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.