1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook
1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook
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Recommended reading<br />
CASA Aeronautical Information Publication. Civil Aviation<br />
Safety Authority<br />
CASA Civil Aviation Orders. Civil Aviation Safety Authority<br />
Dept. of Science and Technology (Bureau of Meteorology).<br />
Manual of Meteorology Parts 1 and 2. Australian Government<br />
Publishing Service, 1975/1981<br />
Thom, T. Meteorology C Navigation, Vols 2. Williamstown,<br />
Aviation Theory Centre<br />
MF13 1 Aircraft General Knowledge 1<br />
14 credit points 3 hours per week (2 serns) Moorabbin<br />
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Technology (Aviation)<br />
Objectives<br />
This course is designed to provide students with a<br />
knowledge of aeronautics and aerodynamics sufficient to<br />
form a firm foundation for practical application in flight<br />
operations up to the level of Commercial Pilot Licence.<br />
Content<br />
Aircraft general knowledge to CPL;<br />
Aerodynamics to CPL;<br />
Aerodynamic principles of flight, flight controls, steady<br />
flight manoeuvres.<br />
Recommended reading<br />
Anderson, J.D. Introduction to Flight New York, McGraw-Hill,<br />
1989<br />
Campbell, R.D. Flying Training for the Private Pilot Licence<br />
Instructor Manual. Oxford, BSP Professional, 1988<br />
Kermode, A.C. Mechanics of Flight. 9th rev. edn, Harlow,<br />
Longman Scientific and Technical, 1987<br />
Shevell, R.S. Fundamentals of Flight. 2nd edn, Englewood Cliffs,<br />
N.J., Prentice Hal, 1989<br />
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Thom, T. Aeroplane General Knowledge and Aerodynamics, Vol 1.<br />
Williamstown Aviation Theory Centre<br />
O?Q~\ L , MFI SO<br />
10 credit points 2 hours per week (2 sems) Hawtbm<br />
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Technology (Aviation)<br />
Occupational Health and S<br />
0 bjedives<br />
This subject is designed to acquaint students with the occupational<br />
health and safety requirements of modem aviation.<br />
Content<br />
Safety hazards, combustion, handling of dangerous goods,<br />
accident prevention, aviation medicine, survival skills.<br />
8 Recommended reading<br />
Creighton, W.B. Understanding Occupational Health and Safety<br />
$ Law in Victoria. North Ryde, N.S.W.,CCH Australia, 1986<br />
Glass, H.H., The Liability of Employers in Damagesfor Personal<br />
Injury. 2nd edn, Sydney, Law Book Company, 1979<br />
Harding, R.H. and Mills, F.J. Aviation Medicine. 2nd edn,<br />
London, British Medical Association, 1988<br />
Jensen, R.S. Aviation Psychology. Aldershot, Brookfield, USA,<br />
Gower Technical, 1989<br />
Merritt, A. A Guidebook to Australian Occupational Health and<br />
Safety Laws. 2nd edn, North Ryde, N.S.W., CCH Australia, 1986<br />
Wiener, E.L. and Nagel, D.C. Human Factors in Aviation. San<br />
Diego, Academic Press, 1988<br />
7'<br />
MF160 -~ro~ulsion and Aircraft Systems<br />
14 credit points 3 hours per week (2 sems) Hawthorn<br />
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Technology (Aviation)<br />
0 b jedives<br />
This subject is designed to provide students with a<br />
knowledge of the operation of the principles behind the<br />
propulsion and aircraft systems up to the level of Private<br />
Pilot Licence.<br />
Content<br />
Thermodynamics, internal combustion engines, structures,<br />
mechanisms and linkages, electremechanical systems,<br />
motors and generators.<br />
Recommended reading<br />
Eismin, T.K. Aircraft Electricity and Electronics. 4th edn, New<br />
York, McGraw-Hill, 1989<br />
Kroes, M.J. et al. Aircraft Powerplants. 6th edn, New York,<br />
Glencoe Division, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, 1990<br />
Pallett, E.H.J. Aircraft Instmments. 2nd edn, Harlow, Longman<br />
Scientific & Technical, 1981<br />
Floyd, TL. Electronics Fundamentals. 3rd edn, Prentice Hall, 1995<br />
Bedford, A. and Fowler, W. Engineering Mechanics - Statics.<br />
Addison -Wesley, 1995<br />
Bedford, A. And Fowler, W. Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics.<br />
Addison-Wesley, 1995<br />
Kinsky, R. Heat Engineering 3rd edn, McG aw il 1989<br />
mJ #&L<br />
MF170 Aviation Mathemat~cs an<br />
puting<br />
20 credit points 4 hours per week (2 sems) Hawthorn<br />
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Technology (Aviation).<br />
Ob jedives<br />
This subject is designed to introduce students to<br />
mathematical principles as they relate to aircraft systems and<br />
aerodynamics.<br />
Content<br />
Applied mathematics, calculus, general computer skills, high<br />
level language programming, programming applications,<br />
data transfer.<br />
Textbook<br />
Anton, H., Calculus with Analytic Geometry, 5th edn, New York,<br />
Wiley, 1995<br />
Chapra, S. and Canale, R. Introduction to Computing by Beginners,<br />
McGraw-Hill, 1994<br />
Recommended reading<br />
Amor, T and Peters, D, L. Mathematics Measurements and Units.<br />
Canberra, AGPS, 1978<br />
Holton, D. et al. Mathematics Today. Sydney, McGraw-Hill, 1986<br />
Noggle, J, QuickBASIC Programmingfor Scientists and Engineers,<br />
CRC, 1993<br />
Meriam, J.L. and Kraige, L.G. Engineering Mechanics Vol2:<br />
Dynamics. New York, Wiley, 1993<br />
Bedford, A and Fowler, W. Engineering Mechanics -Dynamics<br />
Addison-Wesley, 1995<br />
Weatherburn, C.E. Elementary Vector Analysis, G. Bell and Sons,<br />
1960
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