History and Types of Aircrafts, Balloon and ornithopters, Early airplanes by Wright brothers, biplanes and monoplanes, Developments in aerodynamics, structures, materials, propulsion.
Aerodynamic forces on aircraft, Drag types, NACA airfoils, Mach number, center of pressure and aerodynamic center, Components of an Airplane, Helicopter, Missiles, Space vehicles and their functions
General types of aircraft construction, Monocoque & semi-monocoque, Typical wing and fuselage structure, Metallic and non-metallic materials, Use of aluminum alloy, Titanium, stainless steel and composite materials
Basic ideas about aircraft power plant, functions of piston, turboprop, turbo shaft, jet engines and its applications. Principles of operation of rocket ,Thrust equation, Types of rockets
Study of Atmosphere, Flight Instruments, Navigation Instruments, Gyroscopes & Accelerometers, Air speed Indicators, TAS- True Airspeed, EAS- Estimated Airspeed, Mach Meters, Altimeters - Principles and operation
Reference Book:
1. Anderson, D. F. and Eberhardt, S., Understanding Flight, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill (2009). 2. Anderson, J. D., Introduction to Flight, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill (2011). 3. Szebehely, V. G. and Mark, H., Adventures in Celestial Mechanics, 2nd ed., Wiley (1998). 4. Turner, M. J. L., Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion: Principles, Practice and New Developments, 3rd ed., Springer (2009). 5. Parker, E.R., ―Materials for Missiles and Spacecraft‖, McGraw Hill Book Co. Inc., 1982.
Text Book:
1. Pallet, E.H.J., ―Aircraft Instruments & Principles‖, Pitman & Co 2016. 2. Richard S. Shevell, ―Fundamentals of Flight‖, Pearson Education, 2nd Edition – 2014.
