AEAS-103 Course Outline

 AEAS-103

Fundamental of Aeronautical Engineering 

Course Outline

Course Outline for Aerospace Part:

•  Aerodynamics
•  Astronautics
•  Aircraft and spacecraft
•  Fixed and rotary wing Aircraft
•  Basic forces acting on an aircraft
•  Mechanics of flight 
•  Modern development and future of Aeronautical Engineering
•  Standard atmosphere 
•  Local and free stream characteristics
•  Airspeed and ground speed flow over airfoils
•  Lift Drag
•  High Lift device 
•  Aircraft performance parameters such as endurance, ceiling, range
•  Aircraft maneuvers, climb, descent and glide, take off, landing, cruise structure etc

Introduction to Aerospace Engineering:

Introduction to aerodynamics, astronautics, aircraft and spacecraft; Fixed and rotary wing aircraft; Basic forces acting on an aircraft, mechanics of flight. Modern developments and future trends in aerospace technologies.

Standard atmosphere; Local & free stream characteristics; Air Speed and Ground speed, flow over airofoils, Lift, drag, High lift devices; aircraft performance parameters such as endurance, aircraft ceiling and range.

Aircraft maneuvers - climb, descent and glide, take off, cruise, landing.

Aircraft structure: Aircraft basic configurations; Aerospace structures – familiarization to construction of wing, fuselage, horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer, primary and secondary control surfaces and landing gear.

Aero-engine: Principles of Jet reaction; Types of aero-engine - familiarization to reciprocating and gas turbine engine along with their accessories.

Introduction to Avionics Engineering:

Instrumentation: Introduction to the cockpit and its instruments; Basic 6 instruments and their functions;

Aircraft communication: Fundamentals of aircraft communication system

Navigation systems: Fundamentals of aircraft navigation system

Text and Ref books:

1. Airframe and Power Plant – C A Zweng; Galotia Publications.

2. Spacecraft Systems Engineering –Peter Fortescue and John Stark; John Wiley and Sons.

3. Introduction to Flight -John D Anderson Jr; Tata McGraw-Hill.

4. Introduction to Aerospace structural Analysis –David H Allen, Publisher ; Weley and Sons.

5. Avionics Navigation Systems, 2nd Ed – Myron Kayton

6. Aerodynamics – Clancy

7. Flight without Formulae – Kermode