2024

Aircraft Systems

Name: Aircraft Systems
Code: EME13230L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Engenharia Aeroespacial

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

The objective of this curricular unit is to insert the principles involved in the operation of aircraft systems and to operate them. Principles of data acquisition for aircraft systems; Working with Matlab for data acquisition and processing; Modeling and simulation of the dynamics of aircraft systems (electrical, electronic, hydraulic and pneumatic aircraft systems); Design automatic controllers to control the dynamics of aircraft systems (PID and LQR).

Contents

Instrumental Electronics – Rectifiers. Semiconductors and transistors. Amplifiers. Spectral decomposition; Nyquist-Shannon theorem. Data Acquisition: sampling, A/D and D/A conversions. Signal Processing.

Aircraft Systems – General description of aircraft systems. Aircraft electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Control surfaces. Pressurization systems. Landing gear. Anti-icing/de-icing. Emergency systems. Fuel systems. …

Analysis and Control of Aircraft Systems – Laplace transforms and transfer functions. First and second order systems. Analysis in the time and frequency domains. State space modeling. Stability analysis. PID and LQR Controller design.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical classes using Powerpoints, videos and quizes
Practical classes that include summaries and exercises.
Presentations by invited experts.

Assessment
Project 60%
Two Test 40%

Teaching Staff

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