History of Flight & Technology Forecast detail syllabus for various departments, 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17AS561/17AE561), 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
- Study the basic concepts of flying.
- Understand about the aircraft structures and materials.
- Acquire the knowledge of aircraft power plants.
Module 1
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Module 2
Wilbur and Orville Wright – Inventors of First Practical Airplane, Aeronautical Triangle – Langley, Wrights and Glenn Curtiss, Problem of Propulsion, Faster and Higher, biplanes and monoplanes, Developments in aerodynamics, materials, structures and propulsion over the years.
Module 3
Aircraft Configurations: Different types of flight vehicles, classifications. Components of an airplane and their functions. Conventional control, Powered control, Basic instruments for flying – Typical systems for control actuation.
Module 4
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Module 5
Power Plants: Basic ideas about piston, turboprop and jet engines – Use of propeller and jets for thrust production – Comparative merits, Principles of operation of rocket, types of rockets and typical applications, Exploration into space.
Course Outcomes:
After studying this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the aspects of aircrafts.
- Classify the aircraft materials.
- Describe the instruments and power plants used in airplanes.
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:
- Anderson, J.D., Introduction to Flight, McGraw-Hill, 1995.
- Stephen. A. Brandt, Introduction to Aeronautics: A design perspective, 2nd Edition, AIAA Education Series, 2004..
Reference Books:
- Kermode, A.C., Mechanics of Flight, Himalayan Book, 1997
- Kermode, A.C., Flight without Formula, Pearson, 2009.
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