18AS34: Introduction To Aerospace Engineering AS Syllabus for BE 3rd Sem 2018 Scheme VTU

Introduction To Aerospace Engineering detailed Syllabus for Aerospace Engineering (AS), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.

For all other VTU AS 3rd Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, do visit VTU AS 3rd Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme Subjects. The detailed Syllabus for introduction to aerospace engineering is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Module 1

Introduction to Aircrafts: History of aviation, International Standard atmosphere, Atmosphere and its properties, Temperature, pressure and altitude relationships, Classification of aircrafts, V/STOL machines, Modern developments in Aviation like UAV. Introduction to Space Flight: History of Space Flight & spacecraft technologies Difference between space and atmosphere, upper atmosphere, Introduction to basic orbital mechanics, types of Orbits (LEO, MEO, Geosynchronous and Geostationary, Polar orbits), Kepler’s Laws of planetary motion.

Module 2

Basic principles of flight: Significance of speed of sound, Propagation of sound, Mach number, subsonic, transonic, supersonic, hypersonic flows, Bernoulli’s theorem, Aerodynamic forces and moments on an Airfoil, Lift and drag components, lift curve, drag curve, types of drag, factors affecting lift and drag; Centre of pressure and its significance, Aerodynamic centre, Aspect ratio, Airfoil nomenclature, Basic characteristics of airfoils, NACA nomenclature, Simple problems on lift and drag.

Module 3

Module 4

Aircraft Structures and Materials: Introduction, General types of construction, Monocoque, Semi-Monocoque and Geodesic structures, Typical wing and fuselage structure; Metallic and non-metallic materials for aircraft application. Aluminum alloy, titanium, stainless steel and composite materials for aerospace applications.

Module 5

Aircraft Instruments: Instrument Displays, Introduction to Navigation Instruments, Basic Air data systems & Probes, Mach meter, Air speed indicator, Vertical speed indicator, Altimeter, Gyro based instruments. Aircraft Systems : Introduction to Hydraulic and pneumatic systems, Air Conditioning and Cockpit pressurization system, Generation and distribution of Electricity on board the airplane, Aircraft Fuel System, Fire Protection, Ice and Rain Protection System.

Course Outcomes:

Question paper pattern:

The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
Each full question will be for 20 marks.
There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module. Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module

Text Books:

Introduction to Flight John D. Anderson McGraw-Hill Education 8th edition, 2015
Fundamentals of Flight Vol-I to Vol-IV Lalit Gupta and O P Sharma Himalayan Books 2006

Reference Books:

For detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE 3rd Sem Aerospace Engineering, visit (AS) 3rd Sem Syllabus Subjects.

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