Aerospace Education Catalogue
MOOC Principes fondamentaux de la mécanique du vol
- Organisations :
- Type of Course: E-learning (mooc, spoc, wikis ...)
- Language(s): English
- Place: (French Regions: Organisme en ligne)
- Prepared diploma/grade/title: Certificate of participation (Notification of training attendance/completion)
Course Details
Objectives: A new specialization is now available on the COURSERA platform: "Fundamentals of flight mechanics", taught in English by Eric Poquillon, Principal Flight Test Engineer and currently professor of flight dynamics at ISAE SUPAERO.
How do planes take off? How do they fly? How do pilots maintain control? And how high can planes fly? Get answers to all these questions and more with this specialization that explores the fundamentals of flight mechanics. You'll learn how the laws of physics apply to airplanes and discover important concepts in aviation, including lift, drag, and propulsion.
Get a practical understanding of the mechanics of flight. Apply it to critically reviewing a flight accident report, establishing a flight test program, or developing a preliminary design for an aircraft.
Duration and terms: Beginner level
approximately 3 months to complete the specialization
a rate of 2 hours/week is recommended
in English with English subtitles
Dedicated web site: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/flight-mechanics-fundamentals/
Disciplines
- Engineering Sciences
Topics
- 2 - Dynamics and Kinematics: Reference Systems, Flight Mechanics, Trajectography, Space Dynamics, Perturbations, Orbit Restitution, Attitude and Orbit Control, Rendezvous, Formation Flying, Constellations, Interplanetary Trajectories, etc.
- 14 - Aeronautical and Space Vehicles: Aircraft, Balloons, Drones, Launch vehicles, Satellites, Cubsats, High Altitude Platforms, Landers, Rovers, Manned Flights, etc.
- 16 - Systems Engineering and Innovation: Modeling, Simulation, MBSE (model based system engineering), Operational Safety, Quality, Product Assurance, Qualification, Validation and Verification, Certification, Management of Innovation, Analysis and Creation of Value, New Space…