Aircraft Transportation Systems Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme (Open Elective-1)

Aircraft Transportation Systems detail syllabus for various departments, 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17AE563), 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.

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Course Objectives:

This course will enable students to

1. Understand the air transport systems.
2. Acquire the knowledge of aircraft characteristics, airlines and airport.
3. Understand the navigation and environmental systems.

Module 1
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Module 2

Aircraft Characteristics and Manufacturers
Classification of flight vehicles, cabin design, basics of flight physics- structures, mass and balance. Flight performance and mission. Aircraft manufacturers, development process, production process, supply chain.

Module 3

Airlines, Airport and Infrastructure Airline types, Network management. Flight strategy and aircraft selection, flight operations, MRO. Role of Airport, Regulatory Issues, Airport operation and services. Airport planning -infrastructure.

Module 4
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Module 5

Managerial Aspects of Airlines Airline passenger marketing, forecasting methods, pricing and demand. Air cargo-market for air freight. Principles of airline scheduling. Fleet planning.

Course Outcomes:

After studying this course, students will be able to:

1. Explain the air transport systems.
2. Describe the aircraft characteristics, airlines and airport operation.
3. Apply the Air Navigation System & Environmental Systems.

Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):

• Engineering Knowledge.
• 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. Dieter Shmitt, and Valker Gollnick, Air Transport System, Springer, 2016.
2. Jhon G Wensveen, Air Transportation-A Management Prospective, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2011.

Reference Books:

1. Mike Hirst, The Air Transportation System, Woodhead Publishing Ltd, England, 2008.

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