Five day technical workshop on maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircrafts and helicopters -16th to 20th May, 2023
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Online Faculty development program on "Applications of Machine Learning Algorithms in Aerospace Engineering” from 09th to 13th May 2022.
The Department of Aerospace Engineering had organised 5 days faculty development program on Applications of Machine Learning Algorithms in Aerospace Engineering” from 09th to 13th May 2022. Presently, Machine Learning (ML) is the buzz word of today's Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry and is rapidly transforming the technological landscapes with far reaching benefits. Undoubtedly, machine learning is also making huge strides into the Aerospace domain which caters to the military, commercial, and space exploration sectors. The availability of huge technical and passenger data would enable the application of machine learning in streamlining aircraft design, manufacturing, system analysis, maintenance, overhauling, route planning, logistic handling, customer management, and a lot more. The Boeing-777 was the first aircraft to be designed completely from simulation without a mock-up. Likewise, in coming years, Machine Learning would be playing a much bigger role in designing efficient workflow processes. To cater to the Aerospace Academic Community, the FDP was primarily designed to provide a platform for understanding the nuances of Machine Learning and its applications specific to Aerospace Engineering. The program comprised of both fundamentals and hand-on practise sessions delivered by experts from both academia and industry. The FDP provided a great learning platform for nearly 30 participants from various institutes.
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Airbus Team's visit to RVCE - Aerospace Engineering Department
Talk on “Career opportunities in AIRBUS for Aerospace Engineering students” AIRBUS Team's Visit to Structures Laboratory
AIRBUS Team's Visit to Aerospace Propulsion Laboratory AIRBUS Team's Visit to Aerodynamics Laboratory
AIRBUS Team's Visit to Gas Dynamics Laboratory
Visit to “Aero India 2019”:
A visit to Aero India 2019 was arranged for the students & staff of the Aerospace Engineering Department on 23rd February 2019. A total of 100 students from the department attended the visits who were accompanied by seven faculty members.
Students had an opportunity to visit the show where they were thrilled with the finesse with which the pilots controlled the "airworthy" machines.
Invited talk on “Career Opportunities at IAF”:
The talk by Indian Air Force personnel, Squadron Leader Shivanchal Asthana was organized by Department of Aerospace Engineering and NCC RVCE on 28th February 2019 in order to educate students about various career opportunities in Indian Air Force, one of the three fundamental forces of defence in the country
The students were very enthusiastic about the talk which witnessed an audience of about 300 to 350 students from various programs of engineering.
His presentation accompanied enthralling videos thus inspiring students to take Air Force as the career.
Invited talk on “How to be Industry Ready?”:
An invited talk on “How to be Industry ready?” was hosted by the Department of Aerospace Engineering on 22nd February 2019, Friday. Mr Sunile Kambe, Founder, VI Solutions, delivered the talk. In addition to the topic mentioned above, a live demonstration of LabVIEW in action was shown where a voice sample was recorded by the computer and then manipulated to make it faster.
Inauguration of New Experimental Test Facilities @ Aerospace Engineering
Newly Constructed Hangar for accomodating Experimental Test Facilities
Secretary interacting faculty Shri. D P Nagaraj, Joint Secretary performing pooja
Trustees and Principal inaugurating the Experimental Test Facilities
Invited Talk by Dr. Rajkumar S Pant
Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) systems occupy a niche in Aerospace systems owing to their special capabilities, such as the ability to stay aloft even when stationary, owing to the force of buoyancy. Airships and Aerostats are two applications of this technology that are finding increasing application worldwide for many tasks such as aerial surveillance, wireless communication, product promotion, and long endurance high altitude platforms.
Airships provide a low cost alternative for transportation of passenger and cargo in remote areas, where surface modes of transportation are difficult to provide. They do not require long runways and have very low fuel consumption.
The operation of the airship produces low noise and vibrations thus reducing crew fatigue and increasing their working efficiencies, especially for low speed long endurance operations such as aerial photography, search and rescue operations and relief operations.
As part of the LTA technology development efforts at IIT Bombay, aerostats and remotely controlled airships have been designed, fabricated and flight tested at various locations in the country. A feasibility study of operation and development of manned airships for transportation of goods and passengers over mountainous terrains in Uttarakhand has been completed. Subsequently, several study projects in LTA technology development have been completed such as shape optimization of aerostat envelopes from aerodynamic, structural and manufacturing considerations, application of neural networks for design of control system of indoor airships, assessment of technical feasibility of airships as a high altitude platform for precision navigation system.
In an ongoing project, sponsored by One World South Asia, the efficacy of aerostats as an aerial platform for wireless communication for rural connectivity is being investigated. During field trials conducted in May 2007, wireless communication at a line of sight of approx. 7.5 km from the aerostat was successfully established. This system is re-locatable, easily re-configurable, and can be used for providing low cost data and voice communication in remote areas, especially for disaster management.
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Head of the Department formally welcoming the speaker
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Dr Pant adressing students
Invited Talk by Dr. R K Mishra
The Department of Aerospace Engineering, R V College of Engineering organised an invited talk on "Development of Gas Turbine Engines for Fighter Aircraft-The
Challenge for Aeronautical Students" on 25 th September between 09.30 AM to 12.30 PM at Telecommunication Seminar Hall, R V College of Engineering, Bangalore. The talk was delivered by Dr R K Mishra, Scientist-G, Additional Director, Center for Military Airworthiness and Certification, Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, Bangalore. The talk was mainly aimed at the II and III year students of Aerospace Engineering Department.
The invited talk begun with a formal welcoming of the speaker as well as addressing the gathering. The talk was preceded by a brief introduction by the Head of the Department, Aerospace Engineering. The talk had precisely begun at 09.45AM with a brief introduction to the gas turbine engines and their working principles. In his talk, Dr Mishra emphasized the role and importance of Gas Turbine Engines for aeronautical applications, both civil and military aircrafts.
During the talk, more importance were given to the development of engines for military aircrafts, because unlike the engines for civil airplanes, the engines meant for fighter aircrafts had much bigger role to perform than just take-off, cruise and land.
The speaker stressed about the underlying challenges for fighter aircrafts. Fighter aircrafts will be subjected to worst possible environments, be it hot arid temperatures of Rajasthan or the Chilly weathers of Siachen or the treacherous mountains of the North Eastern India. The fighter aircrafts has to operate flawlessly and comply to the demands of the mission. Also the speaker reiterated about the potential damages caused to the engines of fighter aircrafts due to Foreign object Damage (FOD), Surge and Stall at high angles of attack, Take-off from a reduced runway/hot summer day etc. While performing in these extreme environments and conditions, the engine components has to withstand all the adverse phenomenon and has to support the aircrafts demands whenever and wherever required.
Later the speaker also highlighted the concurrent challenges faced by engineers while designing, simulation, prototyping, manufacturing, testing and certification of a fighter aircraft engine. Finally, the speaker also highlighted the various opportunities exclusive to Aerospace Engineers in the design and development of a propulsion system for a fighter aircraft.
In addition to the above, the talk was further made interesting by an interactive session, during which the thought provoking questions posed by students were brilliantly answered by the speaker. The talk turned out to be very informative and inspiring for the highly motivated students. The session was concluded by a brief vote of thanks and a token of appreciation by our beloved students and faculty members.
Dr K Ramachandra welcoming the speaker
Dr R K Mishra delivering a talk on fighter aircraft propulsion systems
Invited Talk by Dr. C D Balaji
The Department of Aerospace Engineering, R V College of Engineering organised an invited talk on "AN INTRODUCTION TO AEROSPACE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT - AN LCA EXPERIENCE" on 09 th October, 2017 between 09.30 AM to 12.30 PM at Telecommunication Seminar Hall, R V College of Engineering, Bangalore. The talk was delivered by Dr. C D Balaji, Distinguished Scientist, Chairman, Center of Excellence in Aerospace & Defence (CEAD), Former Program Director (Combat Aircraft) & Director, Aeronautical Development Agency, Ministry of Defence, Bangalore. The main goal of the talk was to provide a detailed insight involved in the design and development of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) TEJAS Aircraft to the II & III year students of Aerospace Engineering Department, R V College of Engineering.
The invited talk begun at exactly 10.00AM with a formal welcoming of the speaker as well as addressing the gathering. The talk was preceded by a brief introduction
by the Head of the Department, Aerospace Engineering. Dr C D Balaji commenced the talk with a brief discussion on the basic Aerodynamic characterization and classification of the aircrafts. The major theme of the discussion revolved around the detailed design procedures like initial requirements, preliminary design, simulation, wind tunnel testing, detailed design, tooling, manufacture, assembly and ground & flight testing. During the talk, the speaker shed some light on the possible scenario of the military fixed wing airplanes of present, near future and next decade aircrafts. Dr C D Balaji specified the major technical differences and requirements of the 4th, 4.5 and 5th generation aircrafts for military applications. He emphasized the need of stealth technology and distributed propulsion systems for advanced fighter aircrafts responsible for maintaining the geo-political stability of our country.
Dr C D Balaji advocated the need of understanding the importance of augmenting the combat aircraft technology requirements for a fighter aircraft. The combat aircraft technology for a fighter aircraft focused towards augmenting stringent aerodynamics, highly efficient airframe structure, advanced propulsion systems with superior thrust-to- weight ratios, advanced integrated avionics and weapon delivery systems, fully authorized digital fly-by- light flight control systems etc. Later the speaker also highlighted the concurrent challenges faced by engineers while designing, simulation, prototyping, manufacturing, testing and certification of a fighter aircraft engine. Finally, the speaker also highlighted the various opportunities exclusive to Aerospace Engineers in the design and development of a fighter aircraft.
In addition to the above, the talk was further made interesting by an interactive session, during which the thought provoking questions posed by students were brilliantly answered by the speaker. The talk turned out to be very informative and inspiring for the highly motivated students. The session was concluded by a brief vote of thanks and a token of appreciation by our beloved students and faculty members.
Profile Picture of Dr. C D Balaji
Invited Talk by Prof. C R Sathya
On 15th October 2015, the Department organised an invited talk to commemorate the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Dr. A P J Abdul Kala. The gathering was addressed by two eminent scientists Prof C R Sathya, a former aide of Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam and Dr. K S V Seshadri.
Prof C R Sathya inagurating the first ever invited talk organised by Aerospace Department to commemorate the birthday of Bharath Ratna Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
Aerospace Engineering student paying tributes to Bharath Ratna Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
Spell bound audience listening to the inspiring talk by Prof C R Sathya
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The department organised a mega event, talk on Indian Space program past, present and future by Prof U R Rao, former ISRO chairman and icon of Indian Aerospace research on 19th November 2015.
Prof U R Rao addressing the students
Prof U R Rao at the inaugural function
Visit to Satish Dhawan Space Center (SHAR), Sriharikota
One day trip to Sriharikota was organised by the department to witness the launch of PSLV C-29 on 16th December 2015.
Students at Satish Dhawan space center SHAR, Sriharikota after witnessing the launch of PSLV C-29
Gallery from where the students witnessed the launch