Department of Aerospace Engineering

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

M.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering (Structures)

Curriculum
Code
AE614 AE615 AE651 AE652 AE653

SEMESTER-I Course Title

Elements of Aerospace Engineering Mathematical methods in Aerospace engineering Aerospace Structural Mechanics Structural Dynamics Finite Element Methods

L-T-P
3-0-0 3-0-0 4-0-0 4-0-0 3-0-0

Credits
3 3 4 4 3

TOTAL CREDITS=

17 Credits
3 3 3 3 3 1 1

Code
AE661 AE662 AE663

SEMESTER- II Course Title

Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue Advanced Finite Element Methods Mechanics of Composite Materials Elective-1 Elective-2 Seminar Aerospace Structures Lab

L-T-P
3-0-0 3-0-0 3-0-0 3-0-0 3-0-0 0-0-3
TOTAL CREDITS=

AE802 AE807

17

Code
AE804 AE633

SEMESTER- III Course Title

Project Work (Phase-1) Aerospace Vehicle Design Elective-3

Credits 12 2-0-3 3 3-0-0 3 TOTAL CREDITS= 18 L-T-P

L-T-P

Code
AE805

Credits Project Work (Phase-2) 18 Overall Credits: 17+17+18+18= 70 Code

AE841 AE842 AE843 AE844 AE845 AE846 AE847

SEMESTER- IV Course Title

Electives
Course Title
Aeroelasticity Continuum Mechanics Introduction to Robotics Multi-rigid body dynamics Aerospace Materials and Processes Energy Methods in Structural Mechanics Molecular Dynamics and Materials Failure

SYLLABUS AE614 Elements of Aerospace Engineering (3-0-0)

History of aviation- Types of flying machines, Anatomy of an aircraft. Fundamental aerodynamic variables- Aerodynamic forces, Lift generation, Airfoils and wings,Aerodynamic Moments, Concept of Static stability, control surfaces. Mechanism of thrust production- Propellers, Jet engines and their operation, Elements of rocket propulsion. Loads acting on an aircraft- Load factor for simple maneuvers, V-n diagrams. Aerospace Materials, Aircraft and launch vehicle structural elements. Basic orbital mechanics, Satellite orbits, Launch vehicles and Re-entry bodies. References 1. Anderson.DavidWand Scott Eberhardt. Understanding Flight. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2009. 2. Anderson.J.D. Introduction to flight. 4th ed. Mc Graw Hill, 2000. 3. Szebehely.V.G and Mark.H. Adventures in celestial mechanics. 4th ed. WILEY-VCH 4. Verlag GmbH Co, 2004. 5. Turner.M.J. Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion. 3rd ed. Springer, 2009. 6. Newman.Dava. Interactive Aerospace Engineering and Design. Mc Graw Hill, 2002.

AE615 Mathematical Methods in Aerospace Engineering (3-0-0)

Linear algebra: fundamentals, diagonalization, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, vectors spaces, orthogonality; ODEs: theory, analytical methods, stability; PDEs: basics,classification, model equations and their solutions; Complex variables and transform methods: complex variables, Laplace and Fourier transforms; Vector Calculus: fields, Integral theorems; Tensor algebra; Perturbation methods; Calculus of variations. References 1. Bhaskar Dasgupta. Applied Mathematical Methods. Pearson Education, 2007. 2. Hassani Sadri. Mathematical Methods for Students of Physics and Related Fields. 2nd ed. Springer, 2009. 3. Arfken G.B. Weber H.J and Harris H.E. Mathematical Methods for Physicists. 7th ed. Elsevier, 2012. 4. Boas Mary.L. Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences. 3rd ed. Wiley, 2005. 5. Dennery P. and Krzywicki.A. Mathematics for Physicists. Dover, 1996. 6. Bender.Carl. M and Orszag.Steven.A. Advanced Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers. Springer, 2010. 7. Greenberg.M. Advanced Engineering Mathematics. 2nd ed. Pearson, 1998. 8. Zill.Dennis G. and Cullen.Michael R. Differential Equations, with boundaryvalue problems. 10th ed. Wiley, 2012. 9. Glyn.James. Advanced Modern Engineering Mathematics. 4th ed. Pearson, 2011.

AE633 Aerospace Vehicle Design (2-0-3)

Introduction to the design process - Requirements capture - Design optimization Aircraft Design: Design considerations for civilian and military aircraft weight estimation - airfoil and geometry selection - thrust to weight ratio and wing loading - initial sizing - propulsion - landing gear and subsystems - aerodynamics - stability, control, and handling qualities - flight mechanics and performance issues Aircraft layout, configuration and structural aspects - constraint analysis Space Vehicle Design: mission design - basic orbital mechanics - range safety - rocket propulsion options attitude determination and control - configuration and structural design - thermal control power systems - design for re-entry - vehicle integration and recovery. (Design projects will be taken up by 2

teams of students with different specializations, and they would do up to preliminary design together, and then detail out subsystems related to their respective specializations.) References 1. Raymer D. P. Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach. 4th ed. AIAA, 2006. 2. Griffin M. D. and French J. R. Space Vehicle Design. 2nd ed. AIAA, 2004. 3. Anderson. J. D. Aircraft performance and Design, McGraw-Hil, 1999. 4. Corke T. C. Design of Aircraft. Prentice Hal, 2002. 5. Fielding J. P. Introduction to Aircraft Design. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1999. 6. E F Bruhn, Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures, Jacobs Publishing, 1973 7. M C- Y Niu, Airframe structural design, Conmilit Press, 1989

AE651 Aerospace Structural Mechanics (4-0-0)

Overview of Aircrafts, Rockets and Sallellite structures. Review of basic equations of elasticity State of Stress at a point - Analysis of strain - Constitutive relations - Generalized Hook's law theory of beams and plates- Energy methods in elasticity. Bending, shear and torsion of open and closed section thin walled beams, Combined open and closed section beams-Structural idealisation of stiffened panels. Elastic instability and Thermal stresses. Elements of Structural testing and experimentation. References 1. Srinath L S, Advanced mechanics of solids, McGraw Hill. 2. Megson, T.H.G., Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students Ed.4, Butterworth Heinemann. 3. Timoshenko S P & Goodier J N, Theory of Elasticity, McGraw Hill . 4. Thin walled elastic beams ; 2nd Edition, TT-61-11400,VZ Vlasov, Published for the National Science foundation, Washington DC and Department of commerce, USA by the Israel Program for Scientific Translations,Jerusalem,1961

AE652 Structural Dynamics (4-0-0)

Elements of analytical dynamics, Discrete systems with multiple degrees of freedom, elastic & inertia coupling, natural frequencies and mode, free vibration response, uncoupling of equations of motion, modal analysis, forced vibration response, vibration isolation Vibration of continuous systems, differential equations and boundary conditions, longitudinal, flexural and torsional vibrations of onedimensional structures. Vibration analysis of simplified aircraft and launch vehicle structures, structural damping, free and forced response of continuous systems. Introduction to concepts of nonlinear and random vibrations. Elements of vibration testing and experimentation. References 1. L. Meirovitch, "Elements of Vibration Analysis", 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1988. 2. Mario Paz (2004), Structural Dynamics: Theory and Computation, CBS Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi. 3. W.Weaver, S.P. Timoshenko and D.H. Young, Vibration Problems in Engineering , 5th Ed., John- Wiley & sons , 1990. 4. L.Melrovitch, Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics, Sitjho & Noordhoff, 1980 5. R.W. Cough and Joseph Penzien, Dynamics of Structure, McGraw Hill, 1975.

AE653 Finite Element Methods (3-0-0)

Introduction - Finite Element Formulation starting from GDE - Finite Element Formulation based on stationarity of a functional - One dimensional Finite Element analysis; shape functions, types of elements, Applications Two and Three Dimensional Finite Elements; Numerical Integration, Applications to structural mechanics and fluid flow. References 1. Reddy, J. N., Introduction to the Finite Element Method, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill (2006). 2. Textbook of Finite Element Analysis, Seshu.P, Prentice Hall of India, (2009). 3. Chandrupatla, T. R. and Belegundu, A. D., Finite Elements in Engineering, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, (2000). 4. Segerlind, L. J., Applied Finite Element Analysis, 2nd ed., John Wiley (1984). 3

AE661 Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue (3-0-0)

Linear elastic fracture mechanics, Energy release rate, Stress intensity factor, Relation between SIF and energy release rate, Anelastic deformation at the crack tip,. J-integral, CTOD, Test methods for fracture toughness, Crack growth and fracture mechanisms, Mixed-mode fracture, Fracture at nanoscale, Numerical methods for analysing fracture- Applications. Fatigue and design against fatigue failure, prediction of fatigue life.
References 1. Prashant Kumar-Elements of Fracture Mechanics, Tata McGrawhill 2009

2. T.L Anderson, Fracture mechanics:Fundamentals and Applications, CRC Press. 3. MJ Buehler, Atomistic Modeling of Materials Failure, Springer, 2008

AE662 Advanced Finite Element Methods (3-0-0)

Finite element Formulations for Beam,Plate/shell(Kirchhoff and Mindlin-Reissner), and Solid elements. Large deformation nonlinearity- Nonlinear bending of beams and plates, . Stress and Strain measures, Total Lagrangian and Updated Lagrangian formulations, Material nonlinearity-Ideal and strain hardening plasticity, Elastoplastic analysis- Boundary nonlinearity-General contact formulations. Solution procedures for Nonlinear analysis, Newton-Raphson iteration method.
References

1. J N Reddy, Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis, Oxford University Press, 2010 2. K.J.Bathe, Finite element Procedures in Engineering Analysis, Prentice Hall, 1996

AE663 Mechanics of Composite Materials (3-0-0)

Introduction, Definition, classification, behaviors of unidirectional composites: prediction of strength, stiffness, factors influencing strength & stiffness, failure modes, analysis of lamina; constitutive classical laminate theory, thermal stresses, theories of failure. Design consideration, Mechanical properties of composite materials; Analysis of composite laminated beams, thin walled composite beams. Bending of composite plates.
References

1. Mechanics of composite materials, by Robert Jones 2. Mechanics of Composite Structures, L.P. Kollar, L.S. Springer, Cambridge Uni. Press, (ebook),2003. 3. Mechanics of Composite Structural Elements, H. Altenbach, J. Altenbach, W. Kissing, Springer, 2004.

AE807 Aerospace Structures Lab (0-0-3)

Experiments in (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) Strain measurements Structural vibration Wave propagation Fabrication and testing of Laminated Composites Static and Stability behaviour of Thin-walled structures Non-Destructive Testing Structural modelling and analysis in CAE environment.

AE841 Aeroelasticity (3-0-0)

Introduction to static and dynamic aeroelastic phenomena. Divergence, Control Efficiency & Control Reversal - two dimensional Analysis. Divergence of unswept wings. Effect of sweep on divergence and control reversal. Two-dimensional (airfoil) flutter analysis with quasi-steady and unsteady aerodynamic loads. Introduction to buffeting, stall flutter, galloping and vortex-induced oscillations problems. 4

References

1. Hodges D.H., Pierce G.A. Introduction to Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity. Cambridge University Press 2. Y.C.Fung, An Introduction to the Theory of Aeroelasticity, Dover, 1969 3. B.L.Bisplinghoff, H.Ashley and R.L. Halfman, Aeroelasticity, Addison-Wesley, 1972.

AE842 Continuum Mechanics (3-0-0)

Review of tensor algebra, tensor analysis, Concept of continuum, Kinematics of a deformable body deformation and strain, motion and flow, Analysis of stress-stress tensors, Conservation laws -Mass and Momentum conservation, Continuum thermodynamics - First and second laws applied to a continuum, Clausius Duhem inequality, Constitutive relations, Applications.
References

1. Morton.E.Gurtin, Eliot Fried, Lallit Anand, The mechanics and thermodynamics of continua, Cambridge University Press, (2009). 2. C.S.Jog, Foundations and applications of Continuum mechanics, Narosa Publications, (2002) 3. Geroge.E.Mase, Contiuum mechanics, Schaum's outlines, McGrawHill, (1970). 4. A.J.M.Spencer, Continuum mechanics, Dover Publications, (2004). 5. Lawrence E Malvern, Introduction to Mechanics of a continuous medium, Prentice hall, (1969). 6. P.Chadwick, Continuum mechanics, Concise theory and problems, Dover Publications, (1999).

AE843 Introduction to Robotics (3-0-0)

Overview of robotics - manipulators and field robots; Robot mechanisms - serial chains, regional and orientational mechanisms, parallel chains, reachable and dexterous work space, mechanisms of wheeled and walking robots; Spatial displacements, rotation matrices, Euler angles, homogenous transformation, D-H parameters, forward and inverse problems for serial and parallel manipulators; Task planning joint space and task space planning; Sensors - joint displacement sensors, force sensors, range finders, vision sensors; Actuators - electric motors - stepper, PMDC and brushless DC motors, pneumatic and hydraulic actuators; Speed reducers; Servo control of manipulators - joint feedback control, effect of nonlinearities, inverse dynamic control, force feedback control; Higher level control - path planning, configuration space, road map methods, graph search algorithms, potential field method.
References

1. B. Siciliano, L. Sciavicco, L. Villani, and G. Oriolo, Robotics: Modelling, Planning and Control, Springer, 2009. 2. A. Ghosal, Robotics: Fundamental Concepts and Analysis, Oxford University Press, 2006 3. H. Choset, et. al., Principless of Robot Motion - Theory, Algorithms, and Implementation, The MIT Press, 2005.

AE844 Multi-rigid Body Dynamics (3-0-0)

Review of planar motion of rigid bodies and Newton-Euler equations of motion; Constraints holonomic and non-holonomic constraints, Newton-Euler equations for planar inter connected rigid bodies; D'Alembert's principle, generalized coordinates; Alternative formulations of analytical mechanics and applications to planar dynamics - Euler-Lagrange equations, Hamilton's equations and ignorable coordinates, Gibbs-Appel and Kane's equations; Numerical solution of differential and differential algebraic equations; Spatial motion of a rigid body - Euler angles, rotation matrices, quaternions, Newton-Euler equations for spatial motion; Equations of motion for spatial mechanisms.
References

1. J. Ginsberg, Engineering Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, 2008. 2. M. D. Ardema, Analytical Dynamics: Theory and Applications, Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, 2005. 3. B. C. Fabien, Analytical System Dynamics: Modeling and Simulation, Springer, 2009. 4. H. R. Harrison and T. Nettleton, Advanced Engineering Dynamcis, Arnold, 1997. 5. F. C. Moon, Applied Dynamics, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 1998. 6. T. R. Kane and D. A. Levinson, Dynamics: Theory and Applications, Mc-GrawHill Book . Company, 1985. 5

AE845 Aerospace Materials and Processes (3-0-0)

Properties of materials Strength, Hardness, Fatigue and Creep, Ferrous alloys Stainless steels, Maraging steel, Aging treatments, Aluminum alloys Alloy Designation and tempers, Al-Cu alloys, Principles of age hardening, Hardening mechanisms, Al-Li alloys, Al-Mg alloys, Nano crystalline Aluminum alloys, Titanium alloys- - alloys, Superplasticity, Structural Titanium alloys, Intermetallics, Magnesium alloys, MgAl and MgAlZn alloys, Superalloys- Processing and properties of superalloys, Single-crystal superalloys, Environmental degradation and protective coatings, Composites Metal Matrix composites, Polymer based composites, Ceramic based composites, Carbon Carbon composites.
References

1. I.J Polmear, Light alloys. Elsevier publications 2. Roger C. Reed, The Superalloys- Fundamentals and Applications. Cambridge University Press 3. Balram Gupta, Aerospace Materials. S.Chand publications 4. B Cantor, Hazel Assender and Patrick Grant, Aerospace Materials. Institute of Physics Publishing 5. ASM Speciality Handbook, Heat Resistant Materials 6. F C Campbell, Manufacturing Technology for Aerospace Structural Materials. Elsevier publications 7. Karl U. Kainer, Metal Matrix Composites. Wiley-VCH Publications

AE846 Energy Methods in Structural Mechanics (3-0-0)

The variational principle and the derivation of the governing equations of static and dynamic systems. Different energy methods : Rayleigh-Ritz, Galerkin etc. Application : Problems of stress analysis, determination of deflection in determinate and indeterminate structures, stability and vibrations of beams, columns and plates of constant and varying cross-sectional area.
References

1. Langhaar, H.L., Energy Methods in Applied Mechanics, Krieger Publishing Co., 1989. 2. Reddy, J.N., Energy and Variational Methods in Applied Mechanics, Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2002. 3. Tauchert, T.R., Energy Principles in Structural Mechanics, McGraw Hill Book Co., New York, 1974.

AE847 Molecular Dynamics and Materials Failure (3-0-0)

Introduction: Materials deformation and fracture phenomena, strength of materials: flaws, defects, and a perfect material, brittle vs. Ductile material behavior, the need for atomistic simulations. Applications Basic atomistic modeling--classical molecular dynamics-- interatomic potential-numerical implementation. visualisation. Atomistic elasticity- the virial stress and strain. Multiscale modeling and simulation methods-Deformation and dynamical failure of brittle and ductile materials-applications References 1. Atomistic Modeling of Materials Failure, Markus J. Buehler, Springer, 2008 2. Understanding Molecular Simulation: from Algorithms to Applications. Frenkel & Smit, Academic Press, 2001. 3. The Art of Molecular Dynamics Simulation, D. C. Rapaport, Cambridge university press, 1997