Space Vehicles detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Civil 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 Civil Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to Civil Open Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of space vehicles is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
UNDERSTANDING FLIGHT – LIGHTER-THAN-AIR & HEAVIER-THAN-AIR 9 Classification of flight: Lighter-than-air & Heavier-than-air. Historical evolution of Man-made object flight: Balloon & Archimedes principle, Flapping wing & Bird flight, Fixed wing Gliders, Sustained flight with propulsion systems, Rotary-wing & Helicopters. Forces in action during a flight: Lift, Drag, Thrust, weight. Compare: Aerospace vs Space, Levitation vs Controlled-Flight, Propelled flight vsGliding flight, Winged vs Projectile motion, Flapping wing vs Gliding wing
Unit II
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Unit III
PROPULSION, DYNAMICS & CONTROLS 9 Principles of achieving controlled flight by various control mechanisms, with simple mathematical models History of Propulsion. Chemical Propulsion: Solid, Liquid, Cryogenic, Hybrid. Electric propulsion.Dynamics of flight in winged and projectile body. Static & Dynamic Stability and Controls
Unit IV
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Unit V
FUTURE DIRECTIONS & RESEARCH AREAS IN SPACE VEHICLES 9 Reusable vehicles, Space debris reduction, Green propellants, Space robotics, Inter-planetary travel vehicles
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Anderson, J. D., Introduction to Flight, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill (2011).
- B.N.Suresh, Sivan.K, Integrated Design for Space Transportation System – 1st ed. 2015 edition
- Basic Flight Mechanics – AshishTewari, Springer, 2016
- Why Things Don’t Fall Down, by J.E. Gordon (Pelican Books, 1979)
- Flight without formulae -A.C.Kermode
- Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying: Wolfgang Langewiesche
- Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants:John Drury Clark
- Skyriders – The story of human space flight: P.Sasikumar&B.Aravind
Reference Books:
- Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach by Daniel P. Raymer
- Campbell, F. C., Manufacturing Technology for Aerospace Structural Materials, Elsevier (2006).
- Turner, M. J. L., Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion: Principles, Practice and New Developments,3rd ed., Springer (2009).
- Flight Stability and Automatic Control (Hardcover) by Robert C. Nelson
- Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students (Paperback
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Civil Engineering 7th Sem, visit Civil 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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