Flight Dynamics with Tensors

Flight Dynamics with Tensors, available at $69.99, has an average rating of 4.4, with 13 lectures, based on 86 reviews, and has 813 subscribers.

You will learn about Master the new approach to flight dynamics Expose yourself to Cartesian tensors Learn how to convert tensors into matrices Express the equations of motion in matrices Program the matrix equations in MATLAB or PYTHON This course is ideal for individuals who are • Fledgling aerospace engineers • Professionals interested in adopting the new tensor flight dynamics • Aerospace engineers wanting to boost their computational productivity It is particularly useful for • Fledgling aerospace engineers • Professionals interested in adopting the new tensor flight dynamics • Aerospace engineers wanting to boost their computational productivity.

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Title: Flight Dynamics with Tensors

Price: $69.99

Average Rating: 4.4

Number of Lectures: 13

Number of Published Lectures: 13

Number of Curriculum Items: 13

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 13

Original Price: $59.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

Master the new approach to flight dynamics
Expose yourself to Cartesian tensors
Learn how to convert tensors into matrices
Express the equations of motion in matrices
Program the matrix equations in MATLAB or PYTHON

Who Should Attend

• Fledgling aerospace engineers • Professionals interested in adopting the new tensor flight dynamics • Aerospace engineers wanting to boost their computational productivity

Target Audiences

• Fledgling aerospace engineers • Professionals interested in adopting the new tensor flight dynamics • Aerospace engineers wanting to boost their computational productivity

Flight dynamics is undergoing a shift from vectors to tensors, taking advantage of the ever increasing computer power to design and analyze complex aerospace systems. The physics are modeled by tensors independently of coordinate systems. Then the tensors are converted to matrices by introducing coordinate systems and evaluated by one of the many matrix computer tools.

This course introduces the novice to tensor flight dynamics, requiring only basic skills in matrix algebra and differential equations. The fundamentals of tensor algebra are introduced by modeling geometrical relationships of expended boosters landing on barges with their related coordinate transformations. As time enters the study, the new rotational time derivative enables kinematics to be formulated independent of coordinate systems in a truly tensorial format, applied to pilots in centrifuges and attitude determination of aircraft. Point-mass trajectories, also called three-degrees-of freedom trajectories, are derived for rockets, hypersonic vehicles, UAVs; while full-up, six-degrees-of-freedom equations lead to the evaluation of the transient responses of missiles and aircraft in state-space format.

The course is supported by the text book “Introduction to Tensor Flight Dynamics”, 3rd Ed published in 2023 by the instructor at Amazon. It provides more details on how to derive the equations of motion from Newton’s and Euler’s laws and features many problems derived from aerospace applications, some of them to be solved with MATLAB®, SCILAB or other matrix processors.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Geometry

Lecture 1: Vectors are Tensors of Rank One

Lecture 2: Multiplying Tensors of Rank One

Lecture 3: Frames and Coordinate Systems

Chapter 3: Kinematics

Lecture 1: Rotational Time Derivative

Lecture 2: Euler Transformation of Frames

Lecture 3: Attitude Determination

Chapter 4: Point-Mass Dynamics

Lecture 1: Newton's Law

Lecture 2: Vehicles Requiring Inertial Frame

Lecture 3: Vehicles Using Earth Frame

Chapter 5: Rigid Body Dynamics

Lecture 1: Newton's and Euler's Laws

Lecture 2: Missiles and Rockets

Lecture 3: Aircraft and UAVs

Instructors

Peter H Zipfel
Aerospace Par Excellence

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