Department of Aeronautical Engineering, REC

Subject Code Subject Name Category L T P C

AE19503 AIRCRAFT STABILITY AND CONTROL PC 2 1 0 3

OBJECTIVE:

 To make the student understand the concepts of stable and nonstable configuration of
airplanes. Also to introduce the concepts of control of airplanes under various operating
conditions.
UNIT I STATIC LONGITUDINAL STABILITY AND CONTROL 15
General concepts-Degrees of freedom of a rigid body, Static and dynamic stability, Need for
stability in an airplane, inherently and marginally stable airplanes, Stability and
Controllability, Requirements of control surfaces, criteria for longitudinal static stability,
contribution to stability by wing, tail, fuselage, wing fuselage combination, Total longitudinal
stability, Neutral point-Stick fixed and Stick free aspects, Free elevator factor, static margin,
Hinge moment, Power effects on stability-propeller and jet aircrafts, longitudinal control,
Movement of center of gravity, elevator control effectiveness, elevator control power, elevator
angle to trim, elevator angle per g, maneuver point, Stick force gradient and stick force per g,
Aerodynamic balancing

UNIT II STATIC DIRECTIONAL STABILITY AND CONTROL 12

Directional stability-yaw and sideslip, Criterion of directional stability, contribution to static
directional stability by wing, fuselage, tail, Power effects on directional stability-propeller and
jet aircrafts, Rudder fixed and rudder free aspects, Rudder lock and Dorsal fin, Directional
control, rudder control effectiveness, rudder requirements, adverse yaw, asymmetric power
condition, spin recovery.

UNIT III STATIC LATERAL STABILTY AND CONTROL 12

Lateral Stability-Dihedral effect, criterion for lateral stability, evaluation of lateral stability
contribution of fuselage, wing, wing fuselage, tail, total static lateral stability, lateral control,
aileron control power, aileron effectiveness, strip theory estimation of aileron effectiveness,
roll control by spoilers, aileron reversal, aileron reversal speed.

UNIT IV DYNAMIC LONGITUDINAL STABILITY 11

Aircraft Equations of motion, small disturbance theory, Estimation of longitudinal stability
derivatives stability derivatives, Routh’s discriminant, solving the stability quartic, Phugoid
motion, Factors affecting the period and damping.

UNIT V DYNAMIC LATERAL AND DIRECTIONAL STABILITY 10

Dutch roll and spiral instability, Auto rotation and spin, Stability derivatives for lateral and
directional dynamics.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

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Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course students will be able to
AE19503.1 An understanding of the contribution to static longitudinal stability from various
components of the airplane and the requirements of rudder
AE19503.2 An understanding of the contribution to directional stability from various components of
the airplane and the requirements of rudder
AE19503.3 An understanding of the dihedral effect, rolling power and control effectiveness of aileron
AE19503.4 To get familiarized with the longitudinal, directional and lateral dynamics of the airplane
AE19503.5 Identify the lateral and longitudinal modes and relate the important physical influences of aircraft
properties on these modes.

TEXT BOOKS

1. Perkins C.D. &Hage R.E. Airplane performance, stability and control, John Wiley & Sons
1976.
2. Nelson, R.C. Flight Stability & Automatic Control, McGraw Hill, 1998.
REFERENCES

1. McCormick, B.W. Aerodynamics, Aeronautics & Flight Mechanics John Wiley, 1995.
2. Babister, A.W. Aircraft Stability and response, Pergamon Press, 1980
3. Etkin, B., Dynamics of Flight Stability and Control, Wiley, third edition 1995. 4.Pamadi, B.N.
Performance, Stability, Dynamics, and Control of Airplanes, AIAA Education Series, 2004.
4.

CO/PO-PSO PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3

AE19503.1 3 2 2 1 1 - - - 1 1 1 1 3 2 1
AE19503.2 3 2 2 1 2 - - - 1 1 1 1 3 2 1
AE19503.3 3 2 2 1 2 - - - 1 1 1 1 3 2 1
AE19503.4 3 2 2 1 2 - - - 1 1 1 1 3 2 1
AE19503.5 3 2 2 - 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1
Average 3 2 2 1 1.8 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1

Subject Code Subject Name Category L T P C

AE19504 AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES PC 2 1 0 3

OBJECTIVES
 To provide the students various methods for analysis of aircraft wings and fuselage.
 To provide the the behavior of major aircraft structural components.

UNIT I UNSYMMETRICAL BENDING 9

Bending of symmetric beams subject to skew loads - bending stresses in beams of unsymmetrical sections –
generalized “K” method, neutral axis method, principal axis method.

UNIT II SHEAR FLOW IN OPEN SECTIONS 9

Thin walled beams – concept of shear flow – the shear centre and its determination – shear flow distribution in
symmetrical and unsymmetrical thin-walled sections – structural idealization – shear flow variation in idealized
sections.

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