EASA MODULE 08 BASIC AERODYNAMICS EBOOK

Table of Contents

• International standard atmosphere, application to aerodynamics

• a)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.

• a) 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 augmentation

• longitudinal, lateral and directional stability (active and passive)