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DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
ELEMENTS OF AERONAUTICAL
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UNIT-1
1. What is meant by Aircraft?
2. What is meant by Aviation?
3. Write the classification of aircraft in flow diagram?
4. What is Ornithopter?
It is an aircraft supported in flight chiefly by a flapping motion of wing.
5. What is Rotorcraft? List its types
Rotorcraft are the heavier than air aircraft that depends principally for its support in
the flight on the lift generated by one or more rotors. Includes helicopters and
gyroplanes.
6. What is meant by seaplanes?
A water-based aircraft with a boat-hull fuselage,often amphibious.The term is also
used generically to define a similar Flying Boat and a pontoon FLOATPLANE.
7. What are the other names of Unmanned Aircraft?
8. What is Floating Planes?
9. What is Aerostats?
Any aircraft kept aloft by gas,which is lighter than aircraft,contained in the craft is
known as an aerostat.
Ex.Balloon and Airships.
10. What is Aerodynes?
Aerodyne is the technical term for any type of heavier than air aircraft. It covers all
the aircraft that derive lift in flight principally from aerodynamics forces. It includes
conventional airplanes,gliders, helicopters,etc.
Aerodyne can be with or without engines. The former are classified as airplanes,
rotory wing aircraft, ornithopters and kites.
11. What is Blimps?
12. What is meant by VTOL,STOL and STVOL?
VTOL- Vertical Takeoff and Landing
STOL- Short Takeoff and Landing
13. What are the characteristics of wings?
14. Why Hovercraft is not consider as aircraft?
15. Explain Biplane.
16. What is meant by sesquiplanes?
17. Write about the Advantages and Disadvantages of Biplane?
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18. What is Monoplane?Write about the types of monoplane?
19. What is Parasol monoplane?
20. What is Triplane?
21. What is meant by Gyro Dynes?
22. Write the classifications of aircraft based on its applications?
23. Define Aerostar.
24. Define Amphibian.
25. Define rotary wing aircraft?
26. Define Ornithopters.
27. Define Airships.
28. Explain the classification of aircraft in earlier days.
29. Explain briefly about fixed wing aircraft?
30. Explain briefrly about biplanes with its advantages and disadvantages?
31. Explain briefly about monoplanes and its types?
32. What is rotorcraft and explains its types?
33. Write about the methods of lift?
34. Discuss the clasification of flight vehicles.Mention the criteria for classification
35. Discuss the development in aerospace engineering after world war-I
36. Discuss the development in aerospace engineering after world war-II
37. Discuss about the Historical Evolution of an Aircraft?
Unit-2
1. What are the major components of airplane?
2. Explain fuselage of the airplane?
3. What is the tailing edge of the wing?
4. What is the leading edge of the wing?
5. What is meant by span?
6. What are the motion of the aircraft and its controls?
7. Explain Canard?
8. What is the horizontal stabilizer?
9. What is meant by vertical stabilizer?
10. What is Ailerons?
11. What is meant by slat?
12. What is meant by spoilers?
13. What is meant by propeller?
14. Explain Helicopter?
15. What are the components of Helicopter?
16. What is rotor in Helicopter?
17. What is meant by mast?
18. Define hub?
19. What are the different kinds of rotor system?
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20. Why anti-torque configurations are considered in Helicopters?
21. What are the aircraft flight control system?
22. What are the primary controls?
23. What are the secondary controls?
24. Explain sticks shaker?
25. Explain fly by wire control system?
26. What are the classifications of fly by wire system?
27. What is meant by air speed indicator?
28. Explain altimeter and its typte?
29. Write an calibration formula for an altimeter?
30. Explain QNH and QFE?
31. What is artificial Horizon?
32. What is variometer?
33. What is turn and slip?
34. Name any four components of air frame of an airplane and mention their function?
35. Define Hovering of a Helicopter?
36. What is skid and side slip and name the instruments used for?
37. What are the horizontal and vertical stabilizer?
38. Name the basic six instruments?
39. Write the principle of operation of altimeter?
40. Define elevator?
41. What are the various controls provided to an aircraft?
42. How lateral and directional stability are inter related?
43. Explain aileron,flap,slat,spoilers and stabilizer?
44. Whar are the components of Helicopter and write their functions?/
45. What are the aircraft control systems and expalin them?
46. Explain anti-torque configurations need in Helicopter Rotor system?
47. What is flying by wire system and write its types. Explain any one of its type?
48. Explain air speed indicator and markings in light,larger aircrafts?
49. Explain altimeters and its types.
50. Explain gyro horzion and directional indicator?
51. Explain vertical speed indicator?
52. Explain turn and bank indicator?
53. Name any two basic instruments for flying. With illustrations Explain their
operating Principles.
54. What are the main components of helicopter and expain them?
55. What are the types of instruments? Give one example for each and explain the
principle of operation of them?
56. What are the main components of their airplane?Explain them.
57. What are the components of aircraft? And Explain their functions.
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Unit-3
1. What is the standard atmosphere?
2. What is true altitude?
3. What is absolute altitude?
4. What is indicated altitude?
5. What is pressure altitude?
6. What is density altitude?
7. What are the layers of atmosphere?
8. What is Exosphere?
9. What is critical level?
10. What is Ionosphere?
11. What is Thermopause?
12. What is Thermosphere?
13. What is Mesopause?
14. What is Mesosphere?
15. What is Stratopause?
16. What is Stratosphere?
17. What is Ozone Layer?
18. What is Tropopause?
19. What is Troposphere?
20. What are the forces acting on an airplane?
21. What is lift?
22. What is thrust?
23. What is drag?
24. Write the lift equation?
25. Write the trust equation?
26. Write the drag equation?
27. What is meant by airfoil?
28. What is meant by chord line?
29. What is meant by meanm chamber line?
30. What is meant by chord?
31. What is meant by aero dynamic center?
32. What is meant by center of pressure?
33. What is cambered airfoil?
34. What is symmentric airfoil?
35. What is thin airfoil theory?
36. What are the distinct types of airfoils?
37. What is mach number?
38. What are the classifications of flight based on mach number?
39. What is take off?
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40. What is landing?
41. Explain briefly different types of altitude?
42. Derive the equation of state and hydroststic equilibrium?
43. Explain the various layers of atmosphere in details?
44. Explain the various forces acting on an airplane in detail?
45. What are the various types of airfoils? Briefly explain the thin airfoil theory.
46. Write in detail about aircraft take off and landing?
Unit-4
1. What are the general types of construction of airplane structure?
2. How fuselages are classified as per the constructions?
3. What are the structural components of wing?
4. What is spar?
5. What is the distinct part of the fuselage?
6. What are the salient features of monologue construction of an airplane structure?
7. With need sketch, Explain the construction of a typical aircraft wing.show all the
structural components of wing construction and mention the types of loads/stress
experienced by structural members?
8. Write short note on the following
I. Geodesic constructions
II. Use of composite materials for aircraft structures.
9. Explain the applications of semi-monologue construction for aircraft structure?
10. Explain about stressed skin fuselage and what are the advantages of machined
skin?
11. What are the types of truss? And explain them.
12. Define bulk head. What are the types of bulkhead?Explain each of them.
13. Explain about wing construction with neat sketch?
14. What are the maneuvers of an aircraft? Explain.
15. How an aircraft gets lift?
16. When the lift force on the body is developed?
17. What is meant by screening in material selection?
18. Explain the selection of materials in aircraft construction?
19. List out the metallic materials used in aircraft construction?
20. List out the non-metallic materials used in aircraft construction?
21. List out the composite materials used in aircraft construction?
22. Explain the metallic and non-metallic materials used for aircraft construction?
23. List out the special properties of metals used for aircraft construction?
24. List out the Properties of metals used for aircraft construction?
25. Explain the common metals used for aircraft constructions?
26. List out the metal alloys used for aircraft construction?
27. What is meant by alloy?
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28. What is known as base-metal?
29. What is meant by alloying of elements?
30. Explain the different types of metals and alloys used in aircraft parts.
31. List the different types of aluminium alloys?
32. List the different types of copper alloys?
33. List the different types of steel alloys?
34. Explain the application of aircraft materials in detail?
Unit-5
1. What is meant by air-breathing engines?
2. List the types of air-breathing and non air-breathing engines?
3. Explain the construction and working of reciprocating engines?
4. List the five events of a cycle in reciprocating engine?
5. What are the classifications of gas turbine engines.
6. Explain the construction and working of turbojet engines?
7. List the major components of turbojet engines.
8. What are all the components present in cold section of turbojet engine?
9. What is the function of diffuser section in turbojet engine?
10. List the components present in hot section of turbojet engine?
11. List the major components of turboprop engines.
12. Explain the construction and working of turboprop engine.
13. List the major components of turbofan engine.
14. Explain the construction and working of turbofan engine.
15. What is meant by propeller?
16. List the different types of propeller?
17. List the different types of fixed pitch propellers.
18. List the different types of variable speed propellers.
19. What is meant by negative or reverse pitch?
20. Draw the aerodynamic force diagram of propellers.
21. What is meant by blade angle?
22. What is meant by helix angle?
23. What is meant by aoa?
24. What is known as geometric pitch? Write the formula.
25. Find the geometric pitch for a blade station 24 inches from the hub centre [0.75r]
and a 14
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blade angle.
26. Draw the performance curves of aircraft?
27. List the forces acting on propeller blade.
28. Explain the different types of propeller exist in aircraft with neat sketch.
29. Explain the concept of propeller theory in aircraft.
30. Explain the construction and working of ramjet engine.
31. List the advantage and disadvantages of ramjet engine?
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