VCE Physics Unit 2: Option 2.5: How do heavy things fly?

Year 11 Research Guide for Unit 2 Physics

Option 2.5: How do heavy things fly?

This option enables students to explore the aerospace principles that underpin the development of controlled powered flight and the application of these principles to aerospace design. Students observe how different forces affect flight. They investigate the principles of aerodynamics and flight control and how these principles are utilised in the design and operation of aircraft.

On completion of this unit the student should be able to apply concepts of flight to investigate and explain the motion of objects through fluids.

Aerodynamics

How things fly
Simple explanation from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum - includes the forces of flight, effects of air & gravity, aerodynamics, propulsion, structures & materials, and flight dynamics.
Bernoulli's Principle

Manipulating flight

Review of evolving trends in blended wing body aircraft design
Abstract: This paper reviews emerging trends in BWB aircraft design highlighting design challenges that have hindered the development of a BWB passenger transport aircraft.
Four forces on an aeroplane

Applications of flight

Stability and control of aerospace vehicles
From Clarkson University, New York
Bernoulli's Principle and aeroplane aerodynamics - A critical analysis
Aerodynamic principles and applications
Drag reduction: The pursuit of better fuel economy

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