's similarly
sized airplane. It will also
travel at speeds similar to
today's fastest wide
bodies, Mach 0.85.
Airlines will enjoy more
cargo revenue capacity.
 Martin Aircraft - Maryland

• 1937 Mini-Mariner,
the flying prototype
of the WWII flying
boat bomber
A PBM-3 Martin Mariner in flight

Martin PBM-5A Mariner.

This was the only amphibious version
of the Mariner.
Basic Properties of the
Atmosphere
 Essential Points
1. Heat, Temperature and Temperature Scales
2. The Electromagnetic Spectrum
3. Composition of the Atmosphere
4. Layers in the atmosphere are defined by
temperature profiles
5. How pressure varies in the atmosphere
6. Principal weather instruments
7. Ea th’s adiatio udget
 Heat and Temperature
• Temperature: Average energy of molecules or
atoms in a material
• Heat: Total energy of molecules or atoms in a
material
• Can have large amount of heat but low
temperatures
• Can have high temperatures but little heat

1. Heat, Temperature and

Temperature Scales
 Heat and Temperature
• The ea th’s oute ost at osphe e is
e t e el hot ut its heat o te t is
negligible
• The surface of the moon can reach 250 F in
sunlight and -200 F in shadow, but the vacuum
around the Apollo astronauts contained no
heat.
• It takes time for things to warm up and cool
off.

1. Heat, Temperature and

Temperature Scales
 Temperature Scales
• Fahrenheit
– Water Freezes at 32 F
– Water Boils at 212 F
• Centigrade or Celsius
– Water Freezes at 0 C
– Water Boils at 100 C
• Two scales exactly equal at -40

1. Heat, Temperature and

Temperature Scales
 Absolute Temperature
• O e ato s stop o i g, that’s as old as it
can get
• Absolute Zero = -273 C = -459 F
• Kelvin scale uses Celsius degrees and starts at
absolute zero
• Most formulas involving temperature use the
Kelvin Scale

1. Heat, Temperature and

Temperature Scales
 Electromagnetic Radiation
• Radio: cm to km wavelength
• Microwaves: 0.1 mm to cm
• Infrared: 0.001 to 0.1 mm
• Visible light 0.0004 – 0.0007 mm
• Ultraviolet 10-9 – 4 x 10-7 m
• X-rays 10-13 – 10-9 m
• Gamma Rays 10-15 –10-11 m

2. The Electromagnetic Spectrum

 Composition of the Atmosphere
• Nitrogen 78.08%
• Oxygen 20.95%
• Argon 0.93% (9300 ppm)
• Carbon Dioxide 0.035% (350 ppm)
• Neon 18 ppm
• Helium 5.2 ppm
• Methane 1.4 ppm
• Ozone 0.07 ppm
3. Composition of the Atmosphere
Other Components of the Atmosphere
• Water Droplets
• Ice Crystals
• Sulfuric Acid Aerosols
• Volcanic Ash
• Windblown Dust
• Sea Salt
• Human Pollutants

3. Composition of the Atmosphere

 Structure of the Atmosphere
• Defined by Temperature Profiles
• Troposphere
– Where Weather Happens
• Stratosphere
– Ozone Layer
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere
– Ionosphere

4. Layers in the atmosphere are

defined by temperature
profiles
 Troposphere
• Heating of the Surface creates warm air at
surface
• Warm air rises, but air expands as it rises and
cools as it expands (Adiabatic cooling)
• Heating + Adiabatic Cooling = Warm air at
surface, cooler air above
• Buoyancy = Cool air at surface, warmer air
above
• Two opposing tendencies = constant turnover

4. Layers in the atmosphere are

defined by temperature
profiles
 Stratosphere
• Altitude 11-50 km
• Temperature increases with altitude
• -60 C at base to 0 C at top
• Reason: absorption of solar energy to make
ozone at upper levels (ozone layer)
• Ozone (O3) is effective at absorbing solar
ultraviolet radiation

4. Layers in the atmosphere are

defined by temperature
profiles
 Mesosphere
• 50 – 80 km altitude
• Temperature decreases with altitude
• 0 C at base, -95 C at top
• Top is coldest region of atmosphere

4. Layers in the atmosphere are

defined by temperature
profiles
 Thermosphere
• 80 km and above
• Temperature increases with altitude as atoms
accelerated by solar radiation
• -95 C at base to 100 C at 120 km
• Heat content negligible
• Traces of atmosphere to 1000 km
• Formerly called Ionosphere

4. Layers in the atmosphere are

defined by temperature
profiles
 Why is the Mesosphere so Cold?
• Stratosphere warmed because of ozone layer
• Thermosphere warmed by atoms being
accelerated by sunlight
• Mesosphere is sandwiched between two
warmer layers

4. Layers in the atmosphere are

defined by temperature
profiles
How Heat Moves
• Radiation
• Conduction
• Convection

7. Earth’s radiation budget

Magnetosphere

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 Effects of Spacecraft / Plasma Interactions

• plasma wave generation

• arcing and sputtering at significantly high
negative potential relative to the plasma
• spacecraft charging at high inclination
orbits
• current balance between the space vehicle
and the ambient plasma
• geomagnetic field effects

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Solar Environment

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 Solar Wind
• The solar wind is a stream of energized, charged particles,
primarily electrons and protons, flowing outward from the
Sun
• Co positio si ila to the “u ’s o o a
– Protons (~ 70%), electrons, ionized helium, less than 0.5% minor ions
– Genesis mission
• Approximately 109 kg/s of material is lost by the sun as
ejected solar wind
• Speed: 200 – 900 km/s
• Solar sail
• Solar wind is also a plasma environment
– Not just gas
– Electrically conductive

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 Ionizing Radiation
• Radiation has a major impact on on-board
digital circuitry
– Long-term degradation and failure (ranges from
months to years)
– Short-term, single event effects (SEE)
• Minor (bit flips)
• Major (catastrophic burnout)

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Radiation Effects

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Radiation Belts
• Two belts (donut
shaped)
• Magnetic field traps the
particles
• Discovered by Explorer
III in 1958
• Composed of
– Electrons
– Protons
– Some heavy ions
• Effects
– Electrons: total dose
– Protons: total dose
and SEE
– Ions: SEE

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Movement of Particles

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South Atlantic Anomaly
• Magnetic field weaker in South
Atlantic
• Result is particle penetration
• Note polar effect as well
• SEU effect on UoSat-2

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 Galactic Cosmic Rays
• High energy particles from interstellar
space
• Flux inversely related to solar max
periods
• Primary effect
– Single event upsets

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Radiation Effects on Spacecraft:
Solar Cells
• High energy protons &
electrons collide with the
crystal lattice structure
• Collisions displace atoms
from their lattice sites
• Eventually, the displaced
atoms form stable defects
• Defects change the
propagation of
photoelectrons in the
lattice structure

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Radiation Effects on Spacecraft: Solid State
Devices
• Nominal MOS or CMOS technology
• Charged Particles:
– Voltage output of a GATE
s it hes a uptl f o a to a
at a spe ified oltage
• Radiation:
– Switching threshold changes
– Drain current and output voltage
also change
• Effects caused by cumulative effect of
high energy protons and electrons
(Cumulative Dosage measured in rads)

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 Meteoroid/Orbital Debris
• Meteoroid population consists the remnants of comets,
spent rocket stages, fragments of rockets and satellites,
other hardware, as well as operational satellites.

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Micrometeoroids/Orbital Debris
• Example collisions
– Russia/US satellites collision
– Cerres/Ariane 3rd Stage Debris
• VERY HIGH kinetic energies
• NASA predicted results
– Fatal spacesuit damage from 0.3 to 0.5 mm particle
– Catastrophic shuttle damage from 4 mm particle

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Micrometeoroids/Orbital Debris: Defense

• Double Wall Bumper

– 1st wall fragments impacting
particle into smaller, slower pieces
– 2nd wall stops those pieces

ESA Scientific Spacecraft

(flew through Halley's Comet dust cloud)

From Space Vehicle Design, by Griffin and French

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 Environments and Effects
Debris: Magnitude of Problem
• NORAD tracks ~7000 objects
larger than 10 cm
• Only 5% are operational S/C
• Statistical analysis suggests
~40,000 larger than 1 cm
• Collisions generate more debris
– ie 1985 hypervelocity ASAT test
estimated to have created 106
fragments between 1 mm and 1
cm diameter

Cataloged Objects (July 1987)

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 Gravitational Field
• Free Fall Environment (not Zero-G or Microgravity)
– At Sea Level: ag = 9.8 m/s2 = 1.0 g
– At 200 km: ag = 9.2 m/s2 = 0.94 g
– At 1000 km: ag = 7.3 m/s2 = 0.75 g
– At GEO: ag = 0.2 m/s2 = 0.023 g
• Effects:
– Structures/Mechanisms: Minimum size structural components
– Propulsion: Fuel flow (ullage burns, etc)
– TCS: Fluid flow considerations (heat pipes wicking)
– etc

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 Spacecraft Environment Related
Anomalies
• Flare/Geomagnetic Storm
– GOES-7: lost imagery and communications, solar arrays degraded
2-3 years worth
– DSP: star sensor contamination, memory upsets, lost data, power
panel degradation
– Memory Upsets: DMSP, GPS, INTELSAT, TDRSS
• Spacecraft Charging
– Milstar: power supply failure
– Anik: momentum wheel failure
– GOES: phantom commands
• Galactic Cosmic Ray
– Pioneer: memory anomalies

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 Conclusions
• Definition of the flight environment is the first critical step.
• Not all space environments will have a critical impact on a
particular mission.
• After definition of the space environment is established
including results from trade studies, the next important step
is to establish a coordinated set of natural space
environment requirements for use in design and
development.
• The space environment definition and requirements are
documented in a separate program document or are
incorporated into design and performance specifications.
• The environments specialist then helps insure that the
environment specifications are understood and correctly
interpreted throughout the design, development, and
operational phases of the program.

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 UNIT-2
A Basic Introduction to Aerodynamics and
Propulsion
 Definition
• Aerodynamics is the study of the motion of air,
particularly when it interacts with a moving object.
• In physics the term dynamics customarily refers to the
time evolution of physical processes.
Factors that Affect Aerodynamics

The Object:
Shape & Size
The Air:
Mass, Viscosity,
The Motion: Compressibility
Velocity &
Inclination to
Flow
 Four Forces of Flight
• Lift is a force used to stabilize and control the
direction of flight.
• Drag is the aerodynamic force parallel to the relative
wind.
• Weight is the force generated by gravity on the
rocket.
• Thrust is the force which moves the rocket forward.
Aerodynamic Forces
• Aerodynamic forces are
generated and act on a
rocket as it flies through the
air.
• The lift and drag act
through the center of
pressure which is the
average location of the
aerodynamic forces on an
object.
Aerodynamic Forces
• Aerodynamic forces are
mechanical forces. They
are generated by the
interaction and contact of
the rocket with the air.
• For lift and drag to be
generated, the rocket must
be moving through the air.
Aerodynamic Forces
• Lift occurs when a flow of gas
(the air) is turned by a solid
object (the rocket).
• The flow is turned in one
direction, and the lift is
generated in the opposite
direction.
• For a model rocket, the nose,
airframe, and fins can become
a source of lift if the o ket’s
flight path is at an angle.
Aerodynamic Forces
• When a solid body
(the rocket) moves
through a fluid (gas or
liquid), the fluid resists
the motion. The rocket is
subjected to an
aerodynamic force in a
direction opposed to the
motion which we call
drag.
Aerodynamic Forces
• Drag is aerodynamic friction, and one of the
sources of drag is the skin friction between the
molecules of the air and the solid surface of the
moving rocket.
Aerodynamic Forces
• A boundary layer is the layer of air in the
i ediate i i it of the o ket’s su fa e.
Boundary layers can be laminar (smooth flow) or
turbulent (swirling).
Aerodynamic Forces
• The point in which a laminar boundary layer
becomes turbulent is called the transition.
Aerodynamic Forces
• Drag is also aerodynamic resistance to the
motion of the object through the fluid. This source
of drag depends on the shape of the rocket and is
called pressure or form drag.
Aerodynamic Forces
• Interference drag occurs whenever two surfaces
meet at sharp angles, such as at the fin roots.
Interference drag creates a vortex which creates
drag. Fin fillets reduce the effects of this drag.
Aerodynamic Forces
• Air passing by the tips of the fins form a fin tip
vortex. Accelerating the air into this vortex causes
drag on the fins, and a low pressure area behind
them. Tapered fin tips reduce this drag.
Aerodynamic Forces
• Parasitic Drag is produced by objects like the
launch lug. The launch lug can account for 30% of
all d ag. Cutti g the lug’s leadi g edge to
degrees reduces drag.
Airfoil Fins
• A odel o ket’s fi
that is square on the
edges creates a lot of
drag and turbulence.
• If the fi ’s leadi g
and trailing edges are
sanded in a round
shape, called an
airfoil, it reduces the
drag.
 Airfoil Fins
• airfoil shape fins creates high pressure behind the
fin and pushes it forward, cancelling out most of the
pressure drag caused by the fins. This is called
pressure recovery.
 Weight
• Weight is the force generated by the
gravitational attraction on the rocket.
• The gravitational force is a field force; the
source of the force does not have to be in
physical contact with the object.
• Gravity affects the rocket whether it is
stationary or moving (up or down).
 Thrust
 Thrust is the force applied
to the rocket to move it
through the air, and
through space.
 Thrust is generated by the
propulsion system of the
rocket through the
application of Newton's
Third Law of Motion.
 The direction of the thrust
is normally along the
longitudinal axis of the
o ket th ough the o ket’s
center of gravity.
 The Four Forces of Flight

The four forces act on the airplane in flight

and also work against each other.
 The Four Forces of Flight

The four forces act on the airplane in flight

and also work against each other.
The earth’s gravity pulls down on
objects and gives them weight.

Weight counteracts lift.

 What’s it take to eate lift?
Air and motion.

How do we explain lift?

Newton’s Laws of Motion and
Bernoulli’s Principal are used to
explain lift.
Newton’s Second Law: force causes a change in velocity which in turn
generates another force.
Newton’s Third Law: net flow of air is turned down resulting in an ‘equal
and opposite’ upward force.
Newton’s Third Law states that for every action
there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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A wing creates lift due to a combination
of Bernoulli’s Principal & Newton’s Third
Law
Drag is the force of resistance an
aircraft ‘feels’ as it moves through
the air.
For an airplane to take off, lift
must be greater than weight.

For an airplane to speed up while flying, thrust must be greater

than drag.
Engines (either jet or propeller) typically
provide the thrust for aircraft. When you
fly a paper airplane, you generate the
thrust.
A propeller is a spinning wing
that generates lift forward.
 AIRFOIL NOMENCLATURE

• Mean Chamber Line: Set of points halfway between upper and lower surfaces
– Measured perpendicular to mean chamber line itself
• Leading Edge: Most forward point of mean chamber line
• Trailing Edge: Most reward point of mean chamber line
• Chord Line: Straight line connecting the leading and trailing edges
• Chord, c: Distance along the chord line from leading to trailing edge
• Chamber: Maximum distance between mean chamber line and chord line
– Measured perpendicular to chord line
 NACA FOUR-DIGIT SERIES

• First set of airfoils designed using this

approach was NACA Four-Digit Series
• First digit specifies maximumNACA 2415
camber in
percentage of chord
• Second digit indicates position of maximum
camber in tenths of chord
• Last two digits provide maximum thickness
of airfoil in percentage of chord
 English Sopwith Camel
AIRFOIL THICKNESS: WWI AIRPLANES

Thin wing, lower maximum CL

Bracing wires required – high drag

German Fokker Dr-1

Higher maximum CL
Internal wing structure
Higher rates of climb
Improved maneuverability
STREAMLINE FLOW PATTERNS

• Uniform flow + source

produces a shape that
looks something like the
leading edge of an airfoil

• Concept of vortex sheet

• Uniform flow + vortex
sheet can create an airfoil
shape of interest

• Mathematical model
mimics that shape of
airfoil in flow field
STREAMLINES OVER AN AIRFOIL
 WHAT CREATES AERODYNAMIC FORCES?

• Aerodynamic forces exerted by airflow comes from only two sources

• Pressure, p, distribution on surface
– Acts normal to surface

• Shear stress, tw, (friction) on surface

– Acts tangentially to surface

• Pressure and shear are in units of force per unit area (N/m2)
• Net unbalance creates an aerodynamic force

No atter how o ple the flow field, a d o atter how o ple the shape of
the body, the only way nature has of communicating an aerodynamic force to a
solid object or surface is through the pressure and shear stress distributions that
e ist o the surfa e.

The pressure a d shear stress distri utio s are the two ha ds of ature that rea h
out and grab the body, exerting a force on the body – the aerod a i for e
 RESOLVING THE AERODYNAMIC FORCE
• Relative Wind: Direction of V∞
– We used subscript ∞ to indicate far upstream conditions
• Angle of Attack, a: Angle between relative wind (V∞) and chord line

• Total aerodynamic force, R, can be resolved into two force components

• Lift, L: Component of aerodynamic force perpendicular to relative wind
• Drag, D: Component of aerodynamic force parallel to relative wind
 RESOLVING THE AERODYNAMIC FORCE
• Aerodynamic force, R, may also be resolved into components perpendicular and parallel to
chord line
– Normal Force, N: Perpendicular to chord line
– Axial Force, A: Parallel to chord line
• L and D are easily related to N and A

• For airfoils and wings, L and D most common

• For rockets, missiles, bullets, etc. N and A more useful
L  N cos a  A sin a
D  N sin a  A cos a
 AERODYNAMIC MOMENT
• Total aerodynamic force on airfoil is summation of F1 and F2
• Lift is obtained when F2 > F1
• Misalignment of F1 and F2 creates Moments, M, which tend to rotate airfoil/wing
• Value of induced moment depends on point about which moments are taken
– Moments about leading edge, MLE or quarter-chord point, c/4, Mc/4
– In general MLE ≠ Mc/4
F1

F2
 VARIATION OF L, D, AND M WITH a

• Lift, Drag and M on a airfoil or wing will change as a changes

• Variations of these quantities are some of most important information

that an airplane designer needs to know

• Aerodynamic Center
– Point about which moments essentially do not vary with a
– Mac=constant (independent of a)
– For low speed airfoils aerodynamic center is near quarter-chord point
 HOW DOES AN AIRFOIL GENERATE LIFT?
• Lift due to imbalance of pressure distribution over top and bottom surfaces of
airfoil (or wing)
– If pressure on top is lower than pressure on bottom surface, lift is generated
– Why is pressure lower on top surface?

• We can understand answer from basic physics:

– Continuity (Mass Conservation)
– Ne to ’s nd law (Euler or Bernoulli Equation)

Lift = PA
 HOW DOES AN AIRFOIL GENERATE LIFT?
1. Flow velocity over top of airfoil is faster than over bottom surface
– Streamtube A senses upper portion of airfoil as an obstruction
– Streamtube A is squashed to smaller cross-sectional area
– Mass continuity rAV=constant: IF A↓ THEN V↑

Streamtube A is squashed
most in nose region
(ahead of maximum thickness)

A
B
 HOW DOES AN AIRFOIL GENERATE LIFT?
2. As V ↑ p↓ 1
p  rV 2  constant
– I o p essi le: Be oulli’s E uatio2
dp   rVdV
– Co p essi le: Eule ’s E uatio
– Called Bernoulli Effect
3. With
Most of liftlower pressure over upper surface and
is produced
in first 20-30% of wing
higher
(just downstreampressure over
of leading bottom surface, airfoil feels a
edge)
net force in upward direction → Lift

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 LIFT, DRAG, AND MOMENT COEFFICIENTS
• Behavior of L, D, and M depend on a, but also on velocity and altitude
– V∞, r ∞, Wing Area (S), Wing Shape, m ∞, compressibility

• Characterize behavior of L, D, M with coefficients (cl, cd, cm)

Matching Mach and Reynolds
1
L  rV Sc
(called similarity
2 parameters)
 l
2
L L M , Re
cl   ∞

1 q S
rV S
2 
2
cl  f a , M  , Re  M , Re ∞

cl, cd, cm identical

 LIFT, DRAG, AND MOMENT COEFFICIENTS
• Behavior of L, D, and M depend on a, but also on velocity and altitude
– V∞, r ∞, Wing Area (S), Wing Shape, m ∞, compressibility

• Characterize behavior of L, D, M with coefficients (cl, cd, cm)

1 11 2 2
L  rV2 Scl MD rr VV Scmd
Scc

2 22
L L MD LD
cl   cmcd  
1 11 2 2 qqSc
S
rV2 S q S rVrVSc S
2 22 
1 a , M  , Re 
cl  fon
Note Notation: cmcd f 3 fa
2 a , M
, M  ,Re 
, Re
We use lower case, cl, cd, and cm for infinite wings (airfoils)
We use upper case, CL, CD, and CM for finite wings
COMPARISON OF DRAG FORCES
GOLF BALL AERODYNAMICS

Drag dominated
by pressure drag
behind sphere
 LAMINAR VERSUS TURBULENT FLOW
• Reynolds number also tells you about two types of viscous flows
– Laminar: streamlines are smooth and regular and a fluid element moves
smoothly along a streamline
– Turbulent: streamlines break up and fluid elements move in a random,
irregular, and chaotic fashion
 GOLF BALL AERODYNAMICS
Large Wake of Separated Reduced Size Wake of Separated
Flow, High Pressure Drag Flow, Lower Pressure Drag
Laminar B.L. Separation Point Turbulent B.L. Separation Point
Contents :
• Propulsion
• Aircraft engine
• Types of Aircraft engine
• Aero piston engine
• Gas turbine engine
• Brayton cycle
• Other engines
• Electronic Fuel Injection
 Propulsion

• Propulsion is an energy which creates force from

the engine to make the aircraft move forward.

• On airplanes, thrust is usually generated through

some application of Newton's third law of action
and reaction. A gas, or working fluid, is
accelerated by the engine, and the reaction to
this acceleration produces a force on the engine.
 Aircraft engine

• An aircraft engine is the propulsion unit(power

plant) which generates thrust and pushes the
aircraft to move forward direction to reach
higher level.
• Most of the aircraft engines are either run by
the piston engine and gas turbines.
• The aircrafts which are powered by piston
engines comes under (Light civil aviation).
 Reciprocating engine or IC engine
• Most of the piston engines
consists of reciprocating
engines.
• It consists of cylinders ,
piston , sparkplug ,crank case
, connecting rod , valves.
• Reciprocating engines
operate on a four-stroke
cycle, where each piston
travels from one end of its
stroke to the other four times
.
• The cycle is composed of four
operations:
-Intake,
-Compression,
-Expansion (or power),
-Exhaust.
• With ignition taking place late
in the compression stroke
and combustion of the fuel-
air charge occurring early in
the expansion.
• The reciprocating engines
work on the Otto power
cycle.
Otto Cycle:
• Process 1-2 is an adiabatic
compression.
• Process 2-3 is a heat
addition at constant
volume(isochoric).
• Process 3-4 is an adiabatic
expansion.
• Process 4-1 is a heat
rejection at constant
volume.
 Types of reciprocating engines

• In 1903 after the wright brothers first

successful flight ,the making aircraft engine
has been started.

• Basically there are three types of reciprocating

engines.
 Rotary engine
• In 1918 in world war I where aircrafts were first
being used for military purposes.
• It is an early type of IC engine.
• It is designed with no. of cylinders per row,
crankshaft remains stationary, entire cylinder
block rotates around it the entire engine rotates
with the propeller which drives plenty of air inside
for cooling purpose.
• It can generate up to 80 HP and gave good power
to weight ratio .
• Major disadvantage was it became difficult to fly
as it consumed large amount of castor oil .
 V shaped
• The cylinders were aligned in
two separate planes from each
other tilted at an angle of 30-60
degree, where the crank shaft
holds the both pistons .
• Rolls Royce was first to design
the V shaped engines for
aircraft .
• V shaped designs gives high
power to weight ratio and high
reciprocating torque or mass .
• The famous V12 engine played a
major role in world war II.
 Gas Turbine engines
• After world war II
designers dreamed to
invent an engine which
can break the sound
barrier (speed of sound) ,
which led to the discovery
of gas turbine engines
which was called as Jet
engine.
• Gas turbine engines work
on Brayton power cycle.
• The air enters the compressor gets compressed
and the compressed air enters in to the
combustion chamber,where the fuel and air are
mixed and burnt and passes through the turbine,
exit through nozzle with high acceleration.
 Brayton Cycle

• Since fresh air enters the compressor at the

beginning and exhaust are thrown out at the end,
this cycle is an open cycle.

• By replacing the combustion process by a constant

pressure heat addition process, and replacing the
exhaust discharging process by a constant pressure
heat rejection process, the open cycle described
above can be modified as a closed cycle, called ideal
Brayton cycle. The ideal Brayton cycle is made up of
four internally reversible processes.
• 1-2 Isentropic compression (in a compressor)
• 2-3 Constant pressure heat addition
• 3-4 Isentropic expansion (in a turbine)
• 4-1 Constant pressure heat rejection
 How propulsion takes place?
• Aircraft propellers convert rotary motion from piston
engines or turboprops to provide propulsive force.
• The propellers are provided with several rows of
spinning blades called Rotors.
• As the airflow goes through each row, the air is
accelerated and compressed.
• The air after passing through the several rows of
rotors gets compressed. This stage of the engine is
called the Compressor.
• The compressed gas enters a Combustion Chamber
where fuel is added an a spark ignites the fuel/air
mixture and this flame is self-sustaining.
• The high pressure, high temperature gases exit
from the combustion chamber and expand in the
turbine to generate enough power .
• The exhaust gases leave the turbine.
 Types
• 1.Turbo jet - The turbojet
uses a series of fan-like
compressor blades to bring
air into the engine and
compress it.
• It works with working
fluid(air) consists of inlet
compressor , combustion
chamber , turbine , nozzle.
• Turbo jet gives good
efficiency at higher speeds
(800km/h) and high rate of
climb and un interrupted
power supply.
• 2.Turbo prop- It is a
combination of
propeller engine and
turbo jet engine.
• It consists of a propeller
and reduction gear box
in the front to reduce
the speed of rpm.
• Works same as turbo jet
it used by mostly
military and also civil
aviation.
• 3.Turbo fan - It has one or more rows
of compressor blades extend beyond
the normal compressor blades. The
result is that four times as much air is
pulled into the turbofan engine as in
the simple turbojet.

• Most of this excess air is ducted

through by passing around the power
section and out the rear with the
exhaust gases.

• The turbofan has greater thrust for

takeoff, climbing, and cruising on the
same amount of fuel than the
conventional turbojet engine.

• It has the facility of thrust

augmentation like (afterburner, bleed
burner) turbofan engine has gained lot
more popularity then turbo jet.
• 4. Ram jet - After the achievement of
turbine engines ,designers, engineers
dreamed of building the engine which
could travel at high speeds and reach at
any point on earth in less time. These led
to the development of ramjet, scramjet
engines.
• The ramjet engine is the simplest type of
the all-jet engines because it has no
moving parts.
• And works by supersonic air flow at inlet.
• The sharp edge acts as a diffuser and the
flow get further compressed inside and
reach the combustion chamber where the
fuel and air is mixed and ignited and exits
through converging nozzle.
• It can work only at supersonic speeds not
suitable for less then (Mach no.1).
• 5.Scramjet – Super sonic
combustion ramjet engine
works on oblique shock waves.
• The shock waves pass through
inlet and get compressed
through deflections occurred
inside the walls and ignited
with fuel and exit through
nozzle.
• It can travel more than Mach
no. 10, suitable for hyper sonic
speeds.
• Mostly used in space launch
vehicles , supersonic missiles.
 ROCKET PROPULSION

• What is rocket –Rocket is a

vehicle is used to launch
astronauts(crew) or payload in
to space.
• It o ks o Ne to ’s thi d la
by obtaining thrust from its
rocket engine and throwing the
exhaust jet backwards through a
supersonic nozzle which pushes
the rocket forward.
• It is an non air breathing engine in which the
propellant acts as fuel and the combustion takes
place internally and the exhaust act as working fluid
• Propellant is a mixture of chemical which produces
high pressurized gas for thrust, which accelerates the
rocket
• There are two main types of rockets
• 1) Solid propellant rockets- we use solid propellants
in which the propellants are mixed together and
stored in cylinder, under normal temperature and
ignited with the igniter, once the burning starts it
proceeds until the propellant lasts
• A solid propellants is much easier to handle and can
sit for years before firing
• Propellants are loaded into the rocket just before
launch
• Solid propellants are mostly used in missiles and
side booster for space shuttle
• Liquid rocket-consists of liquid
propellants (oxidizer, fuel) stored in
liquid form in tanks separately and
pumped in to combustion chamber
where both oxidizer, fuel is mixed and
ignited which produces high exhaust
gas and exited through nozzle
• With liquid rockets u can stop the
thrust by turning of the flow of
propellants and can restarted again.
Space shuttle and human space craft
use liquid propellants
• Propellants can be in the form of mono
propellants,bi propopellentsand
hybrid(solid,liquid) propellants
• Presently most of the rockets are using
hybrid propellants .
 THRUST VECTOR CONTROL
• Thrust vector control is a method of
manipulating the direction of thrust form its
engine in order to control the altitude and
angular velocity of an aircraft or rocket
• It plays major important role for
(VTOL),(STOL) aircrafts and also used in
combat situation which enables to perform
various maneuvers in military aircraft
• technique of thrust vectoring was envisaged to
provide upward vertical thrust as a means to
give aircraft Vertical Take-Off and Landing or
Short Take-Off and Landing ability. Later it
was realized that using vectored thrust in
combat situations could enable aircraft to
perform various maneuvers
• Most aircraft currently equipped with thrust
vectoring ability use turbofans with rotating
nozzles or vanes in order to deflect the exhaust
stream.
 THRUST VECTOR NOZZLE
• Thrust vectoring is done through
movable nozzles called vectoring nozzle
• These are specialized nozzles that
facilitate the upward or downward
movement of thrust vectoring so an
aircraft can fly forward or hover over
the ground.
• By altering the angle of these nozzles,
the ratio of longitudinal thrust to lift
thrust could be varied, such that with the
nozzles directed towards the ground, the
aircraft could hover, stationary to the
ground, and could even move
backwards.
• There are many types of vectoring
nozzles like vectoring flaps ,Rotating
flaps, elbow joint
 ADVANTAGES OF
THRUSTVECTOR CONTROL(TVC)
1)Short take off and Landing (STOL)
Aircraft that have small take off and landing zones are
largely advantageous as it reduces the space required for
operation of the aircraft. This allows the aircraft to
operate in more compact environments such as aircraft
carriers and airports
2)Fuel Consumption, Flight Range
an aircraft with TVC requires less thrust to
achieve desired results such flight regimes as cruise, climb
and decent. This has
the effect it reduces the fuel consumption of the aircraft
due to the lower thrust
requirement, which in turn increases the aircrafts flight
range.
 Project engines
• Sinus is a ultra light motor
glider.
• Built by Pipistrel company .
• Consists of Rotax 912
model engine.
• Detailed specifications :-
-Cruise speed 200km/h
-Range 1,200km/h
-Rate of climb-6.2 m/s
-Service ceiling -8,800m
• It has horizontally
opposed four cylinder
,four stroke cylinder with
gear reduction.
• Produces 80hp and has
capacity of 1,211cc and
compression ratio of 9.1 :
1.
• Equipped with dual
carburettor and
electronic fuel injection .
 Carburettor
• Carburettor is a device that blends
air and fuel for an IC engine , which
works on Bernoulli's principle.

• It basically consists of an open pipe

which is in the form of venture and a
butterfly valve called throttle valve.

• The air enters into inlet manifold of

the engine.

• The throttle valve controls the flow

of air and quantity of air fuel mixture
through the carburettor throat by
regulating engine power and speed.
 Electronic Fuel Injection
• Fuel injection is a system for admitting fuel
into an internal combustion engine.
• EFI consists of three basic systems:
-Electronic Control Unit(ECU)-which
determines basic injection quantity.
-Fuel delivery system maintains a constant fuel
pressure on the injector.
-The air induction system delivers air to the
engine based on demand.
UNIT-3
 Aircraft Motion and Control
Objective: Know basic aircraft motion and how it is controlled.
1. Identify the axes of rotation.
2. Identify the effects of ailerons and elevators on
flight.
3. Identify the effects of flaps on flight.
4. Identify the effects of the rudder on flight
5. Identify the effects of spoilers on flight.
 Bernoulli Principle

• As the air velocity increases, the pressure decreases;

and as the velocity decreases, the pressure increases
 The Axes of Rotation

PITCH

ROLL

YAW
 The Axes of Rotation
 Longitudinal Axis
• Running from the tip of the nose to the tip of the
tail. This axis can be thought of as a skewer which
turns either right or left and causes everything
attached to it to turn.
 The Axes of Rotation

• Longitudinal Axis
• The cause of movement or
roll about this axis (roll axis) is
the action of the ailerons.
 The Axes of Rotation
• Lateral Axis
• An imaginary rod, running
Flaps Elevators
from one wing tip through the
other wing tip, forms an
ai pla e’s late al a is.
• Another name for the lateral
axis is the pitch axis.
• The flaps and elevators can be
deflected up or down as the
pilot moves the control
column backward or forward.
 Flaps
• The flaps are attached to the trailing edge
of the wing. In cruising flight, the flaps
simply continue the streamline shape of
the i g’s ai foil.
• When flaps are lowered either partially or
fully, lift and drag are increased.
 Flaps
• Flaps increase the camber of the wing airfoil
for the portion of the wing that it is
attached.
• This causes the air to speed up over the wing
section where the most lift is created.
• On the underside of the wing, dynamic lift is
increased.
• Using flaps when taking off helps the airplane
get off the ground in a shorter distance.
 The Axes of Rotation
 Vertical Axis
 An imaginary rod or axis which
passes through the meeting
point of the longitudinal and
lateral axes. It is also referred to
as the “yaw a is.
 The airplane turns about this
axis in a side-to-side direction.
 The ai pla e’s rudder is
responsible for the movement
about this axis.
 Rudder
• Located on the Vertical Stabilizer (tail)
• Co t ols the ai aft’s a
• Right Rudder = Right Yaw
• Left Rudder = Left Yaw
 Spoilers
• Spoilers work to destroy lift.
• Spoilers are found on various aircraft from
the jet airliner to the sailplane.
• On the jet airliners, spoilers are hinged so
that their aft portion is tilted upward into the
smooth airflow.
“o Lets Put It all Togethe ….
 Review
• Which is not a primary axis associated with
basic aircraft motion?

A. Longitudinal Axis
B. Lateral Axis
C. Vertical Axis
D. Diagonal Axis
 Review
• Affecting movement along the Longitudinal
Axis, which basic aircraft control surface
results in the aircraft rolling?

A. Ailerons
B. Flaps
C. Elevators
D. Rudder
 Review
• True or False? Extending flaps, increases both
lift as well as drag?

A. True
B. False
 Review
• If an aircraft rudder was positioned as in the
picture below, which direction would the
aircraft begin to yaw?
Vertical Stabilizer
A. Left (Tail)

B. Right
Rudder
 Aircraft Motion and Control
Objective: Know basic aircraft motion and how it is controlled.
1. Identify the axes of rotation.
2. Identify the effects of ailerons and elevators on
flight.
3. Identify the effects of flaps on flight.
4. Identify the effects of the rudder on flight
5. Identify the effects of spoilers on flight.
 Aerodynamics-Stability
• The ala e of a ai pla e i flight depe ds,
therefore on the relative position of the
center of gravity (CG) and the center of
p essu e CP of the ai foil PHAK -7).
What is center of pressure
(CP)
Answer: CP is the
point where the
resultant force
crosses the chord line.
Because AOA
changes, pressure
forces (positive and
negative) are
 Aerodynamics-Stability
• Therefore, if AOA increases, CP moves
forward. If AOA decreases, CP moves aft.
As the CG and CP get closer,
The CG is usually forward of
the aircraft becomes less stable.
the CP. Rotations around the
The farther apart they are, the
different axis (lateral,
more stable the aircraft is.
longitudinal, and vertical),
occur around the CG.
Because CP is located aft of the
CG, the aircraft wants to tumble
forward, as it rotates around the
CG. Hence, the horizontal
stabilizer, counteracting the
flipping rotation by creating
downward lift.
 Aerodynamics-Stability
• Stability=the tendency to correct back to the original state
• Maneuverability=the ability to change attitude and withstand
stresses
• Controllability=the ai aft’s espo se to pilot i puts

• Types of Stability: Static & Dynamic

• Static- the ai aft’s i itial espo se

• Dynamic-the response over a period of time
 Aerodynamics-Stability
• Static Stability (initial tendency)
– Positive Static=immediately return to the original state
– Neutral Static=remain in the new position
– Negative Static=continue away from the original state

Dynamic Stability (over time)

-Positive Dynamic=returns to original state
-Neutral Dynamic-Once displaced, the plane neither increases or
decreases in amplitude, stays the same
-Negative Dynamic=continues going away, becomes more
divergent if displaced
 Aerodynamics-Stability
• Static Stability:
 Aerodynamics-Stability
• Dynamic Stability:
 Aerodynamics-Stability
Phugoid Oscillations- Result from the
worse type of stability (Positive static,
neutral dynamic). They are long
oscillations, and very slow. Phugoid
oscillations occur with a close
Phugoid
CG and CP
(inherently unstable).
http://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=kh_I25FmOrI

Above is a video of a case

study done on Japan Airlines
flight 123.
-Caution- Long video
 Aerodynamics-Stability
• Dihedral- This is the angle that exists between
the wings and the fuselage. Dihedral affects
longitudinal stability
• Yaw stability-developed from the vertical
stabilizer
Longitudinal stability-roll
Vertical stability-yaw
Lateral stability-pitch
*Through the CG*
UNIT-4
 SATELLITE SYSTEM ENGINEERING
Space Mission Types(unmanned and manned)

Unmanned Missions:
• Earth orbiters
• Planetary and lunar explorers
Earth orbiters
COMSATS(Communication satellites)
1. International
2. Domestic
3. Direct broadcast
4. Military
Earth Orbiter
•Weather

•Earth observers

•Navigation

•Astronomy

•Space physics
 Military

• Survelliance
• Early warnings
• Nuclear detections
• Intelligence
• Antisatellite
Planetary and lunar explorers
Fly-bys
A flight past a point, especially the close approach of a spacecraft to
a planet or moon for observation .
 Probes
A blunt-ended instrument used for study,analysis or research a
part of the body.
 Orbiters
A spacecraft designed to go into orbit, especially one that does
not subsequently land .
 Landers
A spacecraft designed to land on the surface of a planet or
moon.
 Rovers
A craft who spends their time wandering.
Manned machines
Orbiters
A spacecraft designed to go into orbit, especially one that does
not subsequently land .
Lunar orbits
 Stations
A space station, also known as an orbital station or an orbital space station,
is a spacecraft capable of supporting a crew, which is designed to remain
in space (most commonly in low Earth orbit) for an extended period of time
and for other spacecraft to dock
 Space Environment
Earth environment
Atmosphere layers
• Troposhere(5-16Km)75% of all the air which forms clouds and rain
• Stratosphere(Extends up to 50Km) Ozone in the Atmosphere and
absorption of UV Radiation From the sun
• Mesosphere(-90c Temp decreases with height)
• Theremosphere & Ionosphere(Temp increases with height Due to
absorption of energetic ultraviolet and x-ray radiation from the sun)
• Exosphere( Region above 500km)contains mainly oxygen and
hydrogen atoms
• Magnetosphere(like huge magnet it traps electrons(-ve) and
protons(+ve) concentrating them in two bands about 3000km and
16000km above the globe called ‘Radiation belts’
 Launch Environment
Before launch
• Axial loads by the accelerating launch vehicles
• Lateral loads from steering and wind gust
After liftoff
• Rocket engine noise
• Aerodynamic noise
In desired orbit or Trajectory
• Acoustic, vibrations, and shock levels
Launch Vehicle Selection

1.LEO(Low Earth Orbit)

2.GEO(Geo-stationary Earth Orbit)

3.HEO(High Earth Orbit)

 Communications and telemetry
• Attitude Determination and Control
Subsystem (ADCS)
– Stabilizes the vehicle
– Orients vehicle in desired directions
– Senses the orientation of the vehicle relative to
reference (e.g. inertial) points
• Determination: Sensors
• Control: Actuators
• Controls attitude despite external disturbance
torques acting on spacecraft
 Power systems
• ADCS Design Requirements and Constraints
– Pointing Accuracy (Knowledge vs. Control)
• Drives Sensor Accuracy Required
• Drives Actuator Accuracy Required
– Rate Requirements (e.g. Slew)
– Stationkeeping Requirements
– Disturbing Environment
– Mass and Volume
– Power
– Reliability
– Cost and Schedule
 Gravity Gradient Stabilization
• Deploy gravity
gradient boom
• Coarse roll and
pitch control
• No yaw control
• Nadir pointing
surface
• Limited to near
Earth satellites
Best to design such that Ipitch > Iroll >
Iyaw
 Spin Stabilization
• Entire spacecraft
rotates about vertical
axis
• Spinning sensors and
payloads
• Cylindrical geometry
and solar arrays
 Spin Stability
UNSTABLE STABLE
S

IS IS
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IT IT
 3-Axis Stabilization
• Active stabilization of all three
axes
– Thrusters
– Momentum (Reaction) Wheels
• Momentum dumping
• Advantages
– No de-spin required for payloads
– Accurate pointing
• Disadvantages
– Complex
– Added mass
 Attitude Determination
• Earth Sensor (horizon sensor)
– Use IR to detect boundary between deep space & upper
atmosphere
– Typically scanning (can also be an actuator)
• Sun Sensor
• Star Sensor
– Scanner: for spinning S/C or on a rotating mount
– Tracker/Mapper: for 3-axis stabilized S/C
• Tracker (one star) / Mapper (multiple stars)
• Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)
– Rate Gyros (may also include accelerometers)
• Magnetometer
– Requires magnetic field model stored in computer
• Differential GPS
 Attitude Determination

Earth Horizon Sensor Sun Sensor Star Tracker

Sensor Accuracies Comments

IMU Drift: 0.0003 – 1 deg/hr Requires updates
0.001 deg/hr nominal
Star Sensor 1 arcsec – 1 arcmin 2-axis for single star
(0.0003 – 0.001 deg) Multiple stars for map
Sun Sensor 0.005 – 3 deg Eclipse
0.01 deg nominal
Earth Sensor
GEO < 0.1 – 0.25 deg 2-axis
LEO 0.1 – 1 deg
Magnetometer 0.5 – 3 deg < 6000 km
Difficult for high i
 Mission phases and core operations

Team Responsibilities
 Mission concepts Development phase

 Mission requirement and design phase

 Flight and Ground system development phase

 Integration and Environmental testing

 CASE STUDIES
• Concept of mission operation
• Configuration management
• Application of flight constraints
• Training and certification
• Real time operations
• Documentation
• Contingency planning
• Spacecraft performance Assessment
 Objectives

 Spacecraft orbit( LEO, GEO, HEO, deep space)

 Mission sponsor and payload type (3-

axis,spin,gravity gradient)

 Spacecraft attitude control

approach(NASA,DOD,COMMERCIAL)
UNIT-5
 Basics of Flight Mechanics

Mach waves
Stability
Different
types of
flaps
Effect of flaps on lift-coefficient
 Forces in Turns
Level Flight
Medium Banked Turn
Steeply Banked Turn
Normal Turn
Slipping Turn
Skidding Turn
Shock waves

• Shock waves are compression waves

• The properties of the flow changes rapidly after
the shock formation
Load Factor

• It is the maximum load an aircraft can sustain to the

gross weight of the aircraft
• The load factor is measured in G’s (Acceleration due
to gravity)
Load Factor in steep turns

Two forces cause load factor during turns