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HW#2
AE
372
Flight
Mechanics
Spring
2016
Due
on:
Friday,
April
01,
2016,
Beginning
of
class
Note:
You
are
allowed
to
talk
and
discuss
the
questions
with
each
other.
However
anything
written
and
submitted
should
be
your
own
work.
It
is
extremely
important
that
you
go
through
the
thought
process
of
these
questions
to
learn
and
be
successful
in
this
course.
Question1:
Consider
a
car
with
a
jet
engine
racing
with
an
acrobatic
airplane
(Figure
1).
Both
the
car
driver
and
the
pilot
follow
each
other
to
check
who
is
ahead
in
the
race.
YOU
are
of
course
observing
the
race
standing
still
on
the
ground.
The
road
points
straight
to
North.
V yB
xB
c.g.
zB
yE
N oE S
xE
zE
yI
yC
oI
xI xC
zI Vc
zC
Figure
1:
A
car
with
a
jet
engine
racing
with
an
airplane.
1
AE372 Flight Mechanics
Spring 2016, Dr. Ilkay Yavrucuk
The
problem
is
set
up
such
that
one
coordinate
system
is
attached
to
the
aircraft
body
at
its
center
of
gravity
(body-axis
of
the
aircraft,
OBXBYBZB)
,
one
coordinate
system
is
attached
to
the
car
(body-axis
of
the
car,
OcXcYcZc),
and
another
coordinate
system
is
attached
to
the
ground
(earth
fixed
coordinate
system,
OEXEYEZE)
with
its
x-axis
pointing
towards
North.
The
inertial
frame
is
OcXcYcZc.
The
velocity
of
the
car
with
respect
to
(w.r.t.)
you
(the
earth
fixed
coordinate
system)
is
Vc
and
points
directly
towards
North.
The
velocity,
V ,
and
the
angular
velocity,
,
of
the
aircraft
with
respect
to
you
(the
earth
fixed
coordinate
system)
is
also
shown
in
the
Figure.
The
following
is
known:
1. The
atmosphere
is
still
(no
wind)
2. The
airplane
is
in
the
following
angular
position
(in
Euler
angles):
=30deg,
=
-
15deg,
=0deg.
3. The
AOA
at
the
position
shown
is
=5deg
and
the
sideslip
angle
is
=10deg.
4. The
magnitude
of
the
velocity
of
the
aircraft
w.r.t
you
is
120knots.
5. The
Velcoity
Vector
of
the
aircraft
written
in
the
body
axis
system
is
constant
throughout
the
maneuver.
6. The
angular
velocity
vector
of
the
aircraft
w.r.t
you
is
B =[5
-5
0]T
deg/s
at
the
moment
shown
in
the
picture.
7. The
speed
of
the
car
is
220km/h.
8. The
earth
rotation
and
curvature
can
be
ignored
for
these
speeds
(making
the
earth
the
equivalent
as
the
inertial
frame).
I.
Answer
the
following:
a. Plot
the
vehicle
carried
coordinate
system
and
the
wind
axis
system
onto
the
figure.
b. What
is
the
velocity
of
the
aircraft
w.r.t.
the
earth
frame,
written
as
components
of
the
aircrafts
body
axis
system.
c. Express
the
aircraft
velocity
(w.r.t.
the
earth
frame)
as
components
of
the
earth
fixed
coordinate
system.
First
find
a
transformation
matrix
between
the
two
coordinate
systems.
d. What
is
the
velocity
of
the
aircraft
written
as
components
of
the
vehicle
carried
frame?
e. What
is
the
time
rate
of
change
of
the
Euler
Angles
( , , )?
f. What
is
the
translational
acceleration
of
the
aircraft
w.r.t.
earth?
g. What
is
the
translational
acceleration
of
the
aircraft
w.r.t.
the
car?