Elements of Aeronautics detail syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (Aero), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17AE32), 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
- To know the history and basic principle of aviation
- To understand the foundation of flight, aircraft structures, material aircraft propulsion
- To develop an understanding stability of an aircraft along with its different systems
Module 1
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Module 2
Basic principles of flight – significance of speed of sound; airspeed and groundspeed; standard atmosphere; Bernoulli’s theorem and its application for generation of lift and measurement of airspeed; forces over wing section, aerofoil nomenclature, pressure distribution over a wing section. Lift and drag components – generation of lift and drag; lift curve, drag curve, types of drag, factors affecting lift and drag; centre of pressure and its significance; aerodynamic centre, aspect ratio, Mach number and supersonic flight effects; simple problems on lift and drag.
Module 3
Aircraft Propulsion: Aircraft power plants, classification based on power plant and location and principle of operation. Turboprop, turbojet and turbofan engines; ramjets and scramjets; performance characteristics. Aircraft power plants – basic principles of piston, turboprop and jet engines; Brayton
cycle and its application to gas turbine engines; use of propellers and jets for production of thrust; comparative merits and limitations of different types of propulsion engines; principle of thrust augmentation.
Module 4
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Module 5
Aircraft Systems: Mechanical systems and their components; hydraulic and pneumatic systems; oxygen System; environmental Control System; fuel system. Electrical systems, flight deck and cockpit systems; navigation system, communication system. Aircraft systems (Mechanical) – hydraulic and pneumatic systems and their applications; environment control system; fuel system, oxygen system. Aircraft systems (Electrical) – flight control system, cockpit instrumentation and displays; communication systems; navigation systems; power generation systems – engine driven alternators, auxiliary power Module, ram air turbine; power conversion, distribution and management.
Course Outcomes:
After studying this course, students will be able to:
- Appreciate and apply the basic principle of aviation
- Apply the concepts of fundaments of flight, basics of aircraft structures, aircraft propulsion and aircraft materials during the development of an aircraft
- Comprehend the complexities involved during development of flight vehicles.
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 2 full 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:
- John D. Anderson, Introduction to Flight, McGraw-Hill Education, 2011, ISBN 9780071086059.
- Lalit Gupta and O P Sharma, Fundamentals of Flight Vol-I to Vol-IV, Himalayan Books, 2006.
Reference Books:
- A.C. Kermode, Flight without formulae, Pearson Education India, 1989. ISBN: 9788131713891.
- Nelson R.C., Flight stability and automatic control, McGraw-Hill International Editions, 1998. ISBN 9780071158381.
- Ian Moir, Allan Seabridge, Aircraft Systems: Mechanical, Electrical and Avionics Subsystems Integration, John Wiley & Sons, 2011, ISBN: 978111965006.
- Sutton G.P., Rocket Propulsion Elements, John Wiley, New York, 8th Ed., 2011; ISBN: 1118174208, 9781118174203.
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