Aircraft Performance Aero 6th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme

Aircraft Performance detail syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (Aero), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17AE63), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other aero 6th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Aero 6th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. The detail syllabus for aircraft performance is as follows.

Course Objectives:

This course will enable students to

1. Understand the aircraft performance in steady unaccelerated and accelerated flight.
2. Understand the airplane performance parameters.
3. Acquire the knowledge on aircraft maneuver performance.

Module 1

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Module 2

Steady Performance – Level Flight, Climb & Glide Performance: Equation of motion for Rate of climb- graphical and analytical approach -Absolute ceiling, Service ceiling, Time to climb – graphical and analytical approach, climb performance graph (hodograph diagram); maximum climb angle and rate of climb Gliding flight, Range during glide, minimum rate of sink and shallowest angle of glide.

Module 3

Fundamental Airplane Performance Parameters The fundamental Parameters: Thrust – to – weight ratio, Wing loading, Drag polar, and lift-to – drag ratio. Minimum velocity. Aerodynamic relations associated with lift-to-drag ratio. Range and Endurance: Propeller driven Airplane: Physical consideration, Quantitative formulation, Breguet equation for Range and Endurance, Conditions for maximum range and endurance. Jet Airplane: Physical consideration, Quantitative formulation, Equation for Range and Endurance, Conditions for maximum range and endurance, Effect

of head wind tail wind.

Module 4

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Module 5

Maneuver Performance Turning performance: Level turn, load factor, Constraints on load factor, Minimum turn radius, Maximum turn rate. Pull-up and Pulldown maneuvers: (Turning rate, turn radius). Limiting case for large load factor. The V-n diagram. Limitations of pull up and push over.

Course Outcomes:

After studying this course, students will be able to:

1. Apply the basic airplane performance parameters.
2. Differentiate the aircraft performance in steady unaccelerated and accelerated flight.
3. Explain the aircraft maneuver performance.

Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):

• Engineering Knowledge.
• Problem Analysis.
• Design / development of solutions
• Interpretation of data

Question paper pattern:

• The question paper will have ten questions.
• Each full question consists of 16 marks.
• There will be 2full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:

1. John D. Anderson, Jr. Aircraft Performance and Design, McGraw-Hill International Editions, Aerospace Science/ Technology Editions, 1999.
2. John D. Anderson, Jr., Introduction to flight McGraw-Hill International Editions, Aerospace Science/ Technology Editions, 2000.

Reference Books:

1. Perkins, C.D., and Hage, R.E., Airplane Performance stability and Control, John Wiley Son Inc, New York, 1988.
2. Barnes W. McCormick, ‘ Aerodynamics, Aeronautics, and Flight Mechanics’, John Wiley& Sons, Inc. 1995.

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