= Introduction to Aerospace Engg(AE 152) =
This is the wiki page for the Department introductory course "Introduction to Aerospace Engg(AE 152)". It contains the basic details about the course and its subject matter. The details have been taken either from moodle, ASC, prescribed books or reliable websites. The source of the contents would be acknowledged right after the content information. This wiki page is intended to be used in parallel with the other 'official' information channels like moodle/books/classroom-teaching etc for getting a broader 'feel' of the subject. Hope you find the contents of the page both interesting and entertaining.

== Course Info ==
|| Credits |||| 6 ||
|| Prerequisite |||| Nil ||
|| Text Reference |||| [[http://www.flipkart.com/books/1563471132?_l=4iabO1mblWjYaaaANm6ppg--&_r=wr69RvijJKLGdsEtdK_Hjg--&ref=4905ce09-a2bf-41a0-a0ea-a284f8a3b200|Ojha S.K., Flight Performance of Aircraft, AIAA Series 1995]], [[http://www.flipkart.com/books/0070700117?_l=CJHVEqJO3veuHytbACc9dw--&_r=M64E9KSkksFl51qlwkov6A--&ref=ba1a5379-7518-4c8f-bafe-6ff402632b91|Anderson, J.D., Introduction to Flight]] [[http://www.flipkart.com/books/0471078859?_l=CJHVEqJO3veuHytbACc9dw--&_r=HmCHIMQ4iKAU2YPbZXF5HQ--&ref=e529c56c-e42f-4f3d-b4ee-5fd902620db6|Hale, J.F., Introduction to Aircraft Performance, Selection and Design, John Wiley, 1984.]] ||
|| Description |||| '''[[www.aero.iitb.ac.in/aerowiki/FrontPage/AE152/BasicAerodynamics|Basic Aerodynamics]]''' : Nomenclature of aircraft components. Standard atmosphere. Streamlines, steady fluid motion, incompressible flow, Bernoulli"s equation,Mach number, Pressure and airspeed measurement, Boundary Layer,Reynolds number, Laminar and Turbulent flow. ||
|| Description ||||  '''[[www.aero.iitb.ac.in/aerowiki/FrontPage/AE152/AirfoilsWings|Airfoils and wings]] ''': Pressure coefficient and lift calculation, Critical Mach number, Wave drag, Finite wings, Induced drag, Swept wings.  ||
|| Description |||| '''[[www.aero.iitb.ac.in/aerowiki/FrontPage/AE152/AircraftPerformance|Aircraft performance]]''' : Steady level flight, Altitude effects, Absolute ceiling, steady climbing flight, Energy methods, Range and Endurance, Sustained level turn, pull-up, V-n diagram, Take off and landing.||
|| Description ||||'''[[www.aero.iitb.ac.in/aerowiki/FrontPage/AE152/ReentryVehicles|Re-entry vehicles]]''' : Ballistic and Glide Reentry, Blunt body concept. ||

== The Big Picture ==
The following flow diagram is a 'Roadmap' of all the kinds of courses (logically arranged into sequences) you may get to do in the coming years. Of course, in addition to these courses, there are many more specialized electives offered in the department that interested students can avail.
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