Aircraft Design
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Aircraft Design Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Aircraft Design (subject code 3170101) as prescribed for Aero · Semester 7 divides the course into 6 units, covering 43 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 (3170101)Unit 1 Introduction of conceptual design of a flight vehicle design and Weight Estimation
- Aircraft purposes
- cruise & Maximum Speed
- take off and landing distance
- design process
- conceptual design
- Determination of Fuel Fraction
- Maximum Take Off Weight
- Basic Empty Weight
Unit 2 Wing loading, Thrust/ Weight selection, Wing and Fuselage Design
- Wing loading effect on takeoff
- flight ceiling & glide rate
- Airfoil Selection
- Wing Geometry
- Biplane Wings
- Tail geometry
- Volume considerations of fuselage
- Aerodynamic considerations of fuselage, and drag estimation
Unit 3 Initial Sizing and Tail plane Sizing
- Rubber Engine Sizing
- Fix Engine Sizing
- Geometry Sizing
- Control Surface Sizing
- Airfoil selection Tail arrangement
- horizontal and vertical tail sizing
- tail plan form shape
- Airfoil section type
- tail placement
Unit 4 Engine selection, Propulsion and Fuel System integration
- Propulsion selection
- No’s of engines
- Engine ratings
- turbojet engine sizing
- propulsion system
- Jet engine integration
- Propeller engine integration
- Fuel system
Unit 5 Configuration Layout and Loft
- End products of configuration layout
- Conic lofting
- Conic fuselage development
- Flat wrap fuselage lofting
- Circle-To-Square adapter
- Fuselage loft verification
- Wing/tail layout and loft
- Aircraft Layout Procedure
- Wetted Area Determination
- Volume Determination
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