B.Sc.

AERONAUTICS (Avionics) SYLLABUS (THEORY)

Course
SUBJECT SEMESTER -- I (Avionics) Credits
Code
Credits 3
USARA
BASIC AERODYNAMICS Lectures
101
70
Unit I -Aerodynamics :
a) Physics of the Atmosphere International Standard Atmosphere (ISA),
application to aerodynamics.
Aerodynamics :
b) Aerodynamics Airflow around a body, Boundary layer, laminar and
turbulent flow, free stream flow, relative airflow, upwash and downwash,
vortices, stagnation. 25
The terms: camber, chord, mean aerodynamic chord, profile (parasite) drag, Lectures
induced drag, center of pressure, angle of attack, wash in and wash out,
fineness ratio, wing shape and aspect ratio;
Thrust, Weight, Aerodynamic Resultant, Generation of Lift and Drag:
Angle of Attack, Lift coefficient, Drag coefficient, polar curve, stall,
Aerofoil contamination including ice, snow, frost.

Unit II -Theory of Flight:

Relationship between lift, weight, thrust and drag; Glide ratio; Steady state 25
flights, performance; Theory of the turn; Influence of load factor: stall, Lectures
flight envelope and structural limitations; Lift augmentation.

Unit III -Flight Stability and Dynamics:

Introduction to aircraft, major aircraft components, aircraft systems and
20
their functions, reference lines, station and zone identification systems
Lectures
International Standard Atmosphere (ISA), application to aerodynamics.
Longitudinal, lateral and directional stability (active and passive).

Reference Book :
1) Mechanics of Flight ------ AC Kermode
2) Aviation Maint. Technician Hand Book-General -9A --- FAA
3) Aviation Maint. Technician Hand Book-Airframe -15A --- FAA
 Course SUBJECT SEMESTER -- II (Avionics) Credits
Code
Credits 3
USARA Lectures
WORKSHOP TECHNOLOGY
102 70

Unit I - Basics of Workshop Practice

Aspects of safe working practices including precautions to be taken up while

working with electricity, gases especially Oxygen, Acetylene, oils and
chemicals. Remedial action to be taken in the event of a fire or another accident
with one or more of these hazards including knowledge on extinguishing agents.
Care of tools, control of tools and use of workshop materials. Limits, fits and 25
Lectures
tolerances, Standards of workmanship, Calibration of tools and equipment,
Calibration Standards, Common hand tool types, Common power tool types,
Drill sizes for bolt holes, classes of fits, Common system of fits and clearances,
Schedule of fits and clearances for aircraft and engines; Limits for bow, twist
and wear, Standard methods for checking shafts, bearings and other parts.

Unit II -- Basic Aircraft Hardware

Screw threads, screw nomenclature; thread forms. Dimensions and tolerances

for standard threads used in aircraft, measuring screw threads; bolts, studs and
screws, Bolt types: specification, identification and marking of aircraft bolts, 25
International standards. Nuts: self-locking, anchor, standard types; Machine Lectures
screws: aircraft specifications; Studs: types and uses, insertion and removal; Self
tapping screws dowels, Tab and spring washers, locking plates, split pins, pal-
nuts, wire locking, Quick release fasteners, Keys, circlips, cotter pins, Types of
solid and blind rivets: specifications and Identification, heat treatment.
Unit III --- Locking devices

Locking devices Tab and spring washers, locking plates, split pins, palnuts, wire 20
locking, quick release fasteners, keys, circlips, cotter pins Aircraft rivets Types Lectures
of solid and blind rivets: specifications and identification, heat treatment. Types
of cables; End fittings, turnbuckles and compensation devices; Pulleys and cable
system components; Bowden cables; Aircraft flexible control systems.

Reference Book :
1) Airframe & Power plant Mechanics (General Handbook EA-AC 65-9A)
2) Shop Theory --- J. A Enderson & Tatro
3) Aviation Maint. Technician Handbook-Airframe – 15A (Vol-I & II )
 Course
SUBJECT SEMESTER -- I (Avionics) Credits
Code

USARA ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS ( I ) Credits 3

103 Lectures
70

Unit I: -- Static Electricity and Conduction:

Aspects of safe working practices including precautions to take when working

with electricity Static electricity and distribution of electrostatic charges;
Electrostatic laws of attraction and repulsion; Units of charge, Coulomb's Law;
Conduction of electricity in solids, liquids, gases and a vacuum.

Electrical Terminology ----- The following terms, their units and factors
affecting them: potential difference, electromotive force, voltage, current, 20
resistance, conductance, charge, conventional current flow, electron flow. Lectures
Generation of Electricity ---- Production of electricity by the following
methods: light, heat, friction, pressure, chemical action, magnetism and
motion.

Electrical general test equipment --- Operation, function and use of electrical
general test equipment’s

Avionic General Test Equipment's - Operation, function and use of avionic

general test equipment.

Unit II: -- DC Sources of Electricity 25

Construction and basic chemical action of: primary cells, secondary cells, lead Lectures
acid cells, nickel cadmium cells, other alkaline cells; Cells connected in series
and parallel; Internal resistance and its effect on a battery; Construction,
materials and operation of thermocouples; Operation of photo‐cells.

DC Circuits -- Ohms Law, Kirchhoff’s Voltage and Current Laws;

Calculations using the above laws to find resistance, voltage and current;
Significance of the internal resistance of a supply.

Magnetism --- Theory of magnetism; Properties of a magnet Action of a

magnet suspended in the Earth's magnetic field; Magnetisation and
demagnetisation; Magnetic shielding; Various types of magnetic material;
Electromagnets construction and principles of operation; Hand clasp rules to
determine: magnetic field around current carrying conductor. Magneto motive
force, field strength, magnetic flux density, permeability, hysteresis loop,
retentively, coercive force reluctance, saturation point, eddy currents;
Precautions for care and storage of magnets.

Unit III -- Resistive (R), Capacitive (C) and Inductive (L) Circuits :
Inductance/Inductor

Faraday's Law; --- Action of inducing a voltage in a conductor moving in a

magnetic field; Induction principles; Effects of the following on the magnitude
of an induced voltage: magnetic field strength, rate of change of flux, number
of conductor turns; Mutual induction; The effect the rate of change of primary 25
current and mutual inductance has on induced voltage; Factors affecting Lectures
mutual inductance: number of turns in coil, physical size of coil, permeability
of coil, position of coils with respect to each other; Lenz's Law and polarity
determining rules; Back emf, self induction; Saturation point; Principle uses of
inductors;

Resistance/Resistor -- Resistance and affecting factors; Specific resistance;

Resistor colour code, values and tolerances, preferred values, wattage ratings;
Resistors in series and parallel; Calculation of total resistance using series,
parallel and series parallel combinations; Operation and use of potentiometers
and rheostats; Operation of Wheatstone Bridge. Positive and negative
temperature coefficient conductance; Fixed resistors, stability, tolerance and
limitations, methods of construction; Variable resistors, thermistors, voltage
dependent resistors; Construction of potentiometers and rheostats;
Construction of Wheatstone Bridge;

Power ---- Power, work and energy (kinetic and potential); Dissipation of
power by a resistor; Power formula; Calculations involving power, work and
energy,

Capacitance/Capacitor ---- Operation and function of a capacitor; Factors

affecting capacitance area of plates, distance between plates, number of plates,
dielectric and dielectric constant, working voltage, voltage rating; Capacitor
types, construction and function; Capacitor colour coding; Calculations of
capacitance and voltage in series and parallel circuits; Exponential charge and
discharge of a capacitor, time constants; Testing of capacitors. Phase
relationship of voltage and current in L, C and R circuits, parallel, series and
series parallel; Power dissipation in L, C and R circuits; Impedance, phase
angle, power factor and current calculations; True power, apparent power and
reactive

Reference Book :

1) Electrical technology by B L Theraja

2)Aircraft Electricity and Electronic by Eismen

3)Examples in electrical Calculation by Admirality

 Course
SUBJECT SEMESTER-- I (Avionics) Credits
Code

Credits 3
USARA Lectures
ENGINEERING DRAWING
104 70

Unit I –

Introduction of Engineering Drawing, Introduction to drawing instrument and

their uses, Drawing sheet layout and sizes, Identifying title block information
20
Diagrams and Standards Drawing types and diagrams, their symbols,
Lectures
dimensions, tolerances and projections;

Types of lines and their applications, Dimensioning terminology, Quadrant and

its positions, First angle and third angle projection method and their comparison

Unit II –

Engineering Curves ---Ellipse, parabola and hyperbola only focus diretrix

method
25
Orthographic Projection ----Orthographic Projection of given pictorial view
Lectures
by first angle & Third angle method of projection, Types of sections, sectional
orthographic projection (only full sectional orthographic view)

Isometric View --- Introduction of isometric view with example of cube,

isometric axes, scale, isometric projection and isometric view, drawing isometric
view of simple solids and its dimension in
Unit III – - Free Hand Sketches

Free hand sketching – FV and TV of standard machine parts - Hexagonal

headed nut and bolt, foundation bolt, Microfilm, microfiche and computerised
25
presentations;
Lectures
Wiring diagrams and schematic diagrams.

Specification 100 of the Air Transport Association (ATA) of America;

Aeronautical and other applicable standards including ISO, AN, MS, NAS and
MIL

Reference Book :

1) Engineering Drawing -- N D Bhat

2) Machine Drawing ---- AC Parkinsons

3) Airframe & Power plant Mechanics (General Handbook EA-AC 65-9

4) Civil Aircraft Inspection Procedure (CAP 459)

Course
SUBJECT SEMESTER --I (Avionics) Credits
Code

USARA Credits 2
HUMAN FACTORS / COMMUNICATION SKILL Lectures
105
50

Unit I -- HUMAN FACTORS

i) General ----- The need to take human factors into account; Incidents
attributable to human factors/human error; ‘Murphy's’ law.

ii) Human Performance and Limitations Vision;--- Hearing; Information

processing; Attention and perception; Memory; Claustrophobia and 20
physical access. Lectures
iii) Social Psychology Responsibility: Social Psychology Responsibility
individual and group -- Motivation and de-motivation; Peer pressure;
‘Culture’ issues; Team working; Management, supervision and leadership

iv) Factors Affecting Performance ---- Fitness/health; Stress: domestic

and work related; Time pressure and deadlines; Workload: overload and
underload; Sleep and fatigue, shiftwork; Alcohol, medication, drug abuse.

Unit II - HUMAN FACTORS

a) Physical Environment --- Noise and fumes; Illumination; Climate and

temperature; Motion and vibration; Working environment. 15

b) Tasks --- Physical work; Repetitive tasks; Visual inspection; Complex Lectures
systems.

C) Communication ---- Within and between teams; Work logging and

Recording, Keeping up to date, currency; Dissemination of information.

d) Human Error ---- Error models and theories; Types of error in
maintenance tasks; Implications of errors (i.e accidents) Avoiding and
managing errors.

e) Hazards in the Workplace --- Recognising and avoiding hazards;

Dealing with emergencies.

Unit III – COMMUNICATION SKILL

a) Reading, Comprehension skills and vocabulary development :

Abstracting and summarizing skills, Concepts of functional and reading

vocabulary, Importance of vocabulary and its enhancement, Developing
effective conversational skills, Oral and written expression of ideas. 15 Lectures

b) Professional skill --- Professional skill development, writing: – letter

writing, report writing, speaking & listening: – discussion, debates. Seven
C’s of effective communication

c) Human rights:---- Human rights constituents with special reference to

Fundamental Rights in India

Reference Book :-

1) Human Factors Training Manual -- ICAO Doc 9683

2) EASA Module-09 Human Factors -- AIRCRAFT TECH BOOK CO.

3) Human Rights and communication skills by Basant Rani

 B.Sc. AERONAUTICS (Avionics) ( PRACTICALS )

Course
Code SUBJECT SEMESTER --I (Avionics) Credits

USARA Credits 2
1P1 BASIC AERODYNAMICS & WORKSHOP TECHNOLOGY Lectures
50

Unit I ---- BASIC AERODYNAMICS

1) To understand the shape of airfoils and wing and how they affect lift and drag,
effect of boundary layer on flow around the body.
2) Identifying aircraft reference lines, station and zone numbers
3) Identification of major structural members of fixed wing aircraft.
4) Identification of type of Fuselage and method of pressure sealing. 25
5) Identification of Pressure bulkheads and unpressurised bulkheads lectures
6) Identification of components of flight control surfaces and landing gear and
engine attachment
7) Examinations of the flight control, checking its movement and greasing
8) Visual Checks on spoilers position & Position checks of the flap
9) Assessment of damage on fuselage exterior skin.
10) Identification of various types of wings.

Unit II -- WORKSHOP TECHNOLOGY

1) Demonstration of safety precautions while using fluids, gases, electricity, fire
and chemicals & identification of different type of Fire & Fire Extinguishers.
2) Demonstration of hand tools and equipment and their correct use.
3) Demonstration of correct use of measuring equipment (tools) like micrometers,
Vernier caliper, Dial Indicator, bevel protector, combination set etc.
4) Demonstration and use of torque wrench for given torque value. 25
5) Demonstration of the use of calipers, feeler, fillet, radius limit, telescopic gauge lectures
for inspection of one simple assembly.
6) Use hand & power tools to drilling (example: rivet holes drilling).
7) Demonstration of the Inspection and lubrication of aircraft control cable.
8) Demonstration of the wire and cotter pin licking practice.
9) Demonstration of the riveting practice
Course SUBJECT SEMESTER --I PRACTICALS ( Avionics)
Credits
Code Sem I

USARA Credits 2
ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS ( I )
1P2 Lectures 50

1). To verify the ohm law & Kirchhoff law using resistive network.
2. To design electrical circuit using electrical appliances like fuse, switch ,
circuit breaker, socket, bulb, contactor and verify its operation
3. To identify various types of resister on the basis of colour code and
validate using DMM/AMM.
4 Demonstration of the resister in series/parallel /in combination and
measure the value of resister through AMM/DMM.
5 To demonstrate the use of potentiometer and rheostat by using electrical
circuit
6 To study operation of Wheatstone bridge.
7. To identify the various type of capacitor using colour code and validate
its value by using LCR Q meter.
8 Connection of the capacitor in series/parallel /in combination and
measure the value of Capacitor through capacitor meter.
9 To Demonstrate the process of Magnetization and demagnetization;
50 lectures
10 To demonstrate the faradays law of electromagnetic Induction.
11. To test the armature in Growler and through multimeter / test lamp.
12. To measure the high resistance by megger, and extension of range of
voltmeter ammeter and ohm meter.
13) Working of Relays and solenoids
14) Connection of battery cells in series and parallel validate using
DMM/AMM.
4 Demonstration of the resister in series/parallel /in combination and
measure the value of resister through AMM/DMM.
5 To demonstrate the use of potentiometer and rheostat by using electrical
circuit
6 To study operation of Wheatstone bridge.
7. To identify the various type of capacitor using colour code and validate
its value by using LCR Q meter.
8 Connection of the capacitor in series/parallel /in combination and
measure the value of Capacitor through capacitor meter.
9 To Demonstrate the process of Magnetization and demagnetization;
10 To demonstrate the faradays law of electromagnetic Induction.
11. To test the armature in Growler and through multimeter / test lamp.
12. To measure the high resistance by megger, and extension of range of
voltmeter ammeter and ohm meter.
13) Working of Relays and solenoids
14) Connection of battery cells in series and parallel
 Course
SUBJECT SEMESTER --I PRACTICALS ( Avionics) Credits
Code

USARA Credits 2
1P3 ENGINEERING DRAWING Lectures
50

1. Types of lines, lettering, dimensioning of simple orthographic view

2. Engineering curves (minimum 3 problems)
3. Projection of points ( all possible positions)
4. Projection of lines (minimum 3 problems)
5. Projection of planes (minimum 3 problems)
6. Projection of solids (minimum 3 problems)
7. Projection of section of solids (minimum 3 problems)
8. Development of lateral surface of solids (minimum 3 problems) 50
9. Orthographic projection ( 2 Problems) lectures
10. Sectional orthographic projection ( 2 Problems)
11. Isometric views (simple solid 2 problem)
12. Isometric views (machine component 2 problem)
13. Free hand sketches (Hexagonal headed nut and bolt, foundation bolt,
shafts, keys, couplings)
14. Free hand sketches (springs, screws, threaded forms)
 SUBJECT SEMESTER II (Avionics) THEORY

Course
SUBJECT SEMESTER II (AVIONICS ) Credits
Code

Credits
USARA 3
ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS ( II )
201 Lectures
70

Unit I -
a) DC Motor/Generator Theory --- Basic motor and generator theory;
Construction and purpose of components in DC generator; Operation of, and
factors affecting output and direction of current flow in DC generators;
Operation of, and factors affecting output power, torque, speed and direction
25
of rotation of DC motors; Series wound, shunt wound and compound
Lectures
motors; Starter Generator construction.
b) AC Theory Sinusoidal waveform: phase, period, frequency, cycle;
Instantaneous, average, root mean square, peak, peak to peak current values
and calculations of these values, in relation to voltage, current and power
Triangular/Square waves; Single/3 phase principles.

Unit II -
a) Resistive (R), Capacitive (C) and Inductive (L) Circuits –
Phase relationship of voltage and current in L, C and R circuits, parallel,
series and series parallel; Power dissipation in L, C and R circuits;
Impedance, phase angle, power factor and current calculations; True power,
apparent power and reactive power calculations. 25
b) Transformers - Transformer construction principles and operation; Lectures
Transformer losses and methods for overcoming them; Transformer action
under load and no-load conditions; Power transfer, efficiency, polarity
markings; Calculation of line and phase voltages and currents;
Calculation of power in a three phase system; Primary and Secondary
current, voltage, turns ratio, power, efficiency; Auto transformers.

a) Filters - Operation, application and uses of the following filters: low

pass, high pass, band pass, band stop. 20
b) AC Generators - Rotation of loop in a magnetic field and waveform Lectures
produced; Operation and construction of revolving armature and revolving
field type AC generators; Single phase, two phase and three phase
alternators; Three phase star and delta connections advantages and uses;
Permanent Magnet Generators.
c) AC Motors ---- Construction, principles of operation and characteristics
of: AC synchronous and induction motors both single and polyphase;
Methods of speed control and direction of rotation; Methods of producing a
rotating field: capacitor, inductor, shaded or split pole.

Reference Book :-
1) Aircraft Electrical System --- E.H.J.Pallett
2)Aircraft Electricity & Electronics ---- Thomas K Eismin
3) Aviation Maint.Technician Hand Book-General -9A ---- FAA
Course
SUBJECT SEMESTER II (Avionics) Credits
Code

Credits 3
USARA ELECTRONIC FUNDAMENTALS Lectures
202
70

Unit I - Semiconductors --- Diodes

(a) - Diode symbols; Diode characteristics and properties; Diodes in series and
parallel; Main characteristics and use of silicon controlled rectifiers (thyristors),
light emitting diode, photo conductive diode, varistor, rectifier diodes;
Functional testing of diodes.

(b) - Materials, electron configuration, electrical properties; P and N type

materials: effects of impurities on conduction, majority and minority 25
Lectures
characters; PN junction in a semiconductor, development of a potential across a
PN junction in unbiased, forward biased and reverse biased conditions;
Operation and function of diodes in the following circuits: clippers, clampers,
full and half wave rectifiers, bridge rectifiers, voltage doublers and triplers;
Detailed operation and characteristics of the following devices: silicon
controlled rectifier (thyristor), light emitting diode, Shottky diode, photo
conductive diode, varactor diode, varistor, rectifier diodes, Zener diode.

Unit II - Transistors

a) Transistor symbols; Component description and orientation; Transistor

characteristics and properties. Construction and operation of PNP and NPN
transistors; Base, collector and emitter configurations;
20
Testing of transistors. --- Basic appreciation of other transistor types and their Lectures
uses. Application of transistors: classes of amplifier (A, B, C);Simple circuits
including: bias, decoupling, feedback and stabilisation; Multistage circuit
principles: cascades, push-pull, oscillators, multi vibrators, flip-flop circuits.
b) Integrated Circuits --- Description and operation of logic circuits and linear
circuits/operational amplifiers. Description and operation of logic circuits and
linear circuits; Introduction to operation and function of an operational
amplifier used as: integrator, differentiator, voltage follower, comparator;
Operation and amplifier stages connecting methods: resistive capacitive,
inductive (transformer), inductive resistive (IR), direct; Advantages and
disadvantages of positive and negative feedback.

c) Printed Circuit Boards - Description and use of printed circuit boards.

Unit III - Servomechanisms

a) Servomechanisms Understanding of the following terms: Open and closed

loop systems, feedback, follow up, analogue transducers; Principles of
operation and use of the following synchro system components/ features:
resolvers, differential, control and torque, transformers, inductance and
capacitance transmitters.
25
(b) Understanding of the following terms: Open and closed loop, follow up, Lectures
servomechanism, analogue, transducer, null, damping, feedback, dead and;
Construction operation and use of the following synchro system components:
resolvers, differential, control and torque, E and I transformers, inductance
transmitters, capacitance transmitters, synchronous transmitters;
Servomechanism defects, reversal of synchro leads, hunting.

Reference Book :-

1) Aircraft Radio System ---- J. Powell

2) Electronic Communication System --- George Kennedy

3) Digital Principles and Applications by DONALD P. LEACH, ALBERTPAUL

ALVINO,GOUTAM SAHA
 Course
SUBJECT SEMESTER II (Avionics) Credits
Code

USARA Credits 3
203 MAINTENANCE PRACTICES ( I ) Lectures
70
Unit I – Tools
Common hand tool types; Common power tool types; Operation and use of
precision measuring tools; Operation, function and use of electrical general test
equipment; Operation, function and use Avionic General Test Equipment
Lubrication equipment and methods. Fits and Clearances Drill sizes for bolt
20
holes, classes of fits; Common system of fits and clearances; Schedule of fits Lectures
and clearances for aircraft and engines; Limits for bow, twist and wear Aircraft
Plumbing, Mechanism & Linkages Types of rigid and flexible pipes and their
connectors used in aircraft. Standard unions for aircraft hydraulic, fuel, oil,
pneumatic system pipes.

Unit II -
Types of springs, materials, Gear types and their application; Gear ratios,
reduction and multiplication gear systems, driven and driving gears, idler gears,
mesh Patterns; Belts and pulleys, chains and sprockets Types of cables; end
25
fittings, turnbuckles and compensation devices; Pulleys and cable system Lectures
components; Bowden cables; Aircraft flexible control systems. Purpose of
Bearings, loads, material, and construction; types of bearings and their
application,

Unit III – - Different methods of welding, brazing and soldering. Inspection of

welded, brazed and soldered joints. Adhesive bonding methods and inspection
of bonded joints.Bonding methods and inspection of bonded joints. Composite 25
and non-metallic - Bonding practices; Environmental conditions Inspection Lectures
methods

Reference Book :- 1) Reference Book :-

1) Aviation Maint.Technician Hand Book-General -9A ---- FAA

2) EASA Module-07A Maintenance Practices --- AIRCRAFT TECH BOOK C
3) Civil Aircraft Inspection Procedures (CAP 459)-- CAIP I Basic
 Course
Code SUBJECT --- SEMESTER II (Avionics) Credits

Credits
USARA 3
AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE
204 Lectures
70
Unit I -
a) General Concepts
Airworthiness requirements for structural strength; Structural classification,
primary, secondary and tertiary; Fail safe, safe life, damage tolerance concepts; 25
Zonal and station identification systems; Lectures
Stress, strain, bending, compression, shear, torsion, tension, hoop stress, fatigue;
Drains and ventilation provisions; System installation provisions; Lightning strike
protection provision. Aircraft bonding

Unit II - Familiarization of Fuselage types ; Familiarization of Wing Structure ;

Familiarization of Control Surface
Construction methods of: stressed skin fuselage, formers, stringers, longerons, 20
bulkheads, frames, doublers, struts, ties, beams, floor structures, reinforcement, Lectures
methods of skinning, anti-corrosive protection, wing, empennage and engine
attachments;

Unit III -
Structure assembly techniques: riveting, bolting, bonding
25
Methods of surface protection, such as chromating, anodising, painting;
Lectures
Surface cleaning.
Airframe symmetry: methods of alignment and symmetry checks.

Reference Book :-
1) FAA H- 8083-31 Aviation Maint. Technician Handbook-Airframe (Vol-I)
2) FAA H- 8083-31 Aviation Maint. Technician Handbook-Airframe (Vol II)
3) Civil Aircraft Inspection Procedures (CAP 459)-- CAIP I
Course
Code SUBJECT SEMESTER II (Avionics) Credits

Credits
USARA 2
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
205 Lectures
50

Unit I–Environmental concepts :

Environment: definition and composition, atmosphere, biosphere, ecological
15
system and ecology, food chain, exploitation of natural resources in sustainable Lectures
manner, Global warming, Acid rain.

Unit II–Disaster and Waste management:

What is disaster, concept of disaster, cause of disaster, major natural disaster, 20
cyclones, Tsunami, disaster management, forms of waste, classification of waste, Lectures
sources of waste their effects and waste management

Unit III – Sustainable Development:

Natural resources, ever increasing power requirement, renewable resources,
15
Sustainability, conservation, Environmental clearance for establishing and
Lectures
operating Industries in India. Wildlife protection act,

Reference Book :-
1) Environmental Management -- -- Smita Salunke
Course
Code SUBJECT SEMESTER II (Avionics) PRACTICALS Credits

USARA Credits 2
2P1 ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS (II) Lectures
50

1)Familiarization with transformers

2)Measurement of output voltage of DC generator
3) Measurement of output voltage of alternator
4)To study the constructional part of DC Generator/Motor & Perform the
inspection and operation of DC Generator/motor
5) To test the armature in Growler and through millimeter / test lamp.
6). Familiarize the constructional part of AC generator and motor &
Perform the inspection and operation of AC Generator/Motor.
7) To demonstrate the reversing the direction of rotation and speed control
of AC motor/DC motor.
8) To familiarize the current and voltage transformer and demonstrate the
use and testing by simple circuit.
9)To Identify the various type of Inductor and measurement its value by 50 lectures
LCR Q meter ,
10) Connection of the Inductor in series, parallel and in combination and
measure the value of inductor through Inductor meter.
11) Single phase and three phase power supply distribution using star and
delta connection
12) Construct series LCR circuit and determine its (a) Resonant Frequency,
Quality Factor,
13) Construct parallel LCR circuit and determine its (a) Anti-resonant
frequency and (b) Quality factor Q
14) Use of transformer in power distribution and measurements.
15) Make filters circuit to study function of low pass, high pass, band pass
and band stop
Course
Code SUBJECT SEMESTER II (Avionics) ( PRACTICALS) Credits

Credits
USARA 2
2P2 ELECTRONIC FUNDAMENTALS Lectures
50

1) Identification of components of R, L, C and measure values

2) Study of the features and controls of CRO & Multi meter
3) Study of Operating Controls of Voltmeter, Ammeter, Power
meter, Ohm meter, DMM for its use
4) Study the characteristics of Electron Tube
5) Identification of Semiconductor devices – Diodes, Transistors
and perform their characteristics 50
6) Study of SCR and its characteristics and waveform lectures
7) Study of Zener diode and its characteristics and waveform
8) Study the working of Half wave, Full wave, Bridge Rectifier and
observe the waveform
9)To check UJT transistor and perform its characteristics
10) To observe the performance of choke input and capacitance input
filter after the rectification circuit
 Course
Credits
Code SUBJECT SEMESTER II (Avionics) PRACTICALS

USARA Credits 2
AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE & MAINTENANCE
2P3 Lectures
PRACTICES
50
Unit I -- AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE

1) Safety, handling precautions, selection of appropriate tools and manuals.

2) Use zonal numbers to record location. Use parts catalog & component
location manual to locate components.
3) Identifying different parts of aircraft. And their operation on aircraft. 20
4) Visual inspection of various types of surface defects of aircraft structure lectures
using simple aids like magnifying glass, light and mirror.
5) Use zonal and station numbers to record defect location
6) Identification and inspection of flight control system
7) Inspection for lightning strike protection
Unit II -- MAINTENANCE PRACTICES
1) Identification of various rivets and use of any one riveting technique
2) Identification of various fasteners and locking devices used in aircraft.
3) Single patch riveting
4) Double patch riveting
5) Lap Joint by Riveting.
6) Butt joint by Riveting. 30
7) Make a rectangular doubler lectures
8) Make a circular doubler
9) Demonstration of simple soldering tasks.
10) Demonstration of electric arc welding.
11) Demonstration of oxy Acetylene welding.
12) Demonstration of the Inspection and lubrication of aircraft control
cable.
13) Survey of corrosion prone area and suggestion for remedial action.
14) Demonstration of the wire and cotter pin licking practice.
15) To study use of torque wrenches