Space Engineering detailed syllabus for Mechanical Engineering Sandwich (Mech Sandwich) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Mech Sandwich students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Mechanical Engineering Sandwich 9th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Mech Sandwich 9th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to Mech Sandwich Open Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of space engineering is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
STANDARD ATMOSPHERE 6
History of aviation – standard atmosphere – pressure, temperature and density altitude.
Unit II
AERODYNAMICS 10
Aerodynamic forces – Lift generation Viscosity and its implications – Shear stress in a velocity profile – Lagrangian and Eulerian flow field – Concept of a streamline – Aircraft terminology and geometry – Aircraft types – Lift and drag coefficients using NACA data.
Unit III
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Unit IV
AIRCRAFT STABILITY AND STRUCTURAL THEORY 10
Degrees of freedom of aircraft motions – stable, unstable and neutral stability – concept of static stability – Hooke’s Law- brittle and ductile materials – moment of inertia – section modulus.
Unit V
SPACE APPLICATIONS 10
History of space research – spacecraft trajectories and basic orbital manoeuvres – six orbital elements – Kepler’s laws of orbits – Newtons law of gravitation.
Course Outcomes:
- Illustrate the history of aviation & developments over the years
- Ability to identify the types & classifications of components and control systems
- Explain the basic concepts of flight & Physical properties of Atmosphere
- Identify the types of fuselage and constructions.
- Distinguish the types of Engines and explain the principles of Rocket
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Kermode, A.C., “Mechanics of Flight”, Himalayan Book, 1997.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Mechanical Engineering Sandwich 9th Sem, visit Mech Sandwich 9th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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