18AE55 Aircraft Systems & Instrumentation syllabus for AE

Airplane Control Systems: Conventional Systems, fully powered flight controls, Power actuated systems, Modern control systems, Digital fly by wire systems, Auto pilot system active control Technology.

Aircraft Systems: Hydraulic systems, Study of typical workable system, components, Pneumatic systems, Advantages, Working principles, Typical Air pressure system, Brake system, Typical Pneumatic power system, Components, Landing Gear systems, Classification.

Engine Systems: Fuel systems for Piston and jet engines, Components of multi engines. lubricating systems for piston and jet engines - Starting and Ignition systems - Typical examples for piston and jet engines.

Auxiliary System: Basic Air cycle systems, Vapour Cycle systems, Evaporative vapour cycle systems, Evaporative air cycle systems, Fire protection systems, Deicing and anti-icing systems.

Aircraft Instruments: Flight Instruments and Navigation Instruments, Gyroscope, Accelerometers, Air speed Indicators, TAS, EAS, Mach Meters, Altimeters, Principles and operation, Study of various types of engine instruments, Tachometers, Temperature gauges, Pressure gauges, Operation and Principles.

Course Outcomes:

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

1. CO1: Distinguish the conventional and modern control systems.

2. CO2: Classify the aircraft systems.

3. CO3: Categorize different types of aircraft instruments.

Question paper pattern:

• The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
• Each full question will be for 20 marks.
• There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Textbooks

1 Aircraft Systems: Mechanical, Electrical and Avionics-Subsystem Integration Ian Moir and Allan Seabridge Wiley India Pvt Ltd 3rd edition, 2012

2 Aircraft Instruments and Integrated Systems Pallet, E.H.J Longman Scientific and Technical 1996

Reference Books

1 Aircraft Systems (Fundamentals of Flight Vol. IV) Lalit Gupta and OP. Sharma Himalayan Books 2006

2 Gas Turbine Technology Treager. S McGraw-Hill 3rd edition,2013

3 TheaircraftEngineersHandbook,No4, Instruments R.W. Sloley and W.H. Coulthard 6thEdition,2005

4 Pneumatic Systems SR. Majumdar Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co 1stEdition,2001

5 Aircraft Hydraulic Systems William A Neese Himalayan Books 2007