NPTEL : NOC:UAV Design - Part II (Aerospace Engineering)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Saderla Subrahmanyam


Lecture 1 - Introduction to Design Algorithms: Flight Dynamics Point of View

Lecture 2 - Thrust Generation and Power Required

Lecture 3 - Lift and Drag for Infinite Wing

Lecture 4 - Lift and Drag for an Infinite Wing (Continued...)

Lecture 5 - Relation between Aerodynamic center and Center of Pressure

Lecture 6 - Aerodynamic Characteristics of Wing

Lecture 7 - Stability and Criteria for Longitudinal Static Stability

Lecture 8 - Numericals

Lecture 9 - Longitudinal Static Stability - Wing Contribution

Lecture 10 - Flight Demonstration of Flat Plate

Lecture 11 - Numericals (Continued...)

Lecture 12 - Example Problems for Wing alone Configuration

Lecture 13 - Wing-Tail Contribution and Neutral Point

Lecture 14 - Example problems of wing and tail combination

Lecture 15 - Example problems of wing and tail combination (Continued...)

Lecture 16 - Flight demonstration of same wing and tail combination

Lecture 17 - Matlab Tutorial

Lecture 18 - Trim Requirements of UAV

Lecture 19 - Example on performance analysis of UAV

Lecture 20 - Weight Estimation and wing Sizing with Example

Lecture 21 - Power Plant Selection with Example

Lecture 22 - Subroutine for takeoff performance (Powerplant selection)

Lecture 23 - Subroutine for Climb Performance (Powerplant Selection)

Lecture 24 - Subroutine for Weight Estimation

Lecture 25 - Subroutine for Planform Geometry Selection

Lecture 26 - Subroutine for Airfoil Selection