Upcoming Course Aerospace Engineering

Upcoming Course: Aerospace Engineering 

Design of fixed wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
By Prof.Saderla Subrahmanyam   |   IIT Kanpur

This course introduces the initial designing and sizing process for rapidly growing fixed – wing UAV technology, integrated with its performance and stability analysis and prototype testing

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Undergraduate and postgraduate students
PREREQUISITES: Introduction to Aerodynamics
INDUSTRY SUPPORT: DRDO, HAL, Boeing, Airbus, Bell, McDonnell Douglas, UAV Factory, Lockheed Martin



SUMMARY
Course Status : Upcoming
Course Type   : Elective
Duration         : 8 weeks
Start Date       : 26 Aug 2019
End Date        : 18 Oct 2019
Exam Date     : 17 Nov 2019
Category :
Aerospace Engineering
Level              : Undergraduate

This is an AICTE approved FDP course

COURSE LAYOUT
Week 1 : Introduction to fixed-wing UAVs ,Introduction to Design, Basic Design Parameters
Week 2 : Basic Design Parameters contd…, Design Algorithm: Case Study, Design Algorithm: Mission Requirements
Week 3 :Design Algorithm: Feasible Design Parameters, Configuration Layout: Airfoil Selection,Configuration Layout: Planform Geometry selection
Week 4 : Weight and CG Estimation,Analytical Parameter Estimation, Analytical Parameter Estimation contd…
Week 5 : Performance and Stability Analysis,Performance and Stability Analysis contd… ,Performance and Stability Analysis contd….
Week 6 : Simulation, Simulation contd… , Detailed Sizing.
Week 7 : Estimation of inertial properties using 3D modelling, Prototype Fabrication.
Week 8 : Wind Tunnel Testing, Aerodynamic Characterization through Wind Tunnel Testing.



BOOKS AND REFERENCES
Introduction to Flight by John D. Anderson
Performance, Stability, Dynamics, and Control of Airplanes by Bandu N. Pamadi
Aircraft performance and design by John D. Anderson
Unmanned Aircraft Design A review of fundamentals by Mohammad H. Sadraey
Aircraft Design : A Conceptual Approach by Daniel P. Raymer
Unmanned Aircraft Systems : UAVs Design Development and Deployment by Reg Austin
Small Unmanned Fixed-wing Aircraft Design: A Practical Approach by Andrew J. Keane and James P. Scanlan

INSTRUCTOR BIO


Dr. Subrahmanyam Saderla obtained his B.Tech (Aeronautical Engineering) from JNTU, Hyderabad in 2008, M.Tech and Ph.D (Aerospace Engineering) from IIT Kanpur during 2010 and 2015 respectively. Later he joined as a postdoctoral fellow in the department of aerospace and software engineering at Gyeongsang National University (GNU), South Korea. At present he is working as an assistant professor in the department of aerospace engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. His current area of interest lies in real time system identification of unmanned aerial vehicles. His research interests also include design, flight tests and parameter estimation, high angle of attack aerodynamic modelling and dynamic wind tunnel testing as well as experimental flight dynamics, chaotic modelling (of cancer cell growth, seismic data & material properties etc.) using Artificial Neural Networks.

TEACHING ASSISTANTS:
Deep Parikh - Postgraduate Student , Flight Mechanics and Control. Department of Aerospace IIT Kanpur.
Salahudden Qazi - Doctoral Student , Flight Mechanics and Control. Department of Aerospace IIT Kanpur.


COURSE CERTIFICATE
The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 17 November 2019, session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE
Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75.
If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur. It will be e-verifiable at https://nptel.ac.in/noc/
Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies are being discontinued from July 2019 semester and will not be dispatched

NPTEL web and video courses across 23 disciplines are available on our portal nptel.ac.in. In 2014 process of getting certified from NPTEL courses was initiated, so that learners get a tangible end result in the form of a certificate from the IITs/IISc for their effort.

Certification courses are offered twice a year (Jan-Jun, Jul-Dec). Joining a course is free. Anyone can learn from these courses anywhere anytime. No pre-requisites, no age limit, no entrance criteria to enroll.

Learning can be done by watching videos and this is tested by the weekly assignments, that are to be submitted online within the prescribed deadline. Any queries/doubts you may have, you can post in the respective discussion forum, which will be answered by the faculty and his/her team.

There is an optional proctored certification exam that the learner can take for a nominal fee at the end of the course to earn certificates from the IITs. The learner has to be present in person for the exam and currently exams are conducted only in India in about 130+ cities in two shifts. Learner has to appear at the designated exam centre to participate in the exam, where his/her id is verified. 25% of the final marks comes from the Assignments and 75% from the final exam.

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