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MOOC-Avion : Comment vole un avion ? (FUN)

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MOOC-Avion : Comment vole un avion ? (FUN)

Cela fait à peine plus d’un siècle que les avions volent. Et, de fait, le vol défie souvent l’intuition de l’animal terrestre que nous sommes. Comment vole un avion et comment éviter qu’il échappe au contrôle du pilote ? Jusqu’où peut-il s’élever dans le ciel ? Autant de questions auxquelles ce MOOC s’efforcera de répondre avec passion, simplicité et rigueur scientifique, en s’appuyant sur des explications visuelles, des mises en situation réalistes, des simulations et en se limitant au formalisme mathématique accessible à un élève de terminale scientifique.

Contenu du MOOC-Avion

Objectifs pédagogiques:
A l’issue du cours, les participants seront capables de :

  • Définir et utiliser à bon escient les grandeurs de la mécanique du vol (incidence, pente, assiette, etc.)
  • Comprendre comment un avion vole et décrire les forces qui s’exercent sur lui à l’équilibre et lors de manœuvres en vol
  • Décrire et modéliser l’origine des forces aérodynamiques sur une aile
  • Décrire l’atmosphère standard et expliquer l’effet de l’altitude sur les caractéristiques de vol d’un avion
  • Expliquer l’origine des limites du domaine de vol d’un avion
  • Dimensionner grossièrement les surfaces portantes d’un avion et la puissance de son moteur
  • Évaluer la distance de décollage et sa pente de montée notamment en cas de panne d’un des moteurs

Disciplines abordées

  • Mécanique du vol (mécanique des solides)
  • Aérodynamique

Prérequis nécessaires
Etant donné le niveau défini ci-dessus, des prérequis seront nécessaires dont :

  • La notion de force et de moment (rotation autour d’un axe)
  • Le principe fondamental de la dynamique
  • L’énergie mécanique
  • La notion de dérivée
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