| Course Name | Helicopter Theory |
| Course Code | 19AEE433 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Aerospace Engineering |
| Year Taught | 2019 |
Historical development, configurations of helicopters, rotor system, flight control and mechanism, hovering theory, momentum theory for hover and vertical flight, blade element theory for hover and vertical flight, combined blade element momentum (BEM) theory.
Momentum theory for forward flight, various non-uniform inflow models, blade element theory for forward flight, non-dimensional hub forces and moments, estimation of power for forward flight.
Idealization of rotor blades, flap-lag and torsional dynamics of the blade, rotor blade flapping motion: A simple model, helicopter trim analysis.
Course Objectives
Course Outcomes
CO – PO Mapping
| PO/PSO/
CO |
PO1 | PO2 | PO3 | PO4 | PO5 | PO6 | PO7 | PO8 | PO9 | PO10 | PO11 | PO12 | PSO1 | PSO2 | PSO3 |
| CO1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| CO2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| CO3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| CO4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Textbook(s)
Reference(s)
Evaluation Pattern
| Assessment | Internal | External |
| Periodical 1 (P1) | 15 | – |
| Periodical 2 (P2) | 15 | – |
| *Continuous Assessment (CA) | 20 | – |
| End Semester | – | 50 |
| *CA – Can be Quizzes, Assignment, Projects, and Reports. | ||
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