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Week - 1 |
General Definitions: Air Traffic Management; Aircraft; Aircraft Life Cycle; Aircraft Regulatory Framework; Airplanes and Aircraft Classification; Aircraft Used in Commercial Air Transport; Global Fleet Distribution and Forecasts; Aircraft Performance: Methodology, Performance Characteristics and Performance Metrics; Aircraft Performance Classifications; Flight (Mission) Profile. |
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Week - 2 |
General Equations of Motion: Coordinate Systems and Assumptions: Coordinate Transformations; Equations of Motion: Kinematic Equations, Dynamic Equations, Weight Equation; Flight over a Flat Earth: Flight in the Vertical Plane, Flight in the Horizontal Plane, Three-Dimensional Equations of Motion; Flight over a Spherical Earth; Flight in a Moving Atmosphere. |
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Week - 3 |
EN: Aerodynamics, Propulsion, and Flight Environment: Aerodynamic Relationships; Estimation of Drag Coefficient; Parabolic Drag Polar; Actual Drag Polar; Propulsion System Characteristics: Thrust and Specific Fuel Consumption, Ideal Subsonic Turbojet Model; Standard Atmosphere Model; Actual Atmosphere and Meteorology. |
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Week - 4 |
Level Flight Performance -Fundamental Definitions: Distance and Speed Definitions: Relationships Among Airspeeds; Symmetric Level Flight Equations: Thrust Required, Thrust Available; Calculation of Level Flight Speed: Minimum Drag Speed and Minimum Drag, Level Flight Condition; Speed Limits; Altitude Limits: Absolute Ceiling and Service Ceiling for Jet and Propeller-Driven Aircraft. |
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Week - 5 |
Level Flight Performance- Cruise Range: Specific Range: Effects of Weight, Altitude, and Mach Number, Wind Effects; Methods for Calculating Cruise Range; Analytical Integration: Cruise Schedules, Weight Relationships, Cruise at Constant Altitude and Constant Lift Coefficient, Cruise at Constant Speed and Constant Lift Coefficient, Cruise at Constant Altitude and Constant Speed; Numerical Integration: Integrated Range Method; Cruise Tables and Range Diagrams. |
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Week - 6 |
Level Flight Performance: Optimal Cruise Range and Endurance
Cruise Optimization Problem; Best Range Speed/Mach Number; Optimal Cruise Range Schedules; Payload–Range Analysis; Holding Performance: Endurance, Holding Equations of Motion, Optimum Altitude; Maximum Endurance; Analytical Integration: Endurance at Constant Speed and Constant Lift Coefficient, Endurance at Constant Altitude and Constant Speed; Endurance Calculation Using Numerical Integration. |
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Week - 7 |
Climb Performance: Climb–Speed Schedules; Climb Motion: Climb Equations, Climb Angle and Rate of Climb; Numerical Calculation of Climb Distance, Time, and Fuel Consumption; Optimal Climb Schedules: Steepest Climb, Fastest Climb, Most Economical Climb; Climb with Limited Thrust; Selection of Cruise Altitude; Cruise Climb Schedule; Engine and Pressurization Failures. |
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Week - 8 |
Descent and Glide Performance: Steady Descent/Glide Motion; Numerical Solution of the Glide Problem; Continuous Descent Approach; Maximum Range and Maximum Endurance Gliding. |
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Week - 9 |
Accelerated Flight Performance-Maneuvering Performance: Turning Maneuvers in the Horizontal Plane; Coordinated Turns; Optimal Coordinated Turn Schedules: Turns at Maximum Load Factor, Minimum Radius Turns, Maximum Rate Turns; Maneuvering Envelope. |
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Week - 10 |
Accelerated Flight Performance-Accelerated Level Flight and Climb: Equations of Accelerated Level Flight; Equations of Accelerated Climb; Acceleration Factor; Climb at Constant Equivalent Airspeed (EAS); Climb at Constant Calibrated Airspeed (CAS); Climb at Constant Mach Number; Determination of Crossover Altitude; Energy Method: Aircraft Specific Energy, Energy Maneuverability. |
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Week - 11 |
Takeoff Motion: Ground Roll, Rotation Distance, Transition Distance, Takeoff Time; Factors Affecting Takeoff Performance. |
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Week - 12 |
Landing and Approach Performance: Landing Maneuver; Landing Phases; Landing Distance; Flight Operations. |
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Week - 13 |
Mission Fuel Calculation: Requirements; Fuel Calculation Methods; Payload–Range Diagram. |
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Week - 14 |
Operating Costs: Cost Index, Cruise Speeds, Economic Mach Number and Cruise Cost Function; Relationship Between Cost Index and Climb and Descent Performance. |