Design process: identification of needs and requirements, conceptual solutions, preliminary design,detailing, manufacturing considerations, prototyping and testing.

Machine elements selection/design: shafts, couplings, pulleys and cables, clutches, screws, gears, cams, springs, structural elements, structural joints, sliding contact bearings, lubrication, rolling element bearings.

Basic acoustic principles – acoustic terminology and definitions – plane and spherical wave propagation – theories of monopole, dipole and quadrapole sound sources – sound transmission and absorption – sound transmission through ducts – structure borne sound – sound radiation and structural response – introduction to noise control.

Equations of Motion: rigid body dynamics, coordinate transformation, Euler angle & quaternion formulation – Dynamics of Generic Fixed Wing Aircraft: 6-DoF equations of motion, linearized equations of motion, linearised longitudinal & lateral equations, aerodynamic derivatives – LTI system basics – Stability of Uncontrolled Motion: linearized longitudinal & lateral dynamics, modes of motion – Response to Control Inputs: transfer function, step response & frequency response characteristics – Feedback Control: stability augmentation, PID control, root-locus technique for contro

Review of vibration of structural elements – one-dimensional motion in elastic media – discrete Fourier transform – spectral finite element method – standing waves – flexural waves in beams and plates – torsional waves in shafts – guided waves – structural health monitoring using wave propagation.

Basic equations – Hierarchy of mathematical models – Mathematical nature of flow equations and boundary conditions – Finite difference and finite volume methods – Analysis of Schemes: Numerical errors, stability, numerical dissipation – Grid generation – Wave equation – Numerical Solution of Compressible Euler Equation: Discontinuities and entropy, mathematical properties of Euler equation – Reconstruction-evolution – Upwind methods – Boundary conditions – Numerical solution of compressible Navier-Stokes equations – Turbulence Modeling: RANS, LES, DNS – Higher-order methods – Uncertainty in

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO): Need and importance – Coupled systems – Analyser vs. evaluator – Single vs. bi-level optimisation – Nested vs.

Introduction to stability – Review of dynamical systems concepts – Instabilities of fluids at rest – Stability of open shear flows: Inviscid and viscous theory, spatio-temporal stability analysis (absolute and convective instabilities) – Parabolized stability equation – Transient growth – Introduction to global instabilities.

Introduction to turbulence – Equations of fluid motion – Statistical description of turbulent flows – Mean-flow equations – Space and time scales of turbulent motion – Jets, wakes and boundary layers – Coherent structures – Spectral dynamics – Homogeneous and isotropic turbulence – Two-dimensional turbulence – Coherent structures – Vorticity dynamics – Intermittency – Modeling of turbulent flows.