Exam Details

Subject Aircraft Design/Launch Vehicle/ Rocket Design
Paper
Exam / Course B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering (BTAE)
Department School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Give a few applications of the following aircraft parts:

Flaps

Ailerons

Spoilers

Tabs

Tail

2. Explain the different types of drag experienced by an aircraft. Also draw the drag divergence curve.

3. Discuss in detail, the determination of take-off weight of an aircraft.

4. Describe in detail an Airplane Design Tree.

Which engine is suitable for higher altitudes? Draw suitable curves.

What is collective pitch and pitch of the propeller?

6. Derive the expression for radius of turn and critical velocity of an aircraft.

How will you select the type of landing gear in aircraft design Discuss in brief.

Explain in brief, the working of anyone type of compressor used in gas turbine engine.

8. Compare the following:

High wing and Low wing airplane configuration.

Dihedral and Anhedral wings along with examples.

9. Enumerate the different types of wing shapes. Which is the best possible amongst them and why Also explain delta wings and their applications.


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Aerodynamics- I
  • Aerodynamics- II
  • Aircraft Design/Launch Vehicle/ Rocket Design
  • Aircraft Instruments
  • Aircraft Safety and Maintenance Engineering
  • Aircraft Structures
  • Aircraft Systems And Airworthiness Requirements
  • Applied Chemistry
  • Applied Physics
  • Basic Control Theory
  • CNS-ATM system
  • Composite Materials
  • Computer Fundamentals
  • Engineering Drawing
  • Environmental Science
  • Flight Mechanics
  • High Speed Aerodynamics
  • Instruction To Computer Play Device
  • Introduction to Aeronautics
  • Introduction To Rocket And Missiles
  • Mechanics Design
  • Propulsion- I
  • Propulsion- II
  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Space Dynamics
  • Strength of Materials
  • Technical Writing and Communication Skills
  • Workshop Technology