COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENERAL AIRPLANE INFORMATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Civil Aviation Transportation Management

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR MURAT EKICI

Offered to

Civil Aviation Transportation Management

Course Objective

To recognize major aircraft components and systems the basic concepts of flight, the aircraft flew to learn how to comprehend the definition and control

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to identify the aircraft components
2   Students will be able to identify the flight control surfaces
3   Students will be able to express the aircraft stability
4   Students will be able to flight regimes
5   Students will be able to define the physical characteristics of the student atmosphere
6   Students will be able to express the theory of flight

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Airplane aerodynamics: aerostatic and aerodynamic grip
2 The basic forces acting on an aircraft, airfoil, boundary layer control, stall
3 Flight control surfaces: flaps, spoilers, altitude rudder
4 Flight control surfaces:stabilators, adjustable horizontal stabilizer, canard configuration
5 Flight control surfaces:elevon, tailero's, rudder
6 Flight control surfaces:rudder limiters, ruddervators, fletas
7 Flight control surfaces:rudder limiters, ruddervators, fletas
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Flight control surfaces:the bias system in the control surface, high lift devices (trailing edge flaps, leading edge tabs, slots, slats, flaperons)
10 Flight control surfaces:the bias system in the control surface, high lift devices (trailing edge flaps, leading edge tabs, slots, slats, flaperons)
11 Flight control surfaces:air brakes, ground spoiler
12 Flight speed: speed of sound, subsonic, transonic and supersonic flight, mach number, critical mach number
13 Flight speed: speed of sound, subsonic, transonic and supersonic flight, mach number, critical mach number
14 Rotary wing aerodynamics: fundamental terms
15 Rotary wing aerodynamics: fundamental terms
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Main source: Şahin,K, Planes and Helicopters. Istanbul revolution bookstore, 1999.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing and preparing to subjects

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

A midterm and a final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

will be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

murat.ekici@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Consulting hours are announced on the front door board.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Field study 2 6 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 82

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.15
LO.24
LO.33
LO.44
LO.52
LO.65