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Aircraft Design

About the course
This course will presents the entire process of aircraft conceptual design - from requirements definition to initial sizing, configuration layout, analysis, sizing, optimization, and trade studies.

Intended Audience
Btech, Mtech, PhD

Prerequisites
Introduction to Airplane Performance

Industries that will recognize this course
DRDO, HAL, Boeing, Airbus, Bell, McDonnell Douglas, UAV Factory, Lockheed Martin

3870 students have enrolled already!!

Course instructor



Prof. 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: 

Overview of the Design Process

Airfoil and Geometry Selection

Thrust-to-Weight Ratio and Wing Loading


Week 2: 

Initial Sizing

Control-Surface Sizing

Configuration Layout


Week 3: 

Aerodynamic Considerations

Structural Considerations

Vulnerability Considerations


Week 4: 

Crew Station, Passengers, and Payload

Week 5: 

Propulsion and Fuel System Integration

Fuel System

Landing Gear Arrangements

Week 6: 

Step-by-Step Development of a New Design

Aerodynamics

Propulsion

Week 7: 

Structures and Loads

Weights

Group Weights Method

Week 8: 

Stability, Control, and Handling Qualities

Longitudinal Static Stability and Control

Lateral-Directional Static Stability and Control

Week 9: 

Performance and Flight Mechanics

Equations of Motion

Operating Envelope

Week 10: 

Cost Analysis

Operations and Maintenance Costs

Aircraft and Airline Economics

Week 11: 

Sizing and Trade Studies

Vertical Flight--Jet and Prop

Extremes of Flight


Week 12: 

Design of Unique Aircraft Concepts

Flying Wing, Tailless, Lifting Fuselage, and Blended Wing-Body

Conceptual Design Examples



Suggested Reading
1. Introduction to Flight By – Anderson
2. Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach by Daniel P. Raymer 

More details about the course

Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_ae08
Course duration: 12 weeks
Start date and end date of course: 24 July 2017-13 October 2017
Date of exam: 22 October, 2017
Time of exam: Shift 1: 9 am-12 noon; Shift 2: 2 pm-5 pm
Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course

Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Registration url - Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
Exam Fee: The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee of approximately Rs 1000 needs to be paid. 


Certificate

E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score.

Final score = 25% assignment score + 75% exam score
25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of Best 8 out of 12 assignments 

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup. It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.