AKTU Fundamentals of Drone Technology (BOE081) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Open Elective
Fundamentals of Drone Technology BOE081
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Syllabus — Fundamentals of Drone Technology
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The course is an introduction to flight dynamics and control of aerial vehicles such as drones, UAVs and other such aircrafts, and the current development in the field. It is suitable for graduate and post graduate level with the following course objectives and outcomes.
Eligible Branch: Electronics & Communication, Instrumentation, Aeronautical, Electrical Engineering & Allied Branch, Mechanical, Computer Science & other allied relevant branches.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: The course should enable the students to:
- To make the students to understand the basic concepts of UAV drone systems.
- To introduce the stability and control of an aircraft
| DETAILED SYLLABUS | 3-1-0 | |
| Unit | Topic | Proposed Lecture |
| I | Introduction to Drones: Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems, History of UAV drones, classification of drones, System Composition, applications. | 08 |
| II | Design of UAV Drone Systems: Introduction to Design and Selection of the System, Aerodynamics and Airframe Configurations, Characteristics of Aircraft Types, Design Standards and Regulatory Aspects- India Specific, Design for Stealth. | 08 |
| III | Avionics Hardware of Drones: Autopilot, AGL-pressure sensorsservos-accelerometer –gyros-actuators- power supply-processor, integration, installation, configuration. | 08 |
| IV | Communication, Payloads and Controls: Payloads, Telemetry, Tracking, controls-PID feedback, radio control frequency range, modems, memory system, simulation, ground test-analysis-trouble shooting. | 08 |
| V | Navigation and Testing: Waypoints navigation, ground control software, System Ground Testing, System In-flight Testing, Future Prospects and Challenges | 08 |
COURSE OUTCOMES: The student should able to:
- Ability to design UAV drone system
- To understand working of different types of engines and its area of applications.
- To understand static and dynamic stability dynamic instability and control concepts
- To know the loads taken by aircraft and type of construction and also construction materials in them.
Text Books
- Reg Austin “Unmanned Aircraft Systems UAV design, development and deployment”, Wiley, 2010.
- Robert C. Nelson, Flight Stability and Automatic Control, McGraw- Hill, Inc, 1998.
- Kimon P. Valavanis, “Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: State of the Art and the Road to Autonomy”, Springer, 2007
- Paul G Fahlstrom, Thomas J Gleason, “Introduction to UAV Systems”, UAV Systems, Inc, 1998
- Dr. Armand J. Chaput, “Design of Unmanned Air Vehicle Systems”, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.
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