Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

~ ~ 2 3 1 Aircraft General Knowledge 2
No. of hours per week: two hours for two
semesters
Subject aims
This subject is designed to reinforce and increase a student's
basic understanding of the aeronautical and aerodynamic
factors influencing aircraft performance up to Commercial Pilot
Licence standard.
Subject description
Aircraft general knowledge to CPL:
Engines and general aircraft systems, thermodynamic systems,
aircraft engine operation and control.
Aerodynamics to CPL:
Design features, characteristics of airflow, the operation of
controls, asymmetric flight.
References
Aircraft general knowledge:
FAA. AC-65-1ZA Power Plant Handbook. Aviation Maintenance
Foundation Theory Centre, 1985
Kroes, M.J. et al. Aircraft Powerplants. 6th edn, New York, Glencoe
Division, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, 1990
Kroes, M.J. et al. Aircraft Bask Science. 6th edn, New York, Glencoe,
Macmillan/McGraw-Hili 1989
Pallett, E.H.J. Aircraftlnstruments: Principles and Applications. 2nd
edn, Harlow, Essex, Longman Scientific and Technical, 1981
Peters, D. Basic Functional Devices and Systems. Canberra, AGPS, 1989
Department of Transport and Communications. Aircraft Maintenance
Text 4
Aerodynamics:
Anderson, J.D. Introduction to Flight. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1989
Campbell, R.D. The Multi Engine Rating: Instructor Manual. Granada,
AOPA
Hurt, H.H. Aerodynamics for NavalAviators. Renton, Wash., Aviation
Suppies and Academics, 1992
Shevell, R.S. Fundamentals of Flight. 2nd edn, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,
Prentice Hall, 1989
~ ~ 2 4 1 Theoretical Aerodynamics
No. of hours per week: two hours
Subject aims
This subject is designed to develop an understanding by the
student of the basic aerodynamic factors influencing the flight
of an aircraft and to relate these to observed effects.
Subject description
Fluid properties, the standard atmosphere, ideal fluid flow,
boundary layers, aerofoils, wings, force and moment
coefficients, steady flight, aircraft performance, static stability.
References
Anderson, J.D. Introduction to Flight. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1989
Houghton, E.L. and Carruthers, N.B. Aerodynamics for Engineering
Students. 3rd edn, London, Arnold, 1982
Clancy, L.J. Aerodynamics. Harlow, Longman, 1991
~ ~ 2 5 0 Human Factors and Performance
No. of hours per week: three hours for two
semesters
Subject aims
This subject is designed to provide students with an
introduction to the human factors affecting the performance
of demanding tasks in a high work load environment like an
aircraft cockpit.
Subject description
Psychology, cockpit layout, task performance, accident
analysis, decision making.
References
Hurst, I. and L. Pilot Error. London, Granada, 1976
Moore, P.G. The Anatomy of Decision. 2nd edn, Harmondsworth, New
York, Penguin Books, 1988
O'Hare, D. and Roscoe, 5. Flightdeck Performance - The Human
Factor; Ames, Iowa State University Press, 1990
Weiner, E.L. and Nagel, P. Human Facton in Aviation. San Diego,
Academic Press, 1988
~ ~ 2 6 0 Advanced Propulsion and Aircraft
Systems
No. of hours per week: two hours for two
semesters
Subject aims
This 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.
Subject description
Gas turbines, operations, propulsion developments, inspection
technology, engine balancing, engine bearings, engine
condition, tread monitoring, managing the aging aircraft fleet.
References
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. New
York, Wiley, 1979
Pratt and Witney, The Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine and Its Operation,
rev. ed, East Hartford, Conn., United Technologies Corporation, Pratt
and Whitney Aircraft Ltd, 1988
Robinson, T., Dept. of Transport and Communications, Gas Turbine
Powerplants and Their Maintenance on Aircraft Canberra, AGPS,
1987
Rolls Royce, The Jet Engine, 4th edn, Derby, Rolls Royce Ltd, 1986
Shigley, J. Mechanical Engineering Design. New York, McGraw-Hill,
1986