History and Types of Aircraft, Balloons and Ornithopters, Early Aeroplanes by the Wright Brothers, Biplanes and Monoplanes, Developments in Aerodynamics, Structures, Materials, and Propulsion.
Aerodynamic forces on aircraft, Drag types, NACA airfoils, Mach number, centre of pressure and aerodynamic centre, 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 aluminium alloy, Titanium, stainless steel and composite materials
Basic ideas about aircraft power plant, functions of piston, turboprop, turbo shaft, jet engines and their applications. Principles of operation of a rocket, thrust equation, and 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. 3. Anderson, J.D., Introduction to Flight, McGraw-Hill, 1995.
