Introduction to Airplane Performance
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NPTEL Online
8 Weeks
23 January 2018 – 17 March 2018
IIT Kanpur
Aerospace Engineering
Prof. AK Ghosh
26 Mar 2017 [2 pm – 5 pm]
What I have learned
1. Airplane Performance Characteristics
2. Concept of Lift and Drag
3. Airplane and its Components
4. Concept of Lift – Aerofoil vs Wing
5. Drag Polar
6. Hansa 3 – Aircraft Demonstration
7. International Standard Atmosphere
8. Avionics Instruments – Airspeed Indicator, Altimeter, Attitude Indicator (Artificial Horizon)
9. Aircraft Equations of Motion – Cruise Performance
10. Thrust Required and Power Required during Cruise
11. Climbing Flight – Excess Thrust, Excess Power, Climb Angle & Rate of Climb
12. Buckingham Pi Theorem and Dimensional Analysis – Modeling of Lift Coefficient CL
13. Point Mass Model of an Airplane
14. Experimental Estimation of Drag Polar
15. Experimental Estimation of Rate of Climb
16. Range and Endurance
17. Gliding Flight
18. Accelerated Flight – Concept of Maneuver and Load Factor
19. V-n Diagram
20. Stall Speed – Cruise and Maneuver
21. High Lift Devices – Modification of CLmax
22. Take-Off Performance – Runway Length Calculation
23. Landing Performance
24. Challenges in Take-Off and Landing – Single Engine vs Twin Engine Aircraft
25. Introduction to Static Stability
26. Positioning of Center of Pressure
27. Stability and Control – Designer’s Perspective
28. Longitudinal Control
29. Wing Contribution to Static Stability and Trim
30. Tail Contribution to Static Stability and Trim
31. Elevator Deflection (Delta e) Required
32. Aircraft Design Basics – Wing Loading, Thrust Loading and Power Loading
33. Aircraft Design Basics – Wing Sweep
34. Aircraft Design Basics – Wing Dihedral
