Course Name: Introduction to Airplane Performance

Course abstract

This course is designed to provide an integrated introductory treatment of airplane performance with flavor of aircraft design and flight testing.


Course Instructor

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Prof. A.K.Ghosh

A K Ghosh?is a faculty of Aerospace Engg. Department of IIT Kanpur. He is also the 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.

Teaching Assistant(s)

Vijay Shankar Dwivedi

M.Tech., IIT Kanpur

Rajesh Kumar Yadav

Ph.D., IIT Kanpur

Deepak Kumar

M.Tech., IIT Kanpur

 Course Duration : Jan-Mar 2016

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 Enrollment : 05-Dec-2015 to 04-Feb-2016

 Exam Date : 20-Mar-2016

Enrolled

2571

Registered

189

Certificate Eligible

172

Certified Category Count

Gold

0

Silver

0

Elite

73

Successfully completed

83

Participation

16

Success

Elite

Gold





Legend

>=90 - Elite+Gold
60-89 - Elite
35-59 - Successfully Completed
<=34 - Certificate of Participation

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 3 out of 8 assignments
  • FINAL SCORE (Score on Certificate) = 70% of Exam Score + 30% of Assignment Score
Introduction to Airplane Performance - Toppers list

P RISHI KRISHNA 87%

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TIRUCHIRAPPALLI

ROCHIKA JAISWAL 85%

HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LIMITED BANGALORE

PRASHANT SINGH 83%

UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY STUDIES

HARSH MODI 81%

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR

SHUBHAM 76%

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MESRA PATNA

RAGHAV SIKKA 76%

FEROZE GANDHI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

SACHIN MENON 76%

NITK

MINASH KANTI PAUL 75%

SRM UNIVERSITY - RAMAPURAM

TANDEL LADU VITHOBA 75%

IIT MADRAS

K SASIREKHA 74%

Pondicherry Engineering College

Assignment

Exam score

Final score

Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.