Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology

School

Mech & Mine Engineering School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Delivery mode

Internal

Class hours

2 Lecture hours
2 Tutorial hours

Incompatible

AERO3000

Prerequisite

MATH2000 and MECH2410

Assessment methods

Assignments, End of Semester Examination

Course enquiries

Anand Veeraragavan (anandv@uq.edu.au)

Study Abroad

This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 16/11/2024) St Lucia In Person Profile unavailable

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course description

Flight mechanics deals with the interaction between vehicles and the atmosphere. Problems in this area include producing more efficient designs, improving the control systems for aircraft, reducing aircraft vibration and noise, etc. The course covers aircraft performance during take-off, climb, level flight and landing. Aircraft stability and static equilibrium including the effect of components, aircraft control surfaces and devices, and trimmed equilibrium condition and its effect on performance.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2023 (24/07/2023 - 18/11/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 22/06/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2016 (25/07/2016 - 19/11/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2015 (27/07/2015 - 21/11/2015) St Lucia Internal Course Profile