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Introduction to Airplane Performance

ABOUT THE COURSE
 This course is designed to provide an integrated introductory treatment of airplane performance with flavor of aircraft design and flight testing.

INTENDED AUDIENCE
UG/PG of Btech/BE in any discipline of engineering

INDUSTRIES THAT WILL VALUE THIS
 DRDO, HAL, Boeing, Airbus, Bell, McDonnell
Douglas, UAV Factory, Lockheed Martin

2150 students have enrolled already!!

COURSE INSTRUCTOR



A K Ghosh is a faculty of Aerospace Engg. Department of IIT Kanpur. He is also the in-charge of the flight laboratory and unmanned aerial vehicle of IIT Kanpur. His research areas include system identification through flight tests using conventional and neural network based methods, design of aircrafts and airborne projectiles, supercavitation, unmanned aerial systems. Before joining IIT Kanpur, he worked as a scientist with Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO). He has published many peer reviewed journal papers and conference papers, guided 13 doctoral students, and 38 masters students. He is also a mentor of multiple aerospace start-up companies, and also been associated with major industry contributions of high speed low drag aircraft bomb, Pinaka Mk-I, 105mm sabot round for tracked vehicles, etc.
COURSE LAYOUT

Week 1

General Introduction: Airplane Performance Characteristics
George Cayley: Concept of Lift and Drag
Introduction to airplane and its components
Hansa 3 Aircraft and its Primary Systems
Concept of Lift: Aerofoil, Wing, and Complete Aircraft
Drag Polar

Week 2

Revision
Standard Atmosphere: Description and Modelling
Measuring Instruments: Altimeter, Airspeed Indicator
Equations of Motion: Static Performance
Thrust Required, Power Required: Cruise
Excess Thrust and Power: Climb Angle and Rate of Climb

Week 3

Review
Thrust Required: A Closer Look
Modelling of CL: Dimensional Analysis
A Closer Look: Point Mass Model, Dimensional Analysis
Estimation of Drag Polar Through Flight Test
Estimation of Rate of Climb

Week 4

Revision
Range and Endurance
Range and Endurance  Continued...
Gliding Flight
Accelerated Flight
V-n Diagram

Week 5

Revision
V stall: Cruise and Manoeuvre
Flaps: High Lift Devices to Reduce Take off / Landing Distance
Take off: Warm-up Lecture
Take off Performance
Take off Performance  Continued...

Week 6

Revision
Landing Performance
Landing Performance  Continued...
Challenges in Take-off and Landing: Single and Twin Engines
Introduction to Static Stability
Positioning of Centre of Pressure for Static Stability

Week 7

Revision
Stability and Control: Designer's Perspective
Stability and Control: Designer's Perspective  Continued...
Longitudinal Control: Elevator
Stability: Wing and Tail Contribution
Stability: Wing and Tail Contribution  Continued...

Week 8

Control: Elevator
Control: del_E  Required
Control:  del_E Required  continued...
Design Basics: Wing Loading & Thrust Loading
Design Basics: Sweep & Dihedral
Revision

Certification Exam

The exam is optional. Exams will be on 20 March 2016 and 27 March 2016.
Time: 2pm-5pm

Tentative list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/pdf/Exam%20City-list.pdf

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee of approximately Rs 1000 needs to be paid.

Certificate

Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam.

It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.