DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

GURUKUL VIDYAPEETH INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

MST-II
SUBJECT-AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES I

IV SEMESTER

TIME 3 HR.
MAX. MARKS 60

SECTION A (20 MARKS) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. State and explain Principle of virtual work. Define Load Factor. What are the various loads acting on an Aircraft? State and explain Superposition Principle What are the functions and location of? i) Ribs ii) Longerons iii) Bulkheads State St. Venants Principle. What is meant by strain energy and complementary energy? Explain Monocoque construction. Give the expression of Load factor for a Steady Pull Out Manoeuvre What are Airy Stress functions?

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

SECTION B (20 MARKS)

1. 2. 3. 4. Draw the Gust Envelope. Derive expression for load factor for a Banked Turn Manoeuvre Derive expression for Complimentary Energy Explain Airy Stress function for 4th order polynomial with stress distribution on a 2-D rectangular section. 5. State and prove Maxwells Reciprocal theorem

SECTION C (20 MARKS)

1. Draw the Flight Envelope for a typical Aircraft and explain the Salient features of the Envelope. 2. An aircraft having a total weight of 45KN lands on a deck of an aircraft carrier and is brought to rest by means of a cable engaged by an arrester hook, as shown in fig. If the deceleration induced by the cable is 3g determine the tension T, in the cable, the load on an undercarriage strut and the shear and axial loads in the fuselage at the

section AA, the weight of the aircraft aft of AA is 4.5KN. Calculate also the length of deck covered by teh aircraft before it is brought to rest if the touch-down speed is 25m/s.

3. Derive expression for deflection of an End Loaded Cantilever Beam

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

GURUKUL VIDYAPEETH INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

MST-II

IV SEMESTER

TIME 3 HR.
MAX. MARKS 60

SUBJECT-AIRCRAFTSTRUCTURESI

SECTION A (20 MARKS) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. What are Gust loads? What is the difference between Limit Load and Load Factor? Explain Semi-Monocoque construction Explain Principle of Virtual Displacement Explain the basic constructional difference between Wing and Fuselage What are Airy Stress functions? Explain function of i) Spars ii) Longerons 8. What is flight Envelope? 9. What is Gust Envelope? 10. What is meant by strain energy and complementary energy?

SECTION B (20 MARKS)

1. Explain Airy Stress function for 4th order polynomial with stress distribution on a 2-D rectangular section. 2. Derive expression for Load Factor for a Steady Pull Out Manoeuvre 3. State and prove Maxwells Reciprocal theorem. 4. Derive an expression for Strain Energy. 5. Derive expression for load factor for a Banked Turn Manoeuvre

SECTION C (20 MARKS)

1. Draw the Flight Envelope for a typical Aircraft and explain the Salient features of the Envelope 2. An aircraft having a total weight of 45KN lands on a deck of an aircraft carrier and is brought to rest by means of a cable engaged by an arrester hook, as shown in fig. If the deceleration induced by the cable is 3g determine the tension T, in the cable, the load on an undercarriage strut and the shear and axial loads in the fuselage at the section AA, the weight of the aircraft aft of AA

is 4.5KN. Calculate also the length of deck covered by the aircraft before it is brought to rest if the touch-down speed is 25m/s.

3. Derive expression for deflection of an End Loaded Cantilever Beam.

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

GURUKUL VIDYAPEETH INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

MST-II

VI SMESTER

TIME 3 HR.
MAX. MARKS 60

SUBJECT-AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL

SECTION- A 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. What are the properties of a transfer function? What are the different types of control system? Define damping ratio? Compare time-invariant & time varying system? Name the test signals used in time response analysis? What is block diagram? What are the different methods of determining stability of linear control system? 8. Compare stable and unstable control system? 9. What is steady-state response? 10. What is time response? SECTION B 1. Explain the various Test Input Signals. 2. Explain the Block Diagram for a Feed Back Control System. 3. Using Hurwitz criteria check the stability of the characteristic equation 4. Draw the block diagram for addition, subtraction and multiplication? 5. Explain the steps for the construction of Root Locus.

SECTION -C
1. Draw the root locus for the open loop transfer function with a unity feedback system ( 25 Marks) i) ii) iii) iv) Find Poles and Zeros Asymptote Angle Centroid Characteristic equation

v) vi)

Break in and Break Away Point K and ( 15 Marks)

2. Using Rouths Criteria check the Stability for

3. Derive the expansion for transfer function of linear system?

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

GURUKUL VIDYAPEETH INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

MST-II

VI SMESTER

TIME 3 HR.
MAX. MARKS 60

SUBJECT-AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROLS

SECTION- A 1. What is transient response? 2. What is steady-state response? 3. What are the different methods of determining stability of linear control system? 4. What are the properties of a transfer function? 5. What are the different types of control system? 6. Compare time-invariant & time varying system? 7. Compare stable and unstable control system? 8. What is block diagram? 9. Define damping ratio? 10. Name the test signals used in time response analysis? SECTION-B 1. Explain the steps for the construction of Root Locus. 2. Explain the Block Diagram for a Feed Back Control System. 3. Using Hurwitz criteria check the stability of the characteristic equation
4. Explain the various Test Input Signals.

5. Draw the block diagram for addition, subtraction and multiplication?

SECTION-C
1. Draw the root locus for the open loop transfer function with a unity feedback system

vii) viii) ix) x) xi)

Find Poles and Zeros Asymptote Angle Centroid Characteristic equation Break in and Break Away Point

xii)

K and

2. Using Rouths Criteria check the Stability for

3. Derive the expansion for transfer function of linear system?

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

GURUKUL VIDYAPEETH INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

MST-II

VI SMESTER

TIME 3 HR.
MAX. MARKS 60

SUBJECT- ELEMENTS OF AVIONICS

SECTION-A 1. Define the term avionics system? 2. What are the major components of CPU? 3. Define LCDS? 4. What is the function of a bus controller in MIL-STD 1553 data bus? 5. What are the advantages of AMLCD? 6. What is the function of a bus monitor in MIL-STD 1553 data bus? 7. What are the various communication system used in aircraft? 8. Define glass cockpit? 9. What is air data sensing? 10. Discuss how display systems are categorized?

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

SECTION-B Explain the working of HUD? What are the characteristic features of AMLCD? Write short notes i) EPROM ii) EEPROM iii) LRU Explain satellite communication system? Differentiate between HF & VHF communication?

SECTION-C 1. Explain in detail the principle of operation and characteristics of shadow mask CRT? 2. How is ARINC 629 different from MIL-STD 1553? 3. Compare earlier flight desk instruments with modern flight desk instrument?

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

GURUKUL VIDYAPEETH INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

MST-II

VI SMESTER

TIME 3 HR.
MAX. MARKS 60

SUBJECT- ELEMENTS OF AVIONICS

SECTION-A 1. What is the function of a bus controller in MIL-STD 1553 data bus? 2. What are the advantages of AMLCD? 3. What are the various communication system used in aircraft? 4. Define LCDS? 5. What is the function of a bus monitor in MIL-STD 1553 data bus? 6. Define the term avionics system? 7. What are the major components of CPU? 8. Define glass cockpit? 9. Discuss how display systems are categorized? 10. Write the use of weather radar?

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

SECTION-B Write short notes i) EPROM ii) EEPROM iii) LRU Explain the working of HUD? Differentiate between HF & VHF communication? Explain the principle of operation for AMLCD? Explain satellite communication system?

SECTION-C 1. Compare earlier flight desk instruments with modern flight desk instrument? 2. Explain in detail the principle of operation and characteristics of shadow mask CRT? 3. How is ARINC 629 different from MIL-STD 1553?