Basic Aerodynamics For Aviation Maintenance; EASA Module 08

EASA Part 66/147 compliant Module 8 on Aerodynamics for the aviation maintenance technician for B1 and B2 aircraft maintenance certification. This book teaches what is required by EASA for B1 and B2 knowledge testing and typical of the curricula offered within EASA certified 2 year Part 147 programs.The focus is on a basic understanding of the various conditions of flight and flight controls as applied to the day to day tasks of an aircraft technician.This manual is presented in 4 chapters:1] Physics of the AtmosphereInternational standard atmosphere, application to aerodynamics2] Aerodynamicsa) Airflow around a body.b) Boundary layer, laminar and turbulent flow, free stream flow, relative airflow, upwash and downwash, vortices, stagnation.c) Terms: camber, chord, mean aerodynamic chord, profile (parasitic) drag, induced drag, center of pressure, angle of attack, wash-in and wash-out, fineness ration, wing shape, and aspect ratio.d) Thrust, weight, aerodynamic resultants.e) Generation of lift and drag, angle of attack, lift coefficient, polar curve, stall.f) Airfoil contamination including ice, snow, and frost.3] Theory of flighta) relationship between lift, weight, thrust, and drag.b) glide ratio.c) steady state flights, performance.d) theory of the turn.e) influence of load factor, stall, flight envelope and structural limitations.f) lift augmentation4] Flight stability and dynamicslongitudinal, lateral and directional stability (active and passive)