IIT Kanpur Syllabus

 IntroductionTo Profession 

AE 101 IntroductionTo Profession

COURSE DESCRIPTION

History of aviation, spaceflight.  Aerodynamic shape, generation of forces. Aerodynamics of airfoils. Atmosphere. Performance, stability & control. Structural lay-out. Power plants. Instruments & navigational aids. Materials.Aircraft systems. Missiles, spaceships, helicopters, airships & hovercrafts. Trips to wind tunnel facilities, flight, structural, propulsion and high speed aerodynamic laboratories together with demonstrative experiments