Course Name: Aircraft Design

Course abstract

This course will presents the entire process of aircraft conceptual design - from requirements definition to initial sizing, configuration layout, analysis, sizing, optimization, and trade studies.


Course Instructor

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Prof. A. K. Ghosh

Prof. 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.


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 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2021

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2020 to 25-Jan-2021

 Exam registration : 15-Jan-2021 to 12-Mar-2021

 Exam Date : 24-Apr-2021

Enrolled

5760

Registered

184

Certificate Eligible

115

Certified Category Count

Gold

1

Silver

41

Elite

45

Successfully completed

28

Participation

24

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 Design - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

GUNTAPALLI NAGA VARUNA ANANDA SAI CHAITANYA 90%

indian institute of space science and technology


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

VRAJ MODI 88%

THE MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY OF BARODA

ANUBHAV VISHWAKARMA 88%

M S RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

SIKHA ARKESH ANJANANAND 86%

PANDIT DWARKA PRASAD MISHRA INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING (IIITDM), JABALPUR

HARSHAD PRAKASH DONAWADE 85%

GOGTE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

PUNEET GAUR 85%

P.M college of engineering

SIVA P M 85%

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING, KANCHEEPURAM

MUKESH KUMAR KAPAR 85%

S.R.M. INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 5760

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 184

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.