Fundamentals of Aeronautical Engineering
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The official GTU curriculum for Fundamentals of Aeronautical Engineering (subject code BE03001021) as prescribed for Aero · Semester 3 divides the course into 5 units, covering 39 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE03001021)Unit 1 INTRODUCTION
- History of flight
- types of Ariel vehicles
- Types of aircrafts
- Aircraft Components
- phases of flight
- four forces acting upon an aircraft
- Three axis of aircraft
- movements around three axis Primary control surfaces- *Ailerons
- Secondary control surfaces- Flaps
- Trim Tabs
- Air brakes
- Integrated control surfaces- Flaperon
Unit 2 BASIC AERODYNAMICS
- 9 Introduction of Basic Aerodynamics
- review of atmospheric physics (Different regimes of atmosphere)
- Airfoil nomenclature
- elementary aerodynamics (lift
- moments and airfoil stalling)
- Pressure Coefficient
- Mach number
- Types of Flow- (Subsonic
- Definitions of Critical Mach Number
- Critical Pressure Coefficient and Drag Divergence Mach Number
- Swept wing
Unit 3 FUNDAMENTALS OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE
- Introduction to aircraft structure
- Classification of aircraft parts
- Basic function of aircraft structure
- *Aircraft configuration and principle types of Construction. * Details of constructional features of conventional aircraft- Fuselage
- tail planes. *Introduction to Landing gears and types of landing gears/Under Carriage
Unit 4 FUNDAMENTALS OF PROPULSION
- Fundamentals of Propulsion
- Geometry of propeller
- Classification of different propulsion systems- *Piston engines
- types of turbojet
- turbo shaft
- ram jet, scramjet
- pulse jet and solid propellant
- liquid propellant rocket engines
Unit 5 FUNDAMENTALS OF AVIONICS
- VOR, NDB-ADF, ILS, MLS, Primary and Secondary Radar
- VORTAC, DME, GPS, Airborne Weather Radar
- Radio altimeter
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