1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

MF23 1 Aircraft General Knowledge 2
10 credit ponts 2 hours per week (2 sems) Hawthorn
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Technology (Aviation)
Objectives
This subject is designed to reinforce and increase a student's
understanding of the aeronautical and aerodynamic factors
influencing aircraft performance up to Airline Transport
Licence standard; and to understand the uses of typical flight
systems on modern jet transport aircraft.
Content
Aircraft general knowledge to ATPL;
engines and engine systems, Gas Turbine, aircraft engine
operation and control;
activating systems, airframe systems, electrical systems,
flight instrumentation, warning and recording systems;
aerodynamics to ATPL;
design features, characteristics of airflow, the operation
of controls, asymmetric flight.
Recommended reading
Andenon, J.D. Inhoduaia to flight New York, McGraw-Hill, 1989
Campbell, R.D. The Multi Engine Rating Instructor Manual.
Granada, AOPA
Department of Transport and Communications. Aircraft
Maintenunce Text 4, Aerodynamics
FAA. AC-65-12A Power Plant Handbook. Aviation Maintenance
Foundation Theory Centre, 1985
Hurt, H.H. Aerodynamicsfor Naval Aviators. Renton, Wash.,
Aviation Suppies and Academics, 1992
Kroes, M.J. et al. Aircraft Basic Science. 6th edn, New York,
Glencoe, MacmilladMcGraw-Hill, 1989
Kroes, M.J. et al. Aircraft Powetplants. 6th edn, New York,
Glencoe Division, MacmilladMcGraw-Hill, 1990
Pallen, E.H.J. Aircraft Instruments Principles and Applications.
2nd edn, Harlow, Essex, Longman Scientific and Technical, 1981
Peters, D. Basic Functional Devices and Systems. Canberra, AGPS,
1989
Shevell, R.S. Fundamentals of Flight. 2nd edn, Englewood Cliffs,
N.J., Prentice Hall, 1989
Thom, T. ATPL Aircraft General Knowledge, Vol 2, Aviation
Theory Centre, 1995
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MF241 Theoretical Aerodynam~cs
10 credit points 3 hours per week Sem 1 & 2 hours per week
Sem 2 Hawthorn
C
E A second year subject in e Bachelor of Technology (Aviation)
Obiectives
8 This subject is designed to develop an understanding by the
g student of the basic aerodynamic factors influencing the
flight of an aircraft and to relate these to observed effects.
Content
Fluid properties, the standard atmosphere, ideal fluid flow,
boundary layers, aerofoils, wings, force and moment
coefficients, steady flight, aircraft performance, static
stability.
Recommended reading
Anderson, J.D. Introduction to Flight. New York, McGraw-Hill,
1989
Clancy, L.J. Aerodynamics. Harlow, Longman, 1991
Houghton, E.L. and Carruthers, N.B. Aerodynamics for
Engineering Students. 3rd edn, London, Arnold, 1982
Shevell, R. S. Fundamentals o flight. 2nd edn, P entice Hall, 1989
MF250 Human F&&8
15 credit points 3 hours (2 sems) Hawthorn
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A second year subject in the Bachelor of Technology (Aviation)
0 b jectives
The major aim of this subject is to introduce the field of
aviation human factors and its importance in the operation
of modern commercial aircraft. The importance of this area
is emphasised by the fact that over eighty percent of aircraft
accidents are directly attributable to a human factors
breakdown.
Content
This subject builds on the work covered - MF190
Communication Skills and MF150 Occupational Health and
Safety and studies how stress, human error, workload,
personality, decision making, ergonomics and automation
affect the pilot's performance. Systems theory, accident
analysis, flight safety issues, and the importance of effective
teamwork and communication will also be addressed.
Recommended reading
Hawkins, F. H., Human Factors in Flight, 2nd edn. UK, Ashgate,
1987 -.-
Johnston, N., McDonald, N. and Fuller, R. (Eds). Aviation
Psychology in Practice, Aldershot, UK, Avebury, 1994
O'Hare, D. and Roscoe, S. Flightdeck Pe$ormance. The Human
Factor, Ames, Iowa State University Press, 1990
Reason, J. Human Error, Cambridge UK, Cambridge University
Press, 1990
Trollip. S.R. & Jenses R.S., Human Factors for General Aviation
Colarado, Jeppesen Sanderson 1991
Weiner, E.L., and Nagel, P. Human Factors in Aviation. San
Diego, Academic Press, 1988
MF260 Advanced Pro ulsiop and Aircraft
Systems ~ kpfrn tankhrl*ier
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10 credit points 2 hours per week (2 sems) Hawthorn
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Technology (Aviation)
0 biectives
his subject is designed to provide students with an
advanced understanding of the operation and maintenance
of the propulsion and activating elements of the aircraft they
will be using to the level of Airline Transport Pilot Licence.
Content
Gas turbines, operations, propulsion developments, inspection
technology, engine balancing, engine bearings, engine
condition, trend monitoring, managing the aging aircraft fleet.
Recommended reading
Cohen, H, Rogers, G. Saravanamuttoo, H. Gas Turbine Theory,
3rd edn, London, Longman, 1987
Dept. of Transport and Communications, Basic Functional
Devices and Systems, Canberra, AGPS, 1989
FAA AC-65-12A Power Plant Handbook. Aviation Maintenance
Foundation
McCormick, B. Aerodynamics, Aeronautics and Flight Mechanics.