Advance Aircraft Maintenance: Aerospace Engineering
Advance Aircraft Maintenance: Aerospace Engineering
Advance Aircraft Maintenance: Aerospace Engineering
AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING
PROF. A.K. GHOSH
Department of Aerospace Engineering
IIT Kanpur
INDUSTRIES APPLICABLE TO : DRDO, HAL,Boeing, Airbus, Bell, McDonnell Douglas, UAV Factory, Lockheed
Martin, Cessna.
COURSE OUTLINE :
This course will cover Aircraft maintenance like overhaul, repair, inspection or modification of an aircraft or aircraft
component. Maintenance includes such tasks as ensuring compliance with Airworthiness Directives.
ABOUT INSTRUCTOR :
Prof. A.K. Ghosh is a faculty of Aerospace Engg. Department of IIT Kanpur. He is also in-charge of the flight laboratory
and unmanned aerial vehicle of IIT Kanpur. His research areas include system identification through flight tests using
conventional and neural network based methods, design of aircrafts and airborne projectiles, supercavitation,
unmanned aerial systems. Before joining IIT Kanpur, he worked as a scientist with Defense Research Development
Organization (DRDO). He has published many peer reviewed journal papers and conference papers, guided 13
doctoral students, and 38 masters students. He is also a mentor of multiple aerospace start-up companies, and also
been associated with major industry contributions of high speed low drag aircraft bomb, Pinaka Mk-I, 105mm sabot
round for tracked vehicles, etc.
Mr. Vipul Mathur works as a Chief Engineer at Flight laboratory, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT-Kanpur.
COURSE PLAN :
Week 01 : Introduction, Construction
Week 02 : Performance, Lubrication system, Induction system
Week 03 : Fuel system, Ignition System, Starting System
Week 04 : Propeller, Maintenance
Week 05 : Introduction, Inlet, Compressor
Week 06 : Combustion, Turbine, Exhaust
Week 07 : Fuel system, Lubrication system, Ignition System
Week 08 : Starting, Thrust Augmentation, Material, Maintenance