Course Name: Aircraft Propulsion

Course abstract

This course deals with the gas power cycles for aircraft propulsion. Therefore different types of aircraft engines, their parts and their performance parameters are discusses. Then the cycle analysis and its different attachment for improvisation are also focused. Further, different parts of aircraft engines like compressor, turbines, combustor and nozzle are discussed in detail.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Vinayak N. Kulkarni

Dr. Vinayak N. Kulkarni is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati since January 2015. He completed his undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering in the Shivaji University, Maharashtra, India. His post graduation and PhD is from Aerospace Engineering Department of Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. His teaching interests are basic and applied thermodynamics, gas dynamics, aircraft propulsion and fluid mechanics. His research interests are experimental and computational compressible flows, IC engines and non-conventional energy.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

Anand Verma

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ANIL KUMAR ROUT

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Abhishek Kamal

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 Course Duration : Jul-Oct 2019
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 15-May-2019 to 05-Aug-2019
 Exam registration : 01-Jun-2019 to 30-Sep-2019
 Exam Date : 17-Nov-2019, 17-Nov-2019

Enrolled

3116

Registered

169

Certificate Eligible

99

Certified Category Count

Gold

1

Silver

15

Elite

41

Successfully completed

42

Participation

40

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • FINAL SCORE (Score on Certificate) = 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score.
Aircraft Propulsion - Toppers list

AKSHAT HETAL PATEL 95%

NIRMA UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SANKARLAL T 87%

MISRIMAL NAVAJEE MUNOTH JAIN ENGINEERING COLLEGE

SATYAMSINGH AMARSINGH CHANDEL 84%

GSFC UNIVERSITY

KAUSTOBHMONI HAZARIKA 80%

ASSAM ENGINEERING COLLEGE

DIBAKAR GHOSH 80%

MEGHNAD SAHA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

BOLLAM GANESH 80%

VNR VIGNANA JYOTHI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING &TECHNOLOGY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 3116

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 169

Assignment Statistics



Assignment

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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.