BE 4th Year Second Semester |
S. No. |
Course Code |
Course Name |
L |
T |
P |
Total |
Credits |
1 |
|
Humanities IV (Elective) |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
|
Elective IV |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
AE 408 |
Airplane Design I |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
AE 409 |
Rocket Propulsion |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
AE 442 |
Experiments in Aeronautics III
(Str+CLU+Solid Rocket Motor) |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
AE 499 |
Capstone Project II |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
AE 450 |
Comprehensive Viva |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
AE 461 |
Flight Lab. Exp. In IITK |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Total |
16 |
0 |
12 |
30 |
22 |
Elective IV |
1 |
AE 404 |
Automatic Flight Control |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
AE 407 |
Aeroelasticity |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
AE 410 |
Introduction to Avionics Technology |
|
|
|
|
|
Course Name : AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL
Course Code : AEO 404
L T P : 4 0 0
Lecture wise breakup No. of Lectures
Introduction (06)
Open Loop and Closed Loop (Feed Back) control systems. Types of feedback control systems. Laplace's transform.
Feed Back Control System (06)
Transfer function of linear systems. Impulse response of linear systems, Block diagrams of feed back control systems, Multivariable systems, Block diagram algebra.
Analysis Of Feedback Control Systems (08)
Typical test input signals, Time domain performance characteristics of feedback control systems. Effects of derivative and integral control. Steady State response of feedback control system-steady State error, Frequency response.
System StabilitY (10)
Routh-Hurwitz Criterion, the Root Locus Method.
Longitudinal Auto-Pilots (10)
Longitudinal Auto Pilots: Brief description through Block diagrams and Root Locus of Displacement Auto Pilot, Pitch Orientational Control System. Acceleration control system. Fly-By-Wire control system, Instrument Landing System.
Lateral Auto pilots (08)
Introduction, Damping of the Dutch Roll, Methods of Obtaining coordination, Yaw orientational control system
BOOK:
1. Automatic Control of aircraft and Missiles : John H.Blackelock, John Wiley & Sons,2nd Ed.1990
REFERENCES
1. Airplane Performance Stability and Control : C.D.Perkins And R.E.Hage,John Wiley & Sons
2. Dynamics of Flight :Stability and Control : Bernard Etkins,John Wiley & sons,2nd Ed 1989
3. Flight Stability And Automatic Control : Robert C. Nelson,McGraw Hill Book Comp,1989
4. Automatic Flight Control : EHJ Pallet , B.S.Professionals Books,Oxford,3rd Ed,1987
5. Automatic Control Systems : Benjamin C.Kuo,Prentice Hall of India,New Delhi,1992
Course Name : AEROELASTICITY
Course Code : AEO 407
L T P : 4 0 0
Lecture wise breakup No. of Lectures
Introduction
Definition and historical background, Static and dynamic aeroelastic phenomenon, integretion of aerodynamic, elastic and inertia forces, influence of aeroelstic phenomenon on air craft design, comparison of critical speeds.
Divergence Of Lifting Surface
The phenomenon of divergence, divergence of 2-D wing section, divergence of an idealized cantilever wing, solution based on semi-rigid assumptions, solution to generalized co-ordinates Method of successive approximation, use of Numerical Methods.
Steady State Aero-Elasticity Problems In General
Loss and reversal of aileron Control: 2D case, aileron reversal general case. Lift distribution on a rigid and elastic wing. Effect on Static Longitudinal stability of airplane.
Introduction To Flutter And Buffeting
The phenomenon of flutter, flutter of a cantilever wing. Approximate determination of critical speed by Galerkin’s Method, buffeting and stall flutter--an introduction
.Non Aeronautical Problems
Some typical example in civil engineering, Flow around an oscillating circular cylinder applications to H-shaped sections, Prevention of aero-elastic instabilities.
BOOK:
1. An introduction to the Theory Of Aeroelasticity : Y.C. Fung, Dover Publications 1st Ed.1967
REFERENCES:
1. Aeroelasticity : R.L Bisplinghoff Holt Ashley R.L Halfman Addison –Wesley Publishing Co. Reading Mass ,1st Ed,1965
Course N ame : Airplane Design
Course Code : AEO 408
L T P : 4 0 0
Lecture wise breakup No. of Lectures
Preliminaries (04)
Aircraft design, requirements and specifications, airworthiness requirements. Weight: It's importance. Aerodynamic and structural design considerations. Classifications of airplane, Concept of configuration, features of special purpose airplanes. Unmanned aerial vehicles and their features.
Air Loads In Flight (04)
Classical methods of estimating symmetrical maneuvering loads on a wing in flight, basic flight loading condiyions, Load factor, V-n diagram, gust loads, estimation of gust loads, structural effects. use of panel methods to estimate air load distribution on a wing.
Airplane Weight Estimation (04)
Estimation of airplane weight based on airplane type / mission and material used. trends in wing loading, iterative approach.
Wing Design Considerations (06)
Factors influencing selection of airfoil and plan form. Span wise air loads variation with span and planform, stalling, take-off and landing considerations. BM and SF. Design principles for the structure of all metal, stressed skin wing (Civil & Military airplane).estimation of wing drag, effect of flaps.
Structural Layout And Integration (06)
Structural layout of straight, tapered swept (fwd and aft) wings. fuselage, empennage, Engine locations, Cockpit and passenger cabin layout, layout of flight and engine controls.wing-fuselage jointing methods, all metal airplane considerations, use of composite materials. Preparation of 3-views .CG location.
Landing Gears (02)
Requirement of landing gears, different arrangements ,mechanism for retraction into fuselage and wing. absorption of landing loads, calculations of loads.
Airframe Power plant integration: (02)
Estimation of Horizontal and vertical tail volume ratios, number of engines, location for inlets and considerations their of. Revised CG location.
Modern concepts in airplane design (02)
Super critical wing, relaxed stability, control configured vehicles.
Complete Design Problem (15)
Preparation of conceptual design of an airplane from given specifications.Use and analysis of existing designs for this purpose. Design of airframe for the specifications, prediction of performance ,stability and control, Selection of engines from all considerations with all details. freezing the design .preparation of preliminary drawings including 3 views and lay out.
BOOK:
1. Airplane Design- A Conceptual Approach : Daniel P Raymer. AIAA Education Series USA,1999
REFERENCES:
1. The Design of Airplane : D.Stinton GRANADA,UK,2000
2. Fundamentals of Aircraft Design : L.M.Nikolai,Univ. of Dayton Ohio,1975
3. Aerodynamics for Engineers : Bertin and Smith,Prentice Hall,1989
Course Name : INTRODUCTION TO AVIONICS TECHNOLOGY
Course Code : AEO 409
L T P : 4 0 0
Lecture wise breakup No. of Lectures
AVIONICS TECHNOLOGY (10)
Processors, Memory Devices
Digital Data Buses –MIL-STD-1553B, ARINC 429, ARINC 629, Fiber Optic Buses.
LRU architecture for avionics packaging, software, environ mental effects, difference in avionics architecture of commercial and military aircraft
SENSORS (8)
Air Data Sensing – Use of pitot static probe, static probe to derive air data indications; Role of Air Data Computer (ADC)
Magnetic Sensing – Magnetic Heading Reference System (MHRS)
Inertial Sensing – Position Gyros, Rate Gyros, Accelerometers
Radar Sensing - Radar Altimeter (RADALT), Doppler Radar, Weather Radar
DISPLAY (8)
Comparison of earlier flight deck (Electromechanical type instruments) to modern flight deck (glass fight deck), Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AMLCD), Head Down Display (HDD), Head Up Display (HUD),Helmet Mounted Display (HMD), Integrated Standby Instrument System (ISIS)
COMMUNICATION (8)
HF, U/VHF, Satellite Communication , Air Traffic Control (ATC) Transponder, Traffic Collision & Avoidance System (TCAS), Identification Of Friend & Foe (IFF)
NAVIGATION (10)
Automatic Direction Finding, Very High Frequency Omni-Range (VOR), Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN), VORTAC (VOR+TACAN)
Satellite Navigation System-Global Positioning System (GPS), Differential GPS
Instrument Landing System (ILS), Transponder Landing System (TLS), Microwave Landing System (MLS), Astronavigation.
AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM (6)
Longitudinal, Lateral & Direction Autopilot
BOOK:
1. Civil Avionics Systems- Ian Moir, Allan Seabridge, AIAA Education Series.
Course Name : Space Flight Dynamics
Course Code : AEO 410
L T P : 4 0 0
Lecture wise breakup No. of Lectures
Introduction (05)
Initial works in Germany for space travel. russian and American campaigns, man in space, profile of flight from earth to a destination in space and back. The space shuttle.
Particle Dynamics (05) Introduction, Newton’s laws, velocity and acceleration, coordinates and rotation, the spherical pendulum, energy for one particle, angular momentum, energy for systems of particles, angular momentum , the N-body problem.
The Two–Body problem (05)
Introduction , the two body problem, energy and angular momentum, orbit equation, Kepler’s laws, orbit determination and satellite tracking.
The earth satellite operations (05)
The Hohmann transfer, inclination-change maneuver, launc to rendezvous, decay life time, earth oblateness effect, low thrust orbit transfer.
Rigid Body Dynamics (05)
Introduction, choice of origin, angular momentum and energy, principal-body-axis frame, particle axis theorem, Euler’s equations, Orientational angle, the simple Top.
Satellite attitude Dynamics (05)
Torque –Free-axisymmetric Rigid body, The general torque free rigid body, semi-rigid space craft, attitude control: Spinning and Non spinning space craft. The Yo-Yo mechanism, gravity gradient satellite, The dual spin space craft.
Re-entry dynamics (04)
Introduction, ballistic re-entry, skip re-entry, double dip re-entry, Aero braking, lifting re-entry.
The Space Environment (06)
Introduction, The atmosphere, Light and space craft temperature, charged particle motion, magnetic mirrors, The van-atten Belts, radiation effects, Meteors, Meteorites and impact. Our local neighborhood
BOOK:
1. Space Flight Dynamics : William E. Wiesel , Mcgraw Hill 1989
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