Flight Vehicle Design Aero 8th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme

Flight Vehicle Design detail syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (Aero), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17AE82), 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 8th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Aero 8th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. The detail syllabus for flight vehicle design is as follows.

Course Objectives:

This course will enable students to

1. Comprehend the flight vehicle design process.
2. Acquire the knowledge of vehicle configuration and structural components.
3. Understand the stability & control and subsystems.

Module 1

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Module 2

Configuration Layout & loft: Conic Lofting, Conic Fuselage Development, Conic Shape Parameter, Wing-Tail Layout & Loft. Aerofoil Linear Interpolation. Aerofoil Flat-wrap Interpolation. Wing aerofoil layout-flap wrap. Wetted area determination. Special considerations in Configuration Layout: Aerodynamic, Structural, Detectability. Crew station, Passenger, and Payload arrangements. Design of Structural Components: Fuselage, Wing, Horizontal & Vertical Tail. Spreadsheet for fuselage design. Tail arrangements, Horizontal & Vertical Tail Sizing. Tail Placement. Loads on Structure. V-n Diagram, Gust Envelope. Loads distribution, Shear and Bending Moment analysis.

Module 3

Engine Selection & Flight Vehicle Performance Turbojet Engine Sizing, Installed Thrust Correction, Spread Sheet for Turbojet Engine Sizing. Propeller Propulsive System. Propeller design for cruise. Take-off, Landing & Enhanced Lift Devices :- Ground Roll, Rotation, Transition, Climb, Balanced Field Length, Landing Approach, Braking, Spread Sheet for Take-off and Landing. Enhanced lift design -Passive & Active. Spread Sheet

Module 4

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Module 5

Design Aspects of Subsystems Flight Control system, Landing Gear and subsystem, Propulsion and Fuel System Integration, Air Pressurization and Air Conditioning System, Electrical & Avionic Systems, Structural loads, Safety constraints, Material selection criteria.

Course Outcomes:

After studying this course, students will be able to:

1. Calculate the thrust to weight ratio and wing loading.
2. Compute the flight vehicle performance.
3. Select the subsystems as per vehicle design.

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:

1. Daniel P. Raymer, Aircraft Design – A Conceptual Approach- AIAA Education Series, IV Edition, 2006.
2. Thomas C Corke, Design of Aircraft- Pearson Edition. Inc., 2003.

Reference Books:

1. J Roskam, Aeroplane Design -Vol: 1 to 9
2. John Fielding, Introduction to Aircraft Design – Cambridge University Press, 2009
3. Standard Handbook for Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineers, Editor Mark Davies, Tata McGraw Hill, 2010.

For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Aero, 2017 scheme do visit Aero 8th Sem syllabus for 2017 scheme.

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