Syllabus for the core course for students Joining IIAEM for Ph.

(For all Research Students)

Core Course: Advanced Topics in Aerospace Engineering

(Syllabus prepared by IIAEM)
(i) Various types of Loads on aircraft. Behavior of thin walled structures under
shear, bending and torsion loads. Metallic and non-metallic materials for aircraft
structures.
(ii) Take-off, climb, cruise, descent and landing performance estimation for aircraft.
Method of choice of aircraft engine to meet specified performance.
Fundamentals of aircraft stability.
(iii) Computational methods dealing with large deformations of aircraft components.
Material non-linear analysis and in-elastic deformations. Contact stress analysis.
Efficient solvers for FEM analysis. Solutions using parallel computers.
(iv) Fundamentals of composite materials and structures. Various fibers and
matrices for aerospace applications. Thermo-plastic matrices. FEM analysis for
composite wing and fuselage primary structural components.
(v) Basics of wind tunnel testing. Scale effectcorrection for Reynolds’ number.
Design of wind tunnel models. Composites for wind tunnel model. Wall effects.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). CFD to replace wind tunnel testing.
(vi) Various types of aircraft engines. Optimum conditions for which different
engines perform best. Thrust vs speed curves for jet engines and power vs speed
curves for piston engines. Engine Thrust/aircraft weight ratio for various
airplanes.
(vii) Importance and role of Avionics - The Avionic environment - Displays and
Man-Machine interaction - Aircraft control - Air data systems - Avionic
systems integration

Books: 1. J. Anderson, “Aircraft performance and Design”, McGraw Hill 1998.

2. T. H. G. Megson,”Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students”, Elsevier

Course Instructor: B.Dattaguru

P.Parameswaran Antonio Davis