Aeronautical Engineering — 5th Semester Syllabus

Unit 1.0: Basics of Design Thinking

Over view of design thinking • Design Thinking Skills • Introduction to the Essential Ideation Techniques • Core elements of design thinking

Unit 2.0: Design Thinking Process

Stages of design thinking process (explain with examples) Empathize • Define • Ideate • Prototype • Test • Design thinking frameworks: "Head, Heart and Hand" • "Inspire, Ideate, Implement" • "Double Diamond" • Mindset for design thinking: innovation heuristics • Behavior models • Ask 5 Why/5W+H questions • Overcoming cognitive fixedness • Exercises and case based discussions

Unit 3.0: Design Thinking in IT

Diagrams and Maps in Design Thinking - Empathy map • Affinity diagram • Mind map • Journey map • Combining ideas into complex innovation concepts • Design Thinking to Business Process modeling Agile in Virtual collaboration environment • Thinking vs Agile Methodology

Unit 4.0: Design Thinking & Customer Centricity

Scenario based Prototyping • Design Understanding customer needs: Voice of customer • Customer population • Type of customer needs • Gathering customer needs • Organizing and prioritizing customer needs • Generating concepts • Concept selection • Use of Design Thinking to Enhance Customer Experience • Parameters of Product experience • Alignment of Customer Expectations with Product Design

Unit 5.0: Innovation

Innovation • Difference between innovation and creativity • Role of creativity and innovation • Creativity to Innovation

Unit 6.0: Process of Product Design

Process of Product Design: introduction to product design • Product strategies • Product value • Product planning • Product specifications • Stages of Product Design • Examples of best product designs and functions

Unit 1.0: Introduction to IoT

Basics of IoT and its building blocks • Concept of IR 4.0 and IoT • Structure and planning involved for making an IoT project • Introducing IoT platforms • Development boards used in IoT Projects

Unit 2.0: Sensors

Communication protocols used in IoT • Sensors and Actuators • Choosing the sensors and develop the boards depending on the requirements • Creating custom sensors and boards (digital and analog electronics circuits) • Introducing Embedded Systems

Unit 3.0: Raspberry Pi

Introducing Raspberry pi • Setting up a Raspberry pi as our customized IoT server • Introducing ESP boards ESP8266/ESP32 • Embedded C programming language

Unit 4.0: Arduino

Arduino IDE • Setting up Arduino IDE to program other boards

Unit 5.0: IoT Web Applications

Introducing Python Programming • Development of IoT web applications • Flask framework in Python programming • HTML • CSS and JavaScript programming languages for creating interactive GUIs • Introducing APIs and how to use them in the applications

Unit 6.0: IoT Security

Security policies • Risk assessment • Concept of Cyber-security • Authentication techniques used in web applications • Authorization techniques used in web applications • Security in cloud computing • Securing your products from online attacks

Unit 1.0: Solar Energy Technology

Solar energy- history • Sun light- properties • Solar cell physics • Dark and illuminate junctions characteristics • PV cell architecture and fabrication • PV cell PV Module and Array- characteristics • Estimation of solar panel requirement for the given application • Tilt angle calculation • Algorithm for maximum power point tracking

Unit 2.0: Solar Thermal Energy Technology

Concentrating and non- Concentrating Solar thermal Collectors • Black bodies and radiation • Inclined surfaces and diffuse radiation Models • Absorber • Reflection plates • Operation • Collector Efficiency • Solar collector efficiency Factor

Unit 3.0: Wind Energy Technology

Wind energy • Current status and future prospects in India • Wind resource assessment • Wind Turbines: types and components of horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines • Power extracted from wind • Betz limit • Airfoil • Lift and drag force-characteristics • Stand-alone systems • Wind pumps and small wind turbine - schemes and system design

Unit 4.0: Fuel Cell

Operating principle of fuel cell • Types of fuel cell and polarization curves • Low and high temperature fuel cells • Fuel cell stacks • Advantage of electrochemical energy Conversion

Unit 5.0: Hydrogen Energy Technology

Hydrogen energy System- components • Concepts and working principles of electrolysers • Methodologies of hydrogen energy extraction process • Monitoring • Control

Unit 6.0: Ocean Energy Technologies

Ocean Energy: Introduction and types • Tidal Energy: General Arrangement • Components and working principle • Wave Energy: General Arrangement • Components and working principle • Marine Current: General Arrangement • Components and working principle • Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: General Arrangement • Components and working principle

Unit 1.0: Introduction

Optimal design problem formulation • Concept of duality • Examples of optimization problems

Unit 2.0: Linear Programming Problems

Linear programming • Simplex method and Dual method • Applications

Unit 3.0: Single Variable Optimization

Optimality Criteria • Bracketing methods

Unit 4.0: Single Variable Optimization (Direct Search & Gradient based)

Direct search methods • Gradient based methods

Unit 5.0: Multivariable Unconstrained Optimization

Optimality Criteria • Direct search method • Gradient based methods

Unit 6.0: Constrained Optimization

Optimality Criteria • Transformation methods • Applications

Unit 1.0: Introduction to Non-Destructive Testing

NDT versus Mechanical Testing • Overview of the Non-Destructive Testing Methods for the detection of manufacturing defects as well as material characterization • Various physical characteristics of materials and their applications in NDT • Visual Testing • Types of VT • Relative merits and limitations

Unit 2.0: Liquid Penetrant Testing

Liquid Penetrant Testing Principles • Types and properties of liquid penetrants • Developers • Testing Procedure • Control and measurement of penetrant process variables

Unit 3.0: Magnetic Particle Testing

Magnetic Particle Testing- Theory of magnetism • Inspection materials • Magnetization methods • Interpretation and evaluation of test indications • Principles and methods of demagnetization • Residual magnetism

Unit 4.0: Ultrasonic Inspection Method

Characteristics of ultrasonic waves • Types of Ultrasonic Waves Principles of wave propagation Attenuation • Principle of pulse echo method • Through transmission method • Resonance method • Data presentation A, B and C scan displays - Ultrasonic testing and evaluation of base material • Ultrasonic test indications • Safety and precautions • Focusing Techniques: Synthetic aperture focusing technique (SAFT) • Time of flight diffraction (TOFD) • Signal analysis • Capabilities • Effectiveness and Limitations of Ultrasonic Testing

Unit 5.0: Radiography

Principle • Interaction of X-Ray with matter • Imaging • Film and film less techniques • Types and use of filters and screens • Geometric factors • Inverse square law • Characteristics of films graininess • Density • Speed • Contrast • Characteristic curves • Penetrameters • Exposure charts; Radiographic equivalence • Applications • Fluoroscopy Xero-Radiography • Computed Radiography • Computed Tomography

Unit 6.0: Industrial Applications of Non-Destructive Evaluation

Span of NDE Activities Railways • Nuclear • Non-nuclear and Chemical Industries • Aircraft and Aerospace Industries • Automotive Industries • Offshore Gas and Petroleum Projects • Coal Mining Industry • NDE of pressure vessels • Castings • Welded constructions

Unit 1.0: Introduction to Embedded System

Block diagram of embedded system • Embedded system vs. General Computing system • Harvard and Von-Neumann Architecture • RISC and CISC Processors • Main components of an Embedded system • Important characteristics of an embedded system: processor power • Memory • Operating system • Reliability • Performance • Power consumption • Flexibility • Advantages & Disadvantages of an Embedded system • Application areas of an Embedded system

Unit 2.0: Atmel & PIC Microcontroller IC

Atmel Microcontroller: Basics of ATMEL Microcontroller: Pin Diagram and its functions • Atmel Microcontroller family • Arduino Microcontroller board: IDE (Integrated development Environment) • Types of Arduino Board and its specifications • PIC Microcontroller: Introduction • Pin Configuration • Architecture • Instruction Set • Application

Unit 3.0: Programming using Embedded C

Introduction to Embedded C • Embedded C & C Language • Embedded C basic operators • Instruction set of Embedded C:Arithmetic operations • Logical operations • Data transfer operation • Decision control and Looping • Timer/Counter Programming • Serial communication programming

Unit 4.0: Communication Standards

Modes of data communication: Serial & Parallel • Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication • Serial communication standards RS 232 and RS485 • External Communication Interface: Bluetooth • Wi-Fi • Zigbee • GSM • GPRS

Unit 5.0: Communication Protocol

Communication protocols: UART • SPI • I2C • RTOS (Real time operating system): Basics of RTOS • Types of RTOs and Characteristics of RTOS

Unit 6.0: Interfacing I/O Devices

I/O Interfacing with: Switch(s) and Keypad • LCD and LED Display • OLED and TFT Display • Relay • Interfacing with: ADC and DAC • Stepper motor DC Motor • Other Sub systems: Reset circuit • Oscillator circuit • Watch dog timer

Unit 1.0: Solar Energy

Sun as a source of energy • Solar energy-Importance • Solar radiation at the earth's surface • Measurement of Solar radiation-Pyroheliometer • Pyranometer • Sunshine recorder • Solar still • Solar pond • Storage of solar energy for heating

Unit 2.0: Wind Energy

Factors influencing wind • Wind shear and turbulence • Wind speed monitoring • Site selection for wind turbine • Wind Energy Conversion System (WECS) • Classification of WECS • WECS- Characteristics

Unit 3.0: Biomass Energy

Photosynthesis process • Biomass fuels • Biomass conversion technologies • Urban waste to energy conversion • Biomass gasification • Biomass to ethanol production • Biomass electrical power generation • Factors affecting the biomass generation

Unit 4.0: Hydrogen Energy

Concepts of hydrogen energy • Components of hydrogen energy • Working principles of electrolysers • Hydrogen energy extraction • Methodologies • Hydrogen energy extraction process • Monitoring and control

Unit 5.0: Ocean

Principle of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: off shore and onshore • Tidal Current • High and Low Tides • Ocean tidal energy conversion schemes

Unit 6.0: Geothermal Energy

Origin and distribution of geothermal energy • Site selection for geothermal energy • Economic aspects about tidal energy • Conversion plant

Unit 1.0: Introduction to MATLAB

MATLAB • Command window • Computing with MATLAB • Math Built-in functions • Variables • Numbers • Operators • Expressions • Input and output • Vector in MATLAB • Matrices in MATLAB • Arrays in MATLAB • Muti-dimensional matrices and Arrays • Array addressing • Cell Arrays • Structure Arrays • Built in functions for analyzing arrays • Element by Element Operations • Polynomial Operations Using Arrays

Unit 2.0: Plots

Introduction to graphs & plots • Different type of plot designing • 2D & 3D plots • Scientific data based plots • Plot editing & handling • Plotting Images • Plot commands • Multiple plots on the same page • Line plots • Mesh and surface plots • Plots with special graphics • Files and File Management- Import/Export

Unit 3.0: GUI

Introduction to Graphical User Interface • GUIDE tool • Interfacing of MATLAB script and GUI

Unit 4.0: Programming using MATLAB

Operators and Variables • Operators and Functions • Conditional statements • Loops • Nested Loops • The break and continue commands • Function file • Debugging Mat Lab Programs • Examples of simple User-defined functions • Comparison between script files and function files

Unit 5.0: Mathematical Computing with MATLAB

Polynomial Addition and Subtraction • Polynomial Multiplication and Division • Formulation of Polynomial Equation • Polynomial Differentiation and Integration • Polynomial Curve Fitting • Examples • Solving equation of one variable • Finding minimum or maximum of a function

Unit 6.0: Introduction to MATLAB Toolboxes and Simulink

Simulink Introduction • Image & Video processing Toolbox • Fuzzy Logic Toolbox • Neural Network Toolbox • SIMSCAPE • Machine Learning • Artificial Intelligence

Unit 1.0: Additive Manufacturing Introduction and Data Preparation for 3D Printing

CAD-CAM and its integration • CAD- Part and Surface modeling • CAD file formats • Additive v/s Conventional Manufacturing processes • Process chain for 3D Printing • Classification of 3D Printing Processes • Product design and prototyping • Reverse Engineering for 3D Printing • 3D Scanners and working • Data Preparation for 3D Printing: STL interface Specification • STL data generation • STL data Manipulation • Advantages and limitations of STL file format • Open files • Repair of STL files • Alternative 3D Printing interfaces • Part orientation and support generation • Factors affecting part orientation • Various models for part orientation determination • The function of part supports • Support structure design • Automatic support structure generation • Model Slicing and Contour Data organization • Direct and adaptive slicing: Identification of peak features • Adaptive layer thickness determination • Tool path generation

Unit 2.0: 3D Printing Materials

Various forms of 3D printing raw material- Liquid • Solid • Wire • Powder • Polymers • Metals • Non-Metals • Ceramics • Polymers and their properties • Powder Preparation and their desired properties • 3D Printing material for FDM • SLA • SLS • Binder Jetting • Material Jetting and Direct Energy deposition 3D printing processes • Choosing the right 3D Printing material on the basis of performance requirements and material properties

Unit 3.0: Solid based 3D Printing Processes

Basic principle and working of Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) process • Construction details and working of established FDM based 3D printers for plastics parts • Producing a part using FDM based 3D Printer • Liquefaction • Solidification and bonding • Laminated Object Manufacturing process • Accuracy • Precision and Tolerance in 3D printing • 3D Printer software- Fusion 360 • Solidworks • Onshape • Tinkercad • UltimakerCura • MeshLab • Simplyfy 3D • Repetier host • Slic3r • Etc. use and operation of anyone • Cost estimation of FDM 3D printed component

Unit 4.0: Liquid based 3D Printing Processes

Photo polymerization • Principle and working of stereo lithography apparatus • SLA based 3D printing processes • SLA based 3D printing process materials • Scanning techniques • Curing processes • Cost estimation of SLA 3D printed component

Unit 5.0: Powder based 3D Printing Processes

Powder fusion mechanism • Principle and working of Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) process • SLS based 3D printers • Laser Engineering Net Shaping process • Electron Beam Melting • Binder Jet 3D Printing • Materials and Process parameters for SLS based 3D printing processes • Cost estimation of SLS based 3D printed component

Unit 6.0: Post Processing and Quality

Need of post processing: Functional and Aesthetic reasons • Steps of Post Processing: Cleaning/Support removal • Fixing • Curing or hardening • Surface finishing • Colouring • Cleaning: Support Removal (FDM and Material Jetting); Powder Removal (SLS and Powder Bed Fusion); Washing (SLA and Photopolymerisation) • Fixing: Filling • Gluing • Welding • Surface finishing: Sanding • Polishing • Tumbling • Hydro dipping • Epoxy coating • Electro Plating • Vapour smoothing-Acetone treatment • Colouring • Coating • Priming and Painting • Inspection and testing: Digital • Visual • Physical • Defects and their causes