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AERO5500: Flight Test and Evaluation
2024 unit information
This unit aims to develop an understanding of aircraft flight test, validation and verification, and the development of modern flight control, guidance, and navigation systems. Students will gain skills in analysis, problem solving and systems design in the areas of aircraft dynamic system identification and control. At the end of this unit students will be able to understand elements of the following: the principles of stability augmentation systems and autopilot control systems in aircraft operation, their functions and purposes; the characteristics of closed loop system responses; advanced feedback control systems and state-space design techniques; the concepts of parameter and state estimation; the design of observers in the state space and the implementation of a Kalman Filter; multi-loop control and guidance systems and the reasons for their structures; flight test principles and procedures and the implementation a flight test programme.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic
| Code | AERO5500 |
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| Academic unit | Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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AERO3560 or AERO8560 or AERO9560 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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BE in area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering Field |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. appreciate flight test principles and procedures and to be capable of implementing a flight test programme
- LO2. understand the characteristics of closed loop system responses
- LO3. understand the concepts of parameter and state estimation
- LO4. understand the principles of stability augmentation systems and autopilot control systems in aircraft operation, their functions and purposes
- LO5. understand advanced feedback control systems and state-space design techniques
- LO6. design observers in the state space
- LO7. model aircraft flight characteristics using computational techniques
- LO8. develop capabilities in written communication through preparation of reports
- LO9. simulate and analyse the dynamic behaviour of an aircraft.
Unit availability
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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There are no availabilities for previous years.
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