Introduction to Aerospace Engineering

Week 1: Atmosphere and its properties
Week 2: Nomenclature of aircraft components
Week 3: Fluid Mechanics – I : Incompressible flow, Bernoulli’s Equation, Coanda Effect, and Mach No..
Week 4: Fluid Mechanics –II : Viscous Flow, Boundary Layer, Pressure Measurement
Week 5: Aerodynamics – I : Airfoils, and Lift Generation Theories
Week 6: Aerodynamics – II : Critical Mach no., Types of Drag
Week 7: Propulsion : Types of Aircraft Engines
Week 8: Aircraft Performance - I : Steady Level Flight and Altitude effects
Week 9: Aircraft Performance- II : Glide, Climb, Ceilings, Turn, and Pull up
Week 10:Aircraft Longitudinal Stability,and V-n Diagram
Week 11:Aircraft Performance- III : Takeoff and Landing, Range and Endurance, Range-Payload Diagram
Week 12:Flapping Wing Aerodynamics