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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 Course Duration : Sep-Dec 2020
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 Enrollment : 20-May-2020 to 21-Sep-2020
 Exam registration : 14-Sep-2020 to 02-Nov-2020
 Exam Date : 20-Dec-2020

Enrolled

3638

Registered

195

Certificate Eligible

103

Certified Category Count

Gold

5

Silver

21

Elite

42

Successfully completed

35

Participation

61

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
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

PULAGAM SASIKALA 96%

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KAKINADA, JNTU, KAKINADA


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

KUSHAN DESAI 91%

GSFC UNIVERSITY


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

APURVA ANANDA PAWAR 90%

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PUNE

SELWIN RAJADURAI J 90%

Alagappa Chettiar Government College of Engineering & Technology

PRANEETH REDDY KAPU 90%

SARDAR VALLABHBHAI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SURAT

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 3638

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 195

Assignment Statistics



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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.