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SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY(Established under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956)

Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Chennai - 119.

SYLLABUS

MASTER OF ENGINEERING PROGRAMME

IN

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

(4 SEMESTERS)

REGULATIONS 2010


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SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY

REGULATIONS 2010

Effective from the academic year 2010-2011 and applicable to the students admitted to the Master of Engineering

/ Technology / Architecture /Science (Four Semesters)

1. Structure of Programme

1.1 Every Programme will have a curriculum with syllabi consisting of theory and practical such as:

(i) General core courses like Mathematics

(ii) Core course of Engineering / Technology/Architecture / Science

(iii) Elective course for specialization in related fields

(iv) Workshop practice, Computer Practice, laboratory Work, Industrial Training, SeminarPresentation, Project Work, Educational Tours, Camps etc.

1.2 Each semester curriculum shall normally have a blend of lecture course not exceeding 7 and practical

course not exceeding 4.1.3 The medium of instruction, examinations and project report will be English.

2. Duration of the Programme

A student is normally expected to complete the M.E/M.Tech./M.Arch/M.Sc Programme in 4 semesters but inany case not more than 8 consecutive semesters from the time of commencement of the course. TheHead of the Department shall ensure that every teacher imparts instruction as per the number of hours specifiedin the syllabus and that the teacher teaches the full content of the specified syllabus for the course being

taught.

3. Requirements for Completion of a Semester

A candidate who has fulfilled the following conditions shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirement for

completion of a semester.

3.1 He/She secures not less than 90% of overall attendance in that semester.

3.2 Candidates who do not have the requisite attendance for the semester will not be permitted towrite the University Exams.

4. Examinations

The examinations shall normally be conducted between October and December during the odd semesters and

between March and May in the even semesters. The maximum marks for each theory and practical course(including the project work and Viva Voce examination in the Fourth Semester) shall be 100 with the following

breakup.

(i) Theory Courses

Internal Assessment : 20 Marks

University Exams : 80 Marks

(ii) Practical courses

Internal Assessment : - -

University Exams : 100 Marks

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5. Passing requirements

(i) A candidate who secures not less than 50% of total marks prescribed for the course (For all coursesincluding Theory, Practicals and Project work) with a minimum of 40 marks out of 80 in the UniversityTheory Examinations, shall be declared to have passed in the Examination.

(ii) If a candidate fails to secure a Pass in a particular course, it is mandatory that he/she shall reappear

for the examination in that course during the next semester when examination is conducted in thatcourse. However the Internal Assessment marks obtained by the candidate in the first attempt shallbe retained and considered valid for all subsequent attempts.

6. Eligibility for the Award of Degree

A student shall be declared to be eligible for the award of the M.E/M.Tech./M.Arch./M.Sc degree provided thestudent has successfully completed the course requirements and has passed all the prescribed examinations in

all the 4 semesters within the maximum period specified in clause 2.

7. Award of Credits and Grades

All assessments of a course will be done on absolute marks basis. However, for the purpose of reporting the

performance of a candidate, Letter Grades will be awarded as per the range of total marks (out of 100) obtainedby the candidate as given below:

RANGE OF MARKS FOR GRADES

Range of Marks Grade Grade Points (GP)

90-100 A++ 10

80-89 A+ 9

70-79 B++ 8

60-69 B+ 750-59 C 6

00-49 F 0

ABSENT W 0

CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE CALCULATION

The CGPA calculation on a 10 scale basis is used to describe the overall performance of a student in

all courses from first semester to the last semester. F and W grades will be excluded for calculating GPAand CGPA.

CGPA =i Ci GP i

i Ci

where Ci - Credits for the subject

GP i - Grade Point for the subject

i - Sum of all subjects successfully cleared during all the semesters


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8. Classification of the Degree Awarded

1 A candidate who qualifies for the award of the Degree having passed the examination in all the

courses of all the semesters in his/her first appearance within a maximum period of 4 consecutivesemesters after commencement of study securing a CGPA not less than 9.0 shall be declared tohave passed the examination in First Class Exemplary.

2. A candidate who qualifies for the award of the Degree having passed the examination in all thecourses of all the semesters in his/her first appearance within a maximum period of 4 consecutivesemesters after commencement of study, securing a CGPA not less than 7.5 shall be declared to

have passed the examination in First Class with Distinction.

3. A candidate who qualifies for the award of the Degree having passed the examination in all the

courses of all the semesters within a maximum period of 4 consecutive semesters aftercommencement of study securing a CGPA not less than 6.0 shall be declared to have passedthe examination in First Class.

4 All other candidates who qualify for the award of the Degree having passed the examination in allthe courses of all the 4 semesters within a maximum period of 8 consecutive semesters after his/hercommencement of study securing a CGPA not less than 5.0 shall be declared to have passed

the examination in Second Class.

5 A candidate who is absent in semester examination in a course/project work after having registered

for the same, shall be considered to have appeared in that examination for the purpose ofclassification of degree. For all the above mentioned classification of Degree, the break of studyduring the programme, will be counted for the purpose of classification of degree.

6 A candidate can apply for revaluation of his/her semester examination answer paper in a theorycourse, within 1 week from the declaration of results, on payment of a prescribed fee along withprescribed application to the Controller of Examinations through the Head of Department. The

Controller of Examination will arrange for the revaluation and the result will be intimated to thecandidate concerned through the Head of the Department. Revaluation is not permitted for practical

courses and for project work.

Final Degree is awarded based on the following :

CGPA 9.0 - First Class - Exemplary

CGPA 7.50 < 9.0 - First Class with Distinction

CGPA 6.00 < 7.50 - First Class

CGPA 5.00 < 6.00 - Second Class

Minimum CGPA requirements for award of Degree is 5.0 CGPA.

9. Discipline

Every student is required to observe disciplined and decorous behaviour both inside and outside the University

and not to indulge in any activity which will tend to bring down the prestige of the University. If a studentindulges in malpractice in any of the University theory / practical examination, he/she shall be liable for punitive

action as prescribed by the University from time to time.

10. Revision of Regulations and Curriculum

The University may revise, amend or change the regulations, scheme of examinations and syllabi from time totime, if found necessary.


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M.E. - AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

REGULATIONS-2010 CURRICULUM

SEMESTER I

Sl.No. SUBJECT CODE SUBJECT TITLE L T P C Page No.

THEORY1 SMTX5007 Advanced Mathematics 3 1 0 4 1

2 SAEX5001 Theory of Aerodynamics 3 0 0 3 2

3 SAEX5002 Advanced Aircraft Structures 3 1 0 4 3

4 SAEX5003 Aerospace Propulsion 3 0 0 3 4

5 SAEX5004 Advanced Aircraft Systems & Instruments 3 0 0 3 5

PRACTICAL

6 SAEX6501 Advanced Structures Lab 0 0 4 2 12

TOTAL CREDITS: 19

SEMESTER II


THEORY

1 SAEX5005 Flight Mechanics 3 0 0 3 6

2 SAEX5006 Computational Structural Analysis 3 1 0 4 7

3 SAEX5007 Vibrational Analysis 3 1 0 4 8

4 Elective I 3 0 0 3

5 Elective II 3 0 0 3

PRACTICAL6 SAEX6502 Experimental Aerodynamics Lab 0 0 4 2 12

TOTAL CREDITS: 19

SEMESTER III


THEORY

1 SAEX5008 Space Flight Dynamics 3 0 0 3 9

2 SAEX5009 Advanced Composite Structures 3 1 0 3 10

3 SAEX5010 Conceptual Flight Design 2 0 2 3 11

4 Elective III 3 0 0 3

5 Elective IV 3 0 0 3

PRACTICAL

6 SAEX6503 Maintenance of Aircraft Systems Lab 0 0 4 2 12

TOTAL CREDITS 17


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SEMESTER IV

Sl.No. SUBJECT CODE SUBJECT TITLE L T P C

1 S40XPROJ Project work & Comprehensive Viva-Voce 0 0 30 15

TOTAL CREDITS FOR THE COURSE 70

LIST OF ELECTIVES

Sl. No. SUBJECT CODE SUBJECT TITLE L T P C Page No.

1 SAEX5011 Experimental Methods in Stress Analysis 3 0 0 3 13

2 SAEX5012 Numerical Heat Transfer 3 0 0 3 14

3 SAEX5013 Boundary Layer Theory 3 0 0 3 15

4 SAEX5014 Computational Aerodynamics 3 0 0 3 16

5 SAEX5015 Industrial Aerodynamics 3 0 0 3 17

6 SAEX5016 Advanced Helicopter Dynamics 3 0 0 3 18

7 SAEX5017 Structural Dynamics 3 0 0 3 19

8 SAEX5018 High Temperature Problems in Structures 3 0 0 3 20

9 SAEX5019 Theory of Elasticity 3 0 0 3 21

10 SAEX5020 Hypersonic Aerodynamics 3 0 0 3 22

11 SAEX5021 High Temperature Gas Dynamics 3 0 0 3 23

12 SAEX5022 Advanced Propulsion Systems 3 0 0 3 24

13 SAEX5023 Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics 3 0 0 3 25

14 SAEX5024 Wind Engineering 3 0 0 3 26

15 SAEX5025 Theory of Plates & Shells 3 0 0 3 27

16 SAEX5026 Aircraft Dynamics and Control 3 0 0 3 28

17 SAEX5027 Aviation Management 3 0 0 3 29

L-Lecture Hours; T-Tutorial Hours; P-Practical Hours; C-Credits


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SMTX5007ADVANCED MATHEMATICS

(Common to All Branches Except Bio Groups)

L T P Credits Total Marks

3 1 0 4 100

UNIT I MATRIX THEORY 10 hrs.

QR decomposition Eigen values using shifted QR algorithm Singular Value Decomposition Pseudo inverse Least square approximations

UNIT II CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS 10 hrs.

Concept of Functionals- Eulers equation Functionals dependent on first and higher order derivatives Functionals on several dependent variables Iso perimetric problems Variational problems with moving boundaries

UNIT III TRANSFORM METHODS 10 hrs.

Laplace transform methods for one dimensional wave equation Displacements in a string Longitudinal vibrationof a elastic bar Fourier transform methods for one dimensional heat conduction problems in infinite and semi infinite

rod.

UNIT IV ELLIPTIC EQUATION 10 hrs.

Laplace equation Properties of harmonic functions Fourier transform methods for laplace equations. Solutionfor Poisson equation by Fourier transforms method

UNIT V LINEAR & NON LINEAR PROGRAMMING 10 hrs.

Simplex Algorithm Two Phase and Big M techniques Duality theory Dual Simplex method.

Non Linear Programming Constrained extremal problems Lagranges multiplier method Kuhn- Tuckerconditions and solutions

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Richard Bronson, Schaums Outlines of Theory and Problems of Matrix Operations, McGraw-Hill, 1988.

2. Venkataraman M K, Higher Engineering Mathematics, National Pub. Co, 1992.

3. Elsgolts, L., Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations. Mir, 1977.

4. Sneddon,I.N., Elements of Partial differential equations, Dover Publications, 2006.

5. Sankara Rao, K., Introduction to partial differential equations. Prentice Hall of India, 1995

6. Taha H A, Operations research - An introduction, McMilan Publishing co, 1982.

UNIVERSITY EXAM QUESTION PAPER PATTERN

Max Marks : 80 Exam Duration : 3 hrs.

Part A : 6 questions of 5 marks each No choice 30 marks

Part B : 5 questions, from each of the f ive units of internal choice each carrying 10 marks 50 marks


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SAEX5001 THEORY OF AERODYNAMICSL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO AERODYNAMICS 10 hrs.

Various types of airplanes, Continuity and Momentum equations, Point source and sink, doublet, Free and ForcedVortex, Uniform parallel flow, combination of basic flows, Pressure and Velocity distributions on bodies with and withoutcirculation in ideal and real fluid flows, Magnus effect

UNIT II INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW THEORY 10 hrs.

Conformal Transformation, Kutta condition, Thin aerofoil Theory and its applications. Vortex line, Horse shoe

vortex, Biot - Savart law, lifting line theory and its applications.

UNIT III NON-LINEAR LIFTING LINE THEORY 10 hrs.

2 D Panel method Source and vortex panels, Numerical approach to lifting line theory. Vortex Lattice method.

UNIT IV AIRFOILS, WINGS AND AIRPLANE CONFIGURATION IN HIGH SPEED FLOWS 10 hrs.

shockwaves and expansion waves, Potential equation for compressible flow, small perturbation theory, Prandtl-

Glauert Rule, Linearised supersonic flow theory, Critical Mach number, Iift and Drag divergence Mach number, Shockstall, super critical airfoils, Transonic area rule, supersonic airfoils, wave drag.

UNIT V VISCOUS FLOW AND FLOW MEASUREMENTS 10 hrs.

Types of subsonic and supersonic wind tunnels Flow visualization processes Optical methods Measurement

of force and moments in wind tunnels.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. J Anderson J.D. Jr., Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.. 2007

2. Rathakrishnan.E., Gas Dynamics, Prentice Hall of India, 1995.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Karamcheti K., Principles of Ideal-Fluid Aerodynamics, John Wiley & Sons Inc.,1996

2. Bertin J.J., Aerodynamics for Engineers, 4th Ed. Prentice-Hall Inc.,2002

3. Kuethe A. M. and Chow C.-Y., Foundations of Aerodynamics, John Wiley & Sons Inc. 1986

4. Kundu P.K. & Cohen I.M., Fluid Mechanics, Elsevier Inc. 2008

5. Katz J. & Plotkin A., Low-Speed Aerodynamics, Cambridge University Press. 2001

6. Cebeci T. An Engineering Approach to the Calculation of Aerodynamic Flows, Horizons Publishing Inc. 1999




Part B : 5 questions, from each of the five units of internal choice each carrying 10 marks 50 marks

20% problems and 80% Theory may be asked.




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SAEX5002 ADVANCED AIRCRAFT STRUCTURESL T P Credits Total Marks

3 1 0 4 100

UNIT I BENDING OF BEAMS 10 hrs.

Elementary theory of bending - Introduction to semi-monocoque structures - Bredt-Batho theory - Stresses inbeams of symmetrical and unsymmetrical sections -Box beams General formula for bending stresses- principal axes

method Neutral axis method.

UNIT II SHEAR FLOW IN OPEN SECTIONS 10 hrs.

Shear stresses in beams Shear flow in stiffened panels - Shear flow in thin walled open tubes Shear centre

Shear flow in open sections with stiffeners.

UNIT III SHEAR FLOW IN CLOSED SECTIONS 10 hrs.

Shear flow in closed sections with stiffeners Angle of twist - Shear flow in two flange and three flange box

beams Shear center - Shear flow in thin walled closed tubes - Torsional iea flow in multi cell tubes - Flexuralshear flow in multi cell stiffened structures.

UNIT IV STABILITY PROBLEMS 10 hrs.

Stability problems of thin walled structures Buckling of sheets under compression, shear, bending and combinedloads - Crippling stresses by Needhams and Gerards methodsSheet stiffener panels-Effective width, Inter rivet andsheet wrinkling failures-Tension field web beams(Wagners).

UNIT V ANALYSIS OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS 10 hrs.

Loads on Wings Schrenks curve - Shear force, bending moment and torque distribution along the span of

the Wing. Loads on fuselage - Shear and bending moment distribution along the length of the fuselage. Analysis ofrings and frames.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. E.F. Bruhn, Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures, Tristate Offset Co., 1980.

2. Megson, T.M.G; Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students, Edward Arnold, 1995.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Peery, D.J. and Azar, J.J., Aircraft Structures, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1993.

2. Stephen P. Tinnoshenko & S.woinowsky Krieger, Theory of Plates and Shells, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, Singapore, 1990.

3. Rivello, R.M., Theory and Analysis of Flight structures, McGraw-Hill, N.Y., 1993









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SAEX5003 AEROSPACE PROPULSIONL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I ELEMENTS OF AIRCRAFT PROPULSION 10 hrs.

Classification of power plants based on methods of aircraft propulsion Propulsive efficiency Specific fuelconsumption - Thrust and power- Factors affecting thrust and power- Illustration of working of Gas turbine engine -

Characteristics of turboprop, turbofan and turbojet , Ram jet, Scram jet Methods of Thrust augmentation.

UNIT II PROPELLER THEORY 10 hrs.

Momentum / actuator disc theory, Blade element theory, combined blade element and momentum theory, vortextheory, rotor in hover, rotor model with cylindrical wake and constant circulation along blade, free wake model, Constantchord and ideal twist rotors, Lateral flapping, Coriolis forces, reaction torque, compressibility effects, Ground effect.

UNIT III INLETS, NOZZLES AND COMBUSTION CHAMBERS 10 hrs.

Subsonic and supersonic inlets Relation between minimum area ratio and external deceleration ratio Startingproblem in supersonic inlets Modes of inlet operation, jet nozzle Efficiencies Over expanded, under and optimumexpansion in nozzles Thrust reversal. Classification of Combustion chambers - Combustion chamber performance

Flame tube cooling Flame stabilization.

UNIT IV COMPRESSORS AND TURBINES 10 hrs.

Centrifugal compressor Work done and pressure rise Velocity diagrams Elementary theory of axial flow

compressor degree of reaction Impulse and reaction gas turbines Velocity triangles Choice of blade profile,pitch and chord.

UNIT V ROCKET PROPULSION 10 hrs.Introduction to rocket propulsion Reaction principle Thrust equation Classification of rockets based on

propellants used solid, liquid and hybrid Comparison of these engines with special reference to rocket performance Thrust control in liquid rockets.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Hill,P.G. and Peterson, C.R. Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion, Addison Wesley Longman Inc. 1999

2. Cohen, H. Rogers, G.F.C. and Saravanamuttoo,H.I.H, Gas Turbine Theory, Longman,1989

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. G.C. Oates, Aerothermodynamics of Aircraft Engine Components, AIAA Education Series, 1985.2. G.P.Sutton, Rocket Propulsion Elements, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 5th Edition, 1986.

3. W.P.Gill, H.J.Smith & J.E. Ziurys, Fundamentals of Internal Combustion Engines as applied to Reciprocating, Gas turbine & Jet

Propulsion Power Plants, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., 1980.









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SAEX5004 ADVANCED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS & INSTRUMENTSL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS 10 hrs.

Modern Hydraulic Systems and Pneumatic Systems Brake System Landing Gear Systems

UNIT II FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS 10 hrs.

Modern power Assisted and Fully Powered Flight Controls Modern Control Systems Advanced Digital FlyBy Wire systems and Active Control Technology., Communication and Navigation System Instrument Landing Systems,

VOR.

UNIT III ADVANCED ENGINE SYSTEMS 10 hrs.

Piston Engine components-Lubrication System-Fuel System-Ignition System-Starting System--Jet EngineComponents Lubrication System -- Fuel System -- Starting and Ignition Systems.

UNIT IV AIRCRAFT CABIN SYSTEM 10 hrs.

Heating SystemsCabin Cooling System - Cabin Pressurisation SystemsCabin Environmental Systems for ajet air linerOxygen Systems.

UNIT V AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS 10 hrs.

Flight Instrument and Navigation Instruments Accelerometers, Air Speed Indicators Mach Meters Altimeters principles and Operation Study of Various Types of Engine Instruments Tachometers Temperature Gauges Pressure Gauges Operation and Principles.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Mekinly, J.L. and Bent, R.D., Aircraft Power Plants, McGraw Hill, 1993.

2. Pallet, E.H.J., Aircraft Instruments & Principles, Pitman & Co., 1993.

3. Treager, S., Gas Turbine Technology, McGraw Hill, 1997.

4. Mckinley, K.L., and Bent, R.D., Aircraft Maintenance & Repair, McGraw Hill1993

5. General Hand Books of Airframe and Power plant Mechanics, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, the

English Book Store, New Delhi, 1995.








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SAEX5005 FLIGHT MECHANICSL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT 10 hrs.

Physical properties and structure of the atmosphere, International Standard Atmosphere, Temperature, pressure

and altitude relationship, Measurement of speed True, Indicated and Equivalent air speed, Streamlined and bluffbodies, Various Types of drag in airplanes, Drag polar, Methods of drag reduction of airplanes.

UNIT II AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE IN LEVEL, CLIMBING AND GLIDING FLIGHT 10 hrs.

Straight and level flight, Thrust required and available, Power required and available, Effect of altitude on thrustand power, Conditions for minimum drag and minimum power required, Gliding and Climbing flight, Range andEndurance

UNIT III ACCELERATING FLIGHT 10 hrs.

Take off and landing performance, Turning performance, horizontal and vertical turn, Pull up and pull down,

maximum turn rate, V-n diagram

UNIT IV LONGITUDINAL STABILITY AND CONTROL 10 hrs.

Degrees of freedom of a system, static and dynamic stability, static longitudinal stability,

Contribution of individual components, neutral point, static margin, Hinge moment, Elevator control effectiveness,

Power effects, elevator angle to trim, elevator angle per g, maneuver point, stick force gradient, aerodynamic balancing,Aircraft equations of motion, stability derivatives, stability quartic, Phugoid motion

UNIT V LATERAL, DIRECTIONAL STABILITY AND CONTROL 10 hrs.

Yaw and side slip, Dihedral effect, contribution of various components, lateral control, aileron control power, striptheory, aileron reversal, weather cock stability, directional control, rudder requirements, dorsal fin, One engine inoperative

condition, Dutch roll, spiral and directional divergence, autorotation and spin

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Houghton, E.L., and Caruthers, N.B., Aerodynamics for engineering students, Edward Arnold Publishers, 1988.

2. Perkins C.D., & Hage, R.E. Airplane performance, stability and control, Wiley Toppan, 1974.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Kuethe, A.M., and Chow, C.Y., Foundations of Aerodynamics, John Wiley & Sons, 1982.

2. Clancey,L.J. Aerodynamics, Pitman, 1986.3. Babister, A.W. Aircraft stability and response, Pergamon Press, 1980.

4. Nelson, R.C. Flight Stability & Automatic Control, McGraw-Hill, 1989.

5. McCormic, B.W., Aerodynamics, Aeronautics & Flight Mechanics John Wiley, 1995.





70% Theory and 30% Problems may be asked.




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SAEX5006 COMPUTATIONAL STRUCTURAL ANALYSISL T P Credits Total Marks

3 1 0 4 100

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS 10 hrs.

Basics of FEA, historical background,. General Steps of the finite Element Method,Applications and Advantagesof FEM. Boundary and initial value problems.Variational formulation in finite elements, Weighted esidual methods Galerkin method, sub domain method, method of least square and collocation method, numerical problems.

UNIT II STATIC ANALYSIS 10 hrs.

General procedure of FEM, Descritization of domain, Stiffness matrix for basic types of element -spring, Bar ,

truss, beam and Frame elementsusing Stiffness method and Galerkins Method- shape functions,- Isoparametricelements.

UNIT III FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF TWO DIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS 10 hrs.

Development of the plane Stress and plane Strain- Stffness equations,Finite Element solution for CST elements,LST Elements, Axisymmetric Elements(application to Pressure vessel) Isoparametric Formulation-Bar element,rectangular

plane stress element-Numerical Integration.

UNIT IV APPLICATION OF FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS 10 hrs.

1-D and 2-D Heat transfer Finite Element Formulation , Fluid Flow Finite Element Formulation, Formulation ofthermal stress Problems.Structural Dynamics and time-Dependent Problems .

UNIT V INTRODUCTION TO ADVANCED TOPICS 10 hrs.

Three dimonsional problems-Tetrahedral Element- Isoparametric Formulation, usage of various FEA softwarepackages.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Darly L.Logan A first course in the finite element method, Nelson .Cengage Learning 2007

2. Chandrupatla and Bologundu., Finite Elements in Engineering, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd, 1997.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Rao, S. S., Finite Element Methods in Engineering, Pergamon Press, 1989.

2. Krishnamoorthy, C. S., Finite Element Analysis -Theory and Programming, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co, 1987.

3. Zienkiewicz, O. C., The Finite Element Method in Engg. Science, McGraw Hill, London, 1977.





75% Problems and 25% Theory may be asked.




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SAEX5007 VIBRATIONAL ANALYSISL T P Credits Total Marks

3 1 0 4 100

UNIT I SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEMS 10 hrs.

Introduction-Simple harmonic motion, definition of terminologies, Newtons Laws, DAlemberts principle, Energymethods. Free vibrations, free damped vibrations, and forced vibrations with and without damping, base excitation,

and vibration measuring instruments.

UNIT II MULTI-DEGREES OF FREEDOM SYSTEMS 10 hrs.

Two degrees of freedom systems, Static and dynamic couplings, eigen values, eigen vectors and orthogonalityconditions of eigen vectors, Vibration absorber, Principal coordinates, Principal modes. Hamiltons Principle, Lagrangeanequation and their applications.

UNIT III VIBRATION OF ELASTIC BODIES 10 hrs.

Transverse vibrations of strings, Longitudinal, Lateral and Torsional vibrations. Approximate methods for calculatingnatural frequencies.-Holtzers method- Stodalas method.

UNIT IV EIGEN VALUE PROBLEMS & DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF LARGE SYSTEMS 10 hrs.

Eigen value extraction methods Subspace hydration method, Lanczos method Eigen value reduction method Dynamic response of large systems Implicit and explicit methods.

UNIT V CRITICAL SPEED OF SHAFTS 10 hrs.

Fundamental and higher order critical speeds, Solution of Rayleigh and Dunkerley methods

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Timoshenko, S. Vibration Problems in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1987.

2. Meirovitch, L. Elements of Vibration Analysis, McGraw-Hill Inc., 1986.

3. Thomson W.T, Marie Dillon Dahleh, Theory of Vibrations with Applications, Prentice Hall, 1997

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. F.S. Tse., I.F. Morse and R.T. Hinkle, Mechanical Vibrations, Prentice-Hall of India, 1985.

2. Rao.J.S. and Gupta.K. Theory and Practice of Mechanical Vibrations, Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi, 1999.

3. Fung, Y.C., An Introduction to the Theory of Aeroelasticity, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1985.









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SAEX5008 SPACE FLIGHT DYNAMICSL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I ORBITAL MECHANICS 10 hrs.

Description of solar system Keplers Laws of planetary motion Newtons Law of Universal gravitation Twobody and Three-body problems Jacobis Integral, Librations points - Estimation of orbital and escape velocities

UNIT II SATELLITE DYNAMICS 10 hrs.

Geosynchronous and geostationary satellites life time satellite perturbations Hohmann orbits calculation of

orbit parameters Determination of satellite rectangular coordinates from orbital elements

UNIT III ROCKET MOTION 10 hrs.

Principle of operation of rocket motor - thrust equation one dimensional and two dimensional rocket motions

in free space and homogeneous gravitational fields Description of vertical, inclined and gravity turn trajectoriesdeterminations of range and altitude simple approximations to burnout velocity staging of rockets.

UNIT IV ROCKET AERODYNAMICS 10 hrs.

Description of various loads experienced by a rocket passing through atmosphere drag estimation wave

drag, skin friction drag, form drag and base pressure drag Boat-tailing in missiles performance at various altitudes conical and bell shaped nozzles adapted nozzles rocket dispersion launching problems.

UNIT V STAGING AND CONTROL OF ROCKET VEHICLES 10 hrs.

Need for multistaging of rocket vehicles multistage vehicle optimization stage separation dynamics andseparation techniques- aerodynamic and jet control methods of rocket vehicles - SITVC.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. G.P. Sutton, Rocket Propulsion Elements, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 5th Edition, 1986.

2. J.W. Cornelisse, Rocket Propulsion and Space Dynamics, J.W. Freeman & Co., Ltd., London, 1982.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Van de Kamp, Elements of astromechanics, Pitman Publishing Co., Ltd., London, 1980.

2. E.R. Parker, Materials for Missiles and Spacecraft, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1982.









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SAEX5009 ADVANCED COMPOSITE STRUCTURESL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITES 10 hrs.

General Introduction and Concept, Historical development, Concept of Composite materials, Material propertiesthat can be improved by forming a composite material& its engineering potential Basic definitions, Various types ofcomposites, Classification based on Matrix Material, Fiber Reinforced Composites. Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP)Composites, Particulate Composites.Comparison with Metals, Advantages & limitations of Composites Role and Selectionor reinforcement materials. Types of fibres, Mechanical properties of fibres. functions of a Matrix, Desired Propertiesof a Matrix, Polymer Matrix (Thermosets and Thermoplastics), Metal matrix, Ceramic matrix, Carbon Matrix, Glass

Matrix etc.Fibre reinforced Polymer (FRP) Laminated composites Lamina & Laminate Lay-up.

UNIT II BEHAVIOUR OF A LAMINATE-I 10 hrs.

Linear Elastic Stress-Strain Characteristics of FRP Composites, Stress and Strain components in 3-D, GeneralizedHookes Law in 3-D, Stress-Strain relations in 3-D for Isotropic and orthotropic case. Mechanics of load-transfer in a

Laminate. Prediction of Engineering Property in a Laminate Lamina Stress-Strain a relation in material coordinates,Transformation relations, Lamina Stress - Strain relations in Structure Global coordinates

UNIT III LAMINATED COMPOSITES-II 10 hrs.

Mechanics of Plates/Kirchhoffs Plate Theory. Laminate Strain-Displacement relationship based on Kirchhoffs

Hypothesis Laminate Stiffness and ABD-Matrices. Symmetric .Anti-symmetric and Non-symmetric laminatesMicromechanics of Laminae.

UNIT IV STRENGTH AND FAILURE CONCEPTS 10 hrs.

Macro-mechanical Failure Theories Maximum Stress Theory, Maximum Strain Theory, Tsai-Hill theory, Tsai-Wu

Theory . Design issuesTypical Structural Component design process Laminate Analysis

UNIT V MANUFACTURING PROCESSES 10 hrs.

Overall considerations, Autoclave curing, Other Manufacturing Processes Fiber-only performs, CombinedFiber-Matrix performs.Tooling and Specialty materials, Release agents, Peel plies, release films and fabrics, Bleeder

and breather plies, bagging films .Applications of composites

TEXT BOOK:

Autar K.Kaw, Mechanics of Composite Materials, CRC press LLC 1997

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Calcote, L.R, " The Analysis of Laminated Composite Structures ", Von-Nostrand Reinhold Company,New York, 1998.

2. Jones, R.M., " Mechanics of Composite Materials ", McGraw Hill Kogakusha Ltd., Tokyo, 1985.

3. Agarwal, B.D., and Broutman, L.J., " Analysis and Performance of Fibre Composites ", John wiley and sons Inc., New York,1980.

4. Lubin, G., " Handbook on Advanced Plastics and Fibre Glass ", Von Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York









17/35

SAEX5010 CONCEPTUAL FLIGHT DESIGNL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN AVIATION 6 hrs.

Categories and types of aircrafts various configurations Layouts and their relative merits strength, stiffness,fail safe and fatigue requirements Manoeuvering load factors Gust and manoeuverability envelopes Balancingand maneuvering loads on tail planes.

UNIT II POWER PLANT TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS 6 hrs.

Characteristics of different types of power plants Propeller characteristics and selection Relative merits of

location of power plant.

UNIT III PRELIMINARY DESIGN 6 hrs.

Selection of geometric and aerodynamic parameters Weight estimation and balance diagram Drag estimationof complete aircraft Level flight, climb, take off and landing calculations range and endurance static and

dynamic stability estimates control requirements.

UNIT IV SPECIAL PROBLEMS 6 hrs.

Layout peculiarities of subsonic and supersonic aircraft optimisation of wing loading to achieve desiredperformance loads on undercarriages and design requirements.

UNIT V STRUCTURAL DESIGN 6 hrs.

Estimation of loads on complete aircraft and components Structural design of fuselage, wings and

undercarriages, controls, connections and joints. Materials for modern aircraft Methods of analysis, testing andfabrication.

PRACTICALS 20 hrs.

Conceptual design of an aircraft for given specifications.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. D.P. Raymer, Aircraft conceptual design, AIAA Series, 1988.

2. G. Corning, Supersonic & Subsonic Airplane Design, II Edition, Edwards Brothers Inc., Michigan, 1953.

3. E.F. Bruhn, Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures, Tristate Offset Co., U.S.A., 1980.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. E. Torenbeek, Synthesis of Subsonic Airplane Design, Delft University Press, London, 1976.

2. H.N.Kota, Integrated design approach to Design fly by wire Lecture notes Interline Pub. Bangalore, 1992.

3. A.A. Lebedenski, Notes on airplane design, Part-I, I.I.Sc., Bangalore, 1971.









18/35

SAEX6501 ADVANCED STRUCTURES LABL T P Credits Total Marks

0 0 4 2 100

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

1. Constant strength Beams

2. Buckling of columns

3. Unsymmetrical Bending of Beams

4. Shear Centre Location for Open Section

5. Shear Centre Location for Closed Section

6. Flexibility Matrix for Cantilever Beam

7. Combined Loading

8. Calibration of Photo Elastic Materials

9. Stresses in Circular Disc Under Diametrical Compression Photo Elastic Method

10. Vibration of Beams with Different Support Conditions

11. Determination of elastic constants of a composite laminate.

12. Wagner beam

SAEX6502 EXPERIMENTAL AERODYNAMICS LABL T P Credits Total Marks

0 0 4 2 100

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

1. Calibration of subsonic wind tunnel

2. Pressure distribution over a smooth and rough cylinders

3. Pressure distribution over a symmetric aerofoil section

4. Pressure distribution over a cambered aerofoil section

5. Force measurement using wind tunnel balance for various models

6. Pressure distribution over a wing of symmetric aerofoil section

7. Pressure distribution over a wing of cambered aerofoil section

8. Flow visualization studies in incompressible flows

9. Calibration of supersonic wind tunnel

10. Supersonic flow visualization studies

SAEX6503 MAINTNENCE OF AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS LABL T P Credits Total Marks

0 0 4 2 100

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

1. Aircraft Jacking Up procedure

2. Aircraft Leveling procedure

3. Control System Rigging check procedure4. Aircraft Symmetry Check procedure

5. Flow test to assess of filter element clogging

6. Pressure Test To assess hydraulic External/Internal Leakage

7. Functional Test to adjust operating pressure

8. Pressure Test procedure on fuel system components

9. Brake Torque Load Test on wheel brake units

10. Maintenance and rectification of snags in hydraulic and fuel systems




19/35

AEX5011 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN STRESS ANALYSISL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I MEASUREMENTS 10 hrs.

Principles of measurements-Accuracy, Sensitivity and range of measurements. Measurement of force or load,Measurement of torque., Strain measurement of rotating shaft, Measurement of pressure or vacuum.

UNIT II EXTENSOMETERS 10 hrs.

Mechanical, Optical, Acoustical and Electrical extensometers and their uses, Advantages and disadvantages.

Review of bridge circuits

UNIT III ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE STRAIN GAUGES 10 hrs.

Principle of operation and requirements-Types and their uses-Materials for strain gauge. Calibration and

temperature compensation-cross sensitivity, Rosette analysis Delta,Tee, rectangular Rosette -- Wheatstone bridgeand potentiometer circuits for static and dynamic strain measurements- strain indicators.

UNIT IV PHOTOELASTICITY 10 hrs.

Stress analysis by two and three dimensional photoelasticity-interpolation of stress patterns-Typicalapplications-Description and uses of reflection polariscope

UNIT V NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING 10 hrs.

Fundamentation of NDT-Radiography-ultrasonics -Magnetic particle inspection- Fluorescent penetrant technique-Eddy current testing- Acoustic Emission Technique-Fundamentals of brittle coating methods- Introduction to Moiretechniques- Holography- Ultrasonic C-Scan- Thermography, Fibre-optic Sensors.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Dally, J. W., and Riley, W. F., Experimental Stress Analysis, McGraw Hill Inc., New York, 1978.

2. Hetyenyi, M., Hand Book of Experimental Stress Analysis, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, 1972.

3. Experimental stress analysis Dr. Sadhu Singh., Khanna Publications.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Srinath, L. S., Raghava, M.R., Lingaiah, K.Gargesha, G.Pant B., and Ramachandra, K., Experimental Stress Analysis, Tata McGraw

Hill, New Delhi, 1984.

2. Pollock, A. A., Acoustic Emission in Acoustics and Vibrations Progress, ed. by Stephens R.W.B.,Chapman and Hall, 1983.








20/35

SAEX5012 NUMERICAL HEAT TRANSFERL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I BASICS OF HEAT TRANSFER 6 hrs.

Basic review of heat transfer Conduction Convection -Radiation Aerospace problems- Application of numericalmethods

UNIT II CONDUCTIVE HEAT TRANSFER 6 hrs.

Conduction Convection systems Numerical treatment of 1-D and 2-D heat conduction Problems in Cartesian

and polar coordinate systems conduction with heat generation - Heat transfer problems in infinite and semi infinitesolids 1-D Transient analysis

UNIT III CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER 6 hrs.

Convection- Numerical treatment of steady 1-D and 2-d heat convection-diffusion steady-unsteady problems-Computation of thermal boundary layer flows-Transient free convection from a heat vertical plate

UNIT IV RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER 6 hrs.

Radiation- Numerical treatment of radiation problems- transient mixed convection and radiation from a vertical

fin.

UNIT V SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 6 hrs.

Heat transfer problem in gas turbine combustion chamber-ablative heat transfer- Aerodynamic heating-Moving

boundary problems - Numerical treatment.

PRACTICALS 20 hrs.Developing a numerical code for 1D, 2D heat transfer problems.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. P. S. Ghoshdasidar , Computer simulation of low and Heat transfer McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New Delhi, 1998.

2. Yunus A. Cengel, Heat Transfer A Practical Approach Tata McGraw Hill Edition, 2003

3. S.C. Sachdeva, Fundamentals of Engineering Heat & Mass Transfer, Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi, 1981.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. John H. Lienhard, A Heat Transfer Text Book, Prentice Hall Inc., 1981.

2. J.P. Holman, Heat Transfer, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York, 6th Edition, 1991.3. John D. Anderson, JR Computational Fluid Dynamics, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York, 1995.

4. T.J. Chung, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, 2002

5. C.Y.Chow, Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics, John Wiley, 1979.









21/35

SAEX5013 BOUNDARY LAYER THEORYL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I VISCOUS FLOW EQUATIONS 10 hrs.

Navier-Stokes Equations, Creeping motion, Couette flow, Poiseuille flow through ducts, Ekman drift.

UNIT II LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER 10 hrs.

Development of boundary layer Estimation of boundary layer thickness, Displacement thickness - Momentumand energy thicknesses for two dimensional flow Two dimensional boundary layer equations Similarity solutions- Blasius solution.

UNIT III TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER 10 hrs.

Physical and mathematical description of turbuence, two-dimensional turbulent boundary layer equations, Velocity

profiles Inner, outer and overlap layers, Transition from laminar to turbulent boundary layers, turbulent boundarylayer on a flat plate, mixing length hypothesis.

UNIT IV APPROXIMATE SOLUTION TO BOUNDARY LAYER EQUATIONS 10 hrs.

Approximate integral methods, digital computer solutions Von Karman Polhausen method.

UNIT V THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER 10 hrs.

Introduction to thermal boundary layer Heat transfer in boundary layer - Convective heat transfer, importanceof non dimensional numbers Prandtl number, Nusselt number, Lewis number etc.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. H. Schlichting, Boundary Layer Theory, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1979.

2. Frank White Viscous Fluid flow McGraw Hill, 1998

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. A. J. Reynolds, Turbulent flows in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, 1980.

2. Ronald L., Panton, Incompressible fluid flow, John Wiley & Sons, 1984.

3. Tuncer Cebeci and Peter Bradshaw, Momentum transfer in boundary layers, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1977.









22/35

SAEX5014 COMPUTATIONAL AERODYNAMICSL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UINIT I NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS OF SOME FLUID DYNAMICAL PROBLEMS 10 hrs.

Basic fluid dynamics equations, Equations in general orthogonal coordinate system, Body fitted coordinatesystems, Stability analysis of linear system. Finding solution of a simple gas dynamic problem, Local similar solutionsof boundary layer equations, Numerical integration and shooting technique.

Practical: Numerical solution for CD nozzle isentropic flows and local similar solutions of boundary layer equations.

UNIT II GRID GENERATION 10 hrs.

Need for grid generation Various grid generation techniques Algebraic, conformal and numerical gridgeneration importance of grid control functions boundary point control orthogonality of grid lines at boundaries.

Practical: Elliptic grid generation using Laplaces equations for geometries like airfoil and CD nozzle.

UNIT III TRANSONIC RELAXATION TECHNIQUES 10 hrs.

Small perturbation flows, Transonic small perturbation (TSP) equations, Central and backward difference schemes,

conservation equations and shockpoint operator, Line relaxation techniques, Acceleration of convergence rate, Jamesonsrotated difference scheme -stretching of coordinates, shock fitting techniques Flow in body fitted coordinate system.

Practical: Numerical solution of 1-D conduction- convection energy equation using time dependent methodsusing both implicit and explicit schemes application of time split method for the above equation and comparison of

the results.

UNIT IV TIME DEPENDENT METHODS 10 hrs.

Stability of solution, Explicit methods, Time split methods, Approximate factorization scheme, Unsteady transonicflow around airfoils. Some time dependent solutions of gas dynamic problems.

Practical: Numerical solution of unsteady 2-D heat conduction problems using SLOR methods

UNIT V PANEL METHODS 10 hrs.

Elements of two and three dimensional panels, panel singularities. Application of panel methods to incompressible,compressible, subsonic and supersonic flows.

Practical: Numerical solution of flow over a cylinder using 2-D panel methods using both vertex and source

panel methods for lifting and non lifting cases respectively.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. T.J. Chung, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, 2002

2. C.Y.Chow, Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics, John Wiley, 1979.

3. A.A. Hirsch, Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics, McGraw-Hill, 1989.

REFERENCES BOOKS:

1. T.K.Bose, Computation Fluid Dynamics Wiley Eastern Ltd., 1988.

2. H.J. Wirz and J.J. Smeldern Numerical Methods in Fluid Dynamics, McGraw-Hill & Co., 1978.

3. John D. Anderson, JR Computational Fluid Dynamics, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York, 1995.









23/35

SAEX5015 INDUSTRIAL AERODYNAMICSL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I ATMOSPHERE 10 hrs.

Types of winds, Causes of variation of winds, Atmospheric boundary layer, Effect of terrain on gradient height,Structure of turbulent flows.

UNIT II WIND ENERGY COLLECTORS 10 hrs.

Horizontal axis and vertical axis machines, Power coefficient, Betz coefficient by momentum theory.

UNIT III VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS 10 hrs.

Power requirements and drag coefficients of automobiles, Effects of cut back angle, Aerodynamics of trains and

Hovercraft.

UNIT IV BUILDING AERODYNAMICS 10 hrs.

Pressure distribution on low rise buildings, wind forces on buildings. Environmental winds in city blocks, Special

problems of tall buildings, Building codes, Building ventilation and architectural aerodynamics.

UNIT V FLOW INDUCED VIBRATIONS 10 hrs.

Effects of Reynolds number on wake formation of bluff shapes, Vortex induced vibrations, Galloping and stall

flutter.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. M.Sovran (Ed), Aerodynamics and drag mechanisms of bluff bodies and road vehicles, Plenum press, New York, 1978.

2. P. Sachs, Winds forces in engineering, Pergamon Press, 1978.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. R.D. Blevins, Flow induced vibrations, Van Nostrand, 1990.

2. N.G. Calvent, Wind Power Principles, Charles Griffin & Co., London, 1979.








24/35

SAEX5016 ADVANCED HELICOPTER AERODYNAMICSL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I INTRODUCTION 10 hrs.

Types of rotorcraft autogiro, gyrodyne, helicopter, Main rotor system articulated, semi rigid, rigid rotors,Collective pitch control, cyclic pitch control, anti torque pedals.

UNIT II HELICOPTER AERODYNAMICS 10 hrs.

Momentum / actuator disc theory, Blade element theory, combined blade element and momentum theory, vortex

theory, rotor in hover, rotor model with cylindrical wake and constant circulation along blade, free wake model, Constantchord and ideal twist rotors, Lateral flapping, Coriolis forces, reaction torque, compressibility effects, Ground effect.

UNIT III PERFORMANCE 10 hrs.

Hover and vertical flight, forward level flight, Climb in forward flight, optimum speeds, Maximum level speed,rotor limits envelope performance curves with effects of altitude

UNIT IV STABILITY AND CONTROL 10 hrs.

Helicopter Trim, Static stability Incidence disturbance, forward speed disturbance, angular velocity disturbance,yawing disturbance, Dynamic Stability.

UNIT V AERODYNAMIC DESIGN 10 hrs.

Blade section design, Blade tip shapes, Drag estimation Rear fuselage upsweep.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. J. Seddon, Basic Helicopter Aerodynamics, AIAA Education series, Blackwell scientific publications, U.K, 1990.

2. A. Gessow and G.C.Meyers, Aerodynamics of the Helicopter, Macmillan and Co., New York, 1982.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. John Fay, The Helicopter, Himalayan Books, New Delhi, 1995.

2. Lalit Gupta, Helicopter Engineering, Himalayan Books, New Delhi, 1996.

3. Lecture Notes on Helicopter Technology, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur and Rotary Wing aircraft R&D center,

HAL, Bangalore, 1998.








25/35

SAEX5017 STRUCTURAL DYNAMICSL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I FORCE-DEFLECTION PROPERTIES OF STRUCTURES 10 hrs.

Constraints and Generalized coordinates Virtual work and generalized forces Force Deflection influencefunctions stiffness and flexibility methods.

UNIT II PRINCIPLES OF DYNAMICS 10 hrs.

Free and forced vibrations of systems with finite degrees of freedom Damped oscillations DAlembertsprinciple Hamiltons principle Lagrangean equations of motion and applications.

UNIT III NATURAL MODES OF VIBRATION 10 hrs.

Equations of motion for free vibrations. Solution of Eigen value problems Normal coordinates and orthogonality

conditions of eigen vectors.

UNIT IV ENERGY METHODS 10 hrs.

Rayleighs principle Rayleigh Ritz method Coupled natural modes Effect of rotary inertia and shear on

lateral vibrations of beams Natural vibrations of plates.

UNIT V APPROXIMATE METHODS 10 hrs.

Approximate methods of evaluating the eigen values and the dynamic response of continuous systems. Applicationof Matrix methods for dynamic analysis.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. C. Hurty and M.F. Rubinstein, Dynamics of Structures, Prentice Hall of India Pvt., Ltd., New Delhi, 1987.

2. F.S.Tse, I.E. Morse and H.T. Hinkle, Mechanical Vibration, Prentice Hall of India Pvt., Ltd., New Delhi, 1988.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. R.K. Vierck, Vibration Analysis, 2nd Edition, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., Harper & Row Publishers, New York, U.S.A., 1989.

2. S.P. Timoshenko and D.H. Young, Vibration Problems in Engineering, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1984.

3. Von. Karman and A.Biot, Mathematical Methods in Engineering, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1985.









26/35

SAEX5018 HIGH TEMPERATURE PROBLEMS IN STRUCTURESL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I TEMPERATURE EQUATIONS & AERODYNAMIC HEATING 10 hrs.

For condition, radiation and convection Fouriers equation Boundary and initial conditions One-dimensionalproblem formulations Methods and Solutions. Heat balance equation for idealised structures Adiabatic temperature

Variations Evaluation of transient temperature.

UNIT II THERMAL STRESS ANALYSIS 10 hrs.

Thermal stresses and strains Equations of equilibrium Boundary conditions Thermoelasticity Two

dimensional problems and solutions Airy stress function and applications.

UNIT III THERMAL STRESS IN BEAMS, TRUSSES AND THIN CYLINDERS 10 hrs.

Thermal stresses in axially loaded members, beams with varying cross sections. Effect of temperature in thincylinders.

UNIT IV THERMAL STRESSES IN PLATES 10 hrs.

Membrane thermal stresses Circular plates Rectangular plates Bending thermal stresses Thick plates

with temperature varying along thickness Thermal vibration of plates.

UNIT V SPECIAL TOPICS & MATERIALS 10 hrs.

Thermal buckling, Fatigue and shock applications High temperature effects on material properties.

TEXT BOOKS

1. A.B. Bruno and H.W. Jerome, Theory of Thermal Stresses, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1980.

2. N.J. Hoff, High Temperature effects in Aircraft Structures, John Wiley & Sons Inc., London, 1986.

REFERENCE

1. D.J. Johns, Thermal Stress Analysis, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1985.









27/35

SAEX5019 THEORY OF ELASTICITYL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100


Definition, notations and sign conventions for stress and strain Stress - strain relations, Strain-displacementrelations- Elastic constants.

UNIT II BASIC EQUATIONS OF ELASTICITY 10 hrs.

Equations of equilibrium Compatibility equations in strains and stresses Boundary Conditions - Saint-Venants

principle - Stress ellipsoid Stress invariants Principal stresses in 2-D and 3-D.

UNIT III TWO DIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS IN CARTESIAN COORDINATES 10 hrs.

Plane stress and plain strain problems - Airys stress function Biharmonic equations 2-D problems Cantilever

and simply supported beams.

UNIT IV TWO DIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS IN POLAR COORDINATES 10 hrs.

Equations of equilibrium Strain displacement relations Stress strain relations Airys stress function

Axisymmetric problems - Bending of Curved Bars - Circular Discs and Cylinders Rotating Discs and Cylinders -Kirsch, Boussinasques and Michells problems.

UNIT V TORSION 10 hrs.

Coulombs theory-Naviers theory-Saint Venants Semi-Inverse method Torsion of Circular, Elliptical and

Triangular sections - Prandtls theory-Membrane analogy.

TEXT BOOKS

1. S.P. Timoshenko and J.N. Goodier, Theory of Elasticity, McGraw-Hill, 1985.

2. E. Sechler, Elasticity in Engineering John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1980.

REFERENCES

1. Ugural, A.C and Fenster, S.K, Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity, Prentice hall, 2003

2. Wang, C.T. Applied elasticity, McGraw Hill 1993

3. Enrico Volterra and Caines, J.H, Advanced strength of Materials, Prentice Hall,1991




Part B : 5 questions, from each of the five units of internal choice each carrying 10 marks

60% Theory and 40% Problems may be asked. 50 marks




28/35

SAEX5020 HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICSL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I BASICS OF HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS 10 hrs.

Thin shock layers entropy layers low density and high density flows hypersonic flight paths hypersonicflight similarity parameters shock wave and expansion wave relations of inviscid hypersonic flows.

UNIT II SURFACE INCLINATION METHODS FOR HYPERSONIC INVISCID FLOWS 10 hrs.

Local surface inclination methods modified Newtonian Law Newtonian theory tangent wedge or tangent

cone and shock expansion methods Calculation of surface flow properties

UNIT III APPROXIMATE METHODS FOR INVISCID HYPERSONIC FLOWS 10 hrs.

Approximate methods hypersonic small disturbance equation and theory thin shock layer theory blast wavetheory - entropy effects - rotational method of characteristics - hypersonic shock wave shapes and correlations.

UNIT IV VISCOUS HYPERSONIC FLOW THEORY 10 hrs.

NavierStokes equations boundary layer equations for hypersonic flow hypersonic boundary layer hypersonic

boundary layer theory and non similar hypersonic boundary layers hypersonic aerodynamic heating and entropylayers effects on aerodynamic heating.

UNIT V VISCOUS INTERACTIONS IN HYPERSONIC FLOWS 10 hrs.

Strong and weak viscous interactions hypersonic shockwaves and boundary layer interactions Role of similarityparameter for laminar viscous interactions in hypersonic viscous flow.

TEXT BOOK

1. John D. Anderson, Jr, Hypersonic and High Temperature Gas Dynamics, McGraw-Hill Series, New York, 1996.

REFERENCES

1. John.D.Anderson, Jr., Modern Compressible Flow with Historical perspective Hypersonic Series.

2. William H. Heiser and David T. Pratt, Hypersonic Air Breathing propulsion, AIAA Education Series.

3. John T. Bertin, Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics, 1994 AIAA Inc., Washington D.C.








29/35

SAEX5021 HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS DYNAMICSL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100


Nature of high temperature flows Chemical effects in air Real perfect gases Gibbs free energy andentropy by chemical and non equilibrium Chemically reacting mixtures and boundary layers.

UNIT II STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS 10 hrs.

Introduction to statistical thermodynamics Relevance to hypersonic flow - Microscopic description of gases Boltzman distribution Cartesian function

UNIT III KINETIC THEORY AND HYPERSONIC FLOWS 10 hrs.

Chemical equilibrium calculation of equilibrium composition of high temperature air equilibrium properties of

high temperature air collision frequency and mean free path velocity and speed distribution functions.

UNIT IV INVISCID HIGH TEMPERATURE FLOWS 10 hrs.

Equilibrium and non equilibrium flows governing equations for inviscid high temperature equilibrium flows equilibrium normal and oblique shock wave flows frozen and equilibrium flows equilibrium conical and blunt body

flows governing equations for non equilibrium inviscid flows.

UNIT V TRANSPORT PROPERTIES IN HIGH TEMPERATURE GASES 10 hrs.

Transport coefficients mechanisms of diffusion total thermal conductivity transport characteristics for hightemperature air radiative transparent gases radiative transfer equation for transport, absorbing and emitting and

absorbing gases.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. John D. Anderson, Jr., Hypersonic and High Temperature Gas Dynamics, McGraw-Hill Series, New York, 1996.

2. John D. Anderson, Jr., Modern Compressible Flow with Historical perspective McGraw-Hill Series, New York, 1996.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. William H. Heiser and David T. Pratt, Hypersonic Air breathing propulsion, AIAA Education Series.

2. John T. Bertin, Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics publishers - AIAA Inc., Washington, D.C.,1994.

3. T.K.Bose, High Temperature Gas Dynamics









30/35

SAEX5022 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMSL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE ANALYSIS OF AIR-BREATHING PROPULSION SYSTEMS 10 hrs.

Air breathing propulsion systems like Turbojet, turboprop, ducted fan, Ramjet and Air augmented rockets

Thermodynamic cycles Pulse propulsion Combustion process in pulse jet engines inlet charging process Supercritical charging and subcritical discharging Subcritical charging and subcritical discharging Subcritical chargingand supercritical discharging.

UNIT II RAMJETS AND AIR AUGMENTED ROCKETS 10 hrs.

Preliminary performance calculations Diffuser design and hypersonic inlets combustor and nozzle design

air augmented rockets engines with supersonic combustion.

UNIT III SCRAMJET PROPULSION SYSTEM 10 hrs.

Fundamental considerations of hypersonic air breathing vehicles Preliminary concepts in engine airframeintegration calculation of propulsion flow path flowpath integration Various types of supersonic combustors fundamental requirements of supersonic combustors Mixing of fuel jets in supersonic cross flow performanceestimation of supersonic combustors.

UNIT IV NUCLEAR PROPULSION 10 hrs.

Nuclear rocket engine design and performance nuclear rocket reactors nuclear rocket nozzles nuclearrocket engine control radioisotope propulsion basic thruster configurations thruster technology heat source

development nozzle development nozzle performance of radiosotope propulsion systems.

UNIT V ELECTRIC AND ION PROPULSION 10 hrs.

Basic concepts in electric propulsion power requirements and rocket efficiency thermal thrusters electrostaticthrusters plasma thruster of the art and future trends Fundamentals of ion propulsion performance analysis

electrical thrust devices ion rocket engine.

TEXT BOOKS

1. G.P. Sutton, Rocket Propulsion Elements, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York,1998.

2. William H. Heiser and David T. Pratt, Hypersonic Airbreathing propulsion, AIAA Education Series, 2001.

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. Fortescue and Stark, Spacecraft Systems Engineering, 1999.

2. Cumpsty, Jet propulsion, Cambridge University Press, 2003.









31/35

SAEX5023 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN FLUID MECHANICSL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I BASIC MEASUREMENTS IN FLUID MECHANICS 10 hrs.

Objective of experimental studies Fluid mechanics measurements Properties of fluids Measuring instruments Performance terms associated with measurement systems Direct measurements - Analogue methods Flow

visualization Components of measuring systems Importance of model studies - Experiments on Taylor-Proudmantheorem and Ekman layer Measurements in boundary layers -

UNIT II WIND TUNNEL MEASEUREMENTS 10 hrs.

Characteristic features, operation and performance of low speed, transonic, supersonic and special tunnels -Power losses in a wind tunnel Instrumentation and calibration of wind tunnels Turbulence- Wind tunnel balance Principle and application and uses Balance calibration.

UNIT III FLOW VISUALIZATION AND ANALOGUE METHODS 10 hrs.

Visualization techniques Smoke tunnel Hele-Shaw apparatus - Interferometer Fringe-Displacement method

Shadowgraph - Schlieren system Background Oriented Schliren (BOS) System - Hydraulic analogy Hydraulicjumps Electrolytic tank

UNIT IV PRESSURE, VELOCITY AND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS 10 hrs.

Pitot-Static tube characteristics - Velocity measurements - Hot-wire anemometry Constant current and Constanttemperature Hot-Wire anemometer Hot-film anemometry Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV) Particle Image

Velocimetry (PIV) Pressure Sensitive Paints - Pressure measurement techniques - Pressure transducers Temperature measurements.

UNIT V DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS 10 hrs.

Data acquisition and processing Signal conditioning - Estimation of measurement errors Uncertainty calculation- Uses of uncertainty analysis.

TEXTBOOK

1. Rathakrishnan, E., Instrumentation, Measurements, and Experiments in Fluids, CRC Press Taylor & Francis, 2007.

REFERENCE BOOK

1. Robert B Northrop, Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurements, Second Edition, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2006.








32/35

SAEX5024 WIND ENGINEERINGL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I THE ATMOSPHERE 10 hrs.

Atmospheric Circulation Stability of atmospheres definitions & implications Effects of friction Atmosphericmotion Local winds, Building codes, Terrains different types.

UNIT II ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER 10 hrs.

Governing Equations Mean velocity profiles, Power law, logarithmic law wind speeds, Atmospheric turbulence

profiles Spectral density function Length scale of turbulence, Roughness parameters simulation techniques in windtunnels.

UNIT III BLUFF BODY AERODYNAMICS 10 hrs.

Governing Equations Boundary layers and separations Wake and Vortex formation two dimensional Strouhal

Numbers, Reynolds numbers Separation and Reattachments Oscillatory Flow patterns Vortex sheding flow switching Time varying forces to wind velocity in turbulent flow Structures in three dimensional

UNIT IV WIND LOADING 10 hrs.

Introduction, Analysis and synthesis loading coefficients, local & global coefficients pressure shear stresscoefficients, force and moment coefficients Assessment methods Quasi steady method Peak factor method

Extreme value method

UNIT V AEROELASTIC PHENOMEN 10 hrs.

Vortex shedding and lock in phenomena in turbulent flows, across wind galloping wake galloping - Torsionaldivergence, along wind galloping of circular cables, cross wind galloping of circular cables, Wind loads & their effectson tall structures Launch vehicles

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Emil Simiu & Robert H Scanlan, Wind effects on structures - fundamentals and applications to design, John Wiley & Sons Inc New

York, 1996.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Tom Lawson Building Aerodynamics Imperial College Press London, 2001

2. N J Cook, Design Guides to wind loading of buildings structures Part I & II, Butterworths, London, 1985IS: 875 (1987) Part III Wind loads, Indian Standards for Building codes.








33/35

SAEX5025 THOERY OF PLATES & SHELLSL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100

UNIT I CLASSICAL PLATE THEORY 10 hrs.

Classical Plate Theory Assumptions Differential Equations Boundary Conditions.

UNIT II PLATES OF VARIOUS SHAPES 10 hrs.

Naviers Method of Solution for Simply Supported Rectangular Plates Levys Method of Solution for RectangularPlates under Different Boundary Conditions Circular plates.

UNIT III EIGEN VALUE ANALYSIS 10 hrs.

Stability and Free Vibration Analysis of Rectangular Plates.

UNIT IV APPROXIMATE METHODS 10 hrs.

Rayleigh Ritz, Galerkin Methods Finite Difference Method Application to Rectangular Plates for Static, FreeVibration and Stability Analysis.

UNIT V SHELLS 10 hrs.

Basic Concepts of Shell Type of Structures Membrane and Bending Theories for Circular Cylindrical Shells.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Timoshenko, S.P. Winowsky. S., and Kreger, Theory of Plates and Shells, McGraw Hill Book Co., 1990.

2. T.K.Varadan & K. Bhaskar, Anlysis of plates Theory and problems, Narosa Publishing Co., 1999.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Flugge, W. Stresses in Shells, Springer Verlag, 1985.

2. Timoshenko, S.P. and Gere, J.M., Theory of Elastic Stability, McGraw Hill Book Co. 1986.

3. Harry Kraus, Thin Elastic Shells, John Wiley and Sons, 1987.









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SAEX5026 AIRCRAFT DYNAMICS AND CONTROLL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100


flight dynamics, equations of motion. new tons laws, various motions, forces, and moments, Customs andConventions, The Inertial reference frame, The Earth-centered reference frame, The Earth-fixed reference frame, The

local-horizontal reference frame, Body-fixed reference frames, different axis systems, axes, vector notations,aerodynamics angles

UNIT II COORDINATE SYSTEM TRANSFORMATIONS 10 hrs.

Transformations, Definitions, Direction Cosines, Properties, Euler parameters, Transformations of Systems ofEquations, Euler angles, modeling the system ,Rotating Coordinate Systems, Direction Cosines, Euler parameters,Euler angles, Angular Velocity Components

UNIT III INERTIAL ACCELERATIONS, FORCES & MOMENTS 10 hrs.

Inertial Acceleration of a Point , Arbitrary Moving Reference Frame, Earth-Centered Moving Reference Frame,Earth-Fixed Moving Reference Frame, Inertial Acceleration of a Mass, Linear Acceleration, Rotational Acceleration,Linear Velocity Components, Angular Velocity Components, Moments, State Variables, State Rates, Controls,Independent variables, Non-Dimensionalization and Coefficient Dependencies Dependency on , Slide slip ,dependency

on beta, angular velocity dependencies,

UNIT IV EQUATIONS OF MOTION 10 hrs.

Body Axis Force Equations , Body Axis Moment Equations, Body Axis Orientation Equations (Kinematic Equations), Body Axis Navigation Equations, Wind Axis Equations , Wind-Axis Orientation Equations (Kinematic Equations) ,

Steady-State Solutions , Forces and Moments, different flights, straight fight, Scalar Equations , Matrix Equations ,Initial Condition Response , Mode Sensitivity and Approximations, Eigenvector analysis. Longitudinal Dynamics,

Lateral/Directional Dynamics, State Transition Matrix and Eigen values ,

UNIT V FLYING QUALITIES 10 hrs.

flying qualities is defined as those qualities or characteristics , Cooper-Harper Rating Scale, Specifications andStandards, MIL-STD-1797A, MIL-F-8785C Requirements, Longitudinal Flying Qualities, Lateral/Directional FlyingQualitities, and other special cases

TEXT BOOKS:1. McLean, D., "Automatic Flight Control Systems", Prentice Hall International (UK) Ltd, 1990.

2. Blakelock, J. H.; Automatic Control of Aircraft and Missiles, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1990.

3. Garnell, P., "Guided Weapon Control Systems", 2nd Edition, Pergamon Press, 1980.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Siouris, G.M. "Missile Guidance and control systems", Springer, 2003.

2. Fleeman, Eugene L.; Tactical Missile Design, First Edition, AIAA Education series, 2001.

3. Roskam, Jan; Airplane flight dynamic and Automatic flight control, 3th Printing, Design, Analysis and Research Corporation, 2001.









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SAEX5027 AVIATION MANAGEMENTL T P Credits Total Marks

3 0 0 3 100


Introduction to Aviation Management Aviatio Aviation Sector in India. Civil Aviation Airport Air TrafficControl Flight Data Recorder Airline Case Study.

UNIT II ORGANIZATIONS 10 hrs.

International Civil Aviation Organization Aeropol Aviation Services Corporation Aviation ManagementConsulting Group - AOPA International Association of Airport Executives Federal Aviation Interactive Reporting

Systems - Case Study

UNIT III REGULATIONS 10 hrs.

Aircraft Regulations and Guidance Convention on International Civil Aviation Inter Agency Committee for

Aviation Policy Active Level of Services Reviews Aircraft Engineers International Affiliation AVSEC Rules andRegulations Overview of Indian Air Travel Case Study

UNIT IV AIR SAFETY 10 hrs.

Air Safety FAA Aviation Safety Draft Documents Aircraft Management Interagency Committee for AviationPolicy Safety Standards Aircraft Management Safety Standards Guidelines for Federal Flight Programmes NationalTransportation Safety Board Airline Water Supplies JFIM

UNIT V INDUSTRY 10 hrs.

Overview of Contemporary Global Industry Airline Industry Profitability Present State of the Air TransportIndustry Aviation Industry Global Aviation Industry Indian Aviation International Air Transport Association (IATA) Fact Sheet Financial Services IATA at the Air Transport Industry - IATA Industrial Priorities IATA Partners

IATA Corporate and Corporate Governance Structure IATA Human Capital IATA Committees Cargo, Mandate,Environment, Financial, Legal, Operations, Industry Affairs Rules and Regulations of the Industry Committee

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Ratandeep Singh, Aviation Management, Kanishka Publishers, 2008

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Bijan Vasigh, Ken Fleming ,Thomas Tacker, Introduction to Air Transport Economics from Theory to Applications , Ashgate PublishingLimited,Hampshire,England,2008.

2. Alexander T. Wells, Seth B. Young , Airport planning & management , McGraw-Hill, 2004

3. Julie F. Rodwell , Essentials of aviation management: a guide for aviation service , business Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 2003

4. Alexander T. Wells , Airport Planning & Management , McGraw-Hill, 2000



