Introduction to Aerospace Engineering

LECTURE HOURS

Mondays 9:00am - 10:00am

LAB SESSIONS

Mondays (Batch 1) - 2pm - 4:40pm

Thursdays (Batch 2) - 2pm - 4:40pm

EXAM DATES

Quiz I (20%) - September 6, 2016 - 8am - 8:50am

Quiz II (20%) - October 18, 2016 - 8am - 8:50am

Quiz III (20%) - November 7, 2016 - 9am - 9.50am

Lab Quiz 1 (20%) - September 15 (B2), September 16 (B1)

Lab Quiz 2 (20%) - November 7 (B1), November 10 (B2)

LECTURES

1. Lecture 1 (August 2, Friday) - Introduction

2. Lecture 2 (August 7, Wednesday) - The Standard Atmosphere

3. Lecture 3 (August 14, Wednesday) - NO CLASS

4. Lecture 4 (August 16, Friday) - The Standard Atmosphere, Anatomy of an airplane - 1hr 30mins lecture

5. Lecture 5 (August 21, Wednesday) - Anatomy of an airplane

6. Lecture 6 (August 23, Friday) - Video on "100 years of powered flight"

August 26, Monday - Assignment 1 turned in

7. Lecture 7 (August 28, Wednesday) - Assignment 2 out

8. Lecture 8 (August 30, Friday) -

9. September 2, Monday - QUIZ 1

QUIZ 1 TOPICS -

(a) The Standard Model of the Atmosphere

(b) The Hot Air Balloon

(c) Anatomy of a Conventional Airplane

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REFERENCES

1. Introduction to aviation sciences, Benkert J W, Prentice-Hall, 1971

2. Introduction to Flight, John Anderson Jr.

3. Fundamentals of Flight, Richard S. Shevell

4. Above and beyond – Encyclopedia of Aviation Science, Bashfield and Black, New Horizons Publ., 1968

5. H. Mark, “Encyclopedia of Space Science & Technology” Wiley Blackwell, 2003

"Janes all world’s aircraft”, Jane's Information group.