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Instrumentation and Measurement Lab

Resistance measurement through Wheatstone bridge◦          DC excitation◦          AC excitationMeasurement of capacitance◦          Wein bridge◦          Schering bridge◦          Small variation in capacitanceInductive transducers◦          Inductance measurement◦          LVDTVariable resistivity transducers◦          Strain guage◦          Resistance of a salt solution

Modern Physics Lab

Law of distance and absorption of gama or beta rays using Geiger-Muller counter Zeeman effectFine structure effectOne electron and two electron spectraAtomic spectra of two electron systemsBalmer series: determination of Rydberg's constantMagnetostriction measurement with Michelson interferometerStatistical analysis of data using charging and discharging of a capacitorX-ray fluorescenceMoseley's law using NaI(Ti) scintillator detectorGamma ray spectroscopyFourier series

Modeling and Analysis Lab

Modeling and analysis using FEM: Geometric modeling and finite element meshing of beam, plate and solid structures – stress, free vibration and buckling analysesModeling and simulation of multi-rigid body systems using Scilab/MATLAB/ADAMSModeling of heat transfer and fluid flow

Theory of Elasticity

Introduction to tensors – introduction to theory of elasticity – strain and stress descriptions – stress-strain relations – thermal stresses – plane stress and plane strain – stress functions – torsion of solid sections – virtual work-energy methods – fracture mechanics – introduction of dynamics of structures. 

Aerodynamics Lab

Theory: Types of wind tunnels – uncertainty analysis – measurement & flow visualization tech- niques– basics of data acquisition and signal processing.Experiments: Measurement of lift and drag on airfoil and cylinder using various methods (pressure measurements, wake survey, and force balance) – flow visualization (smoke, oil, and optical) – free jet characteristics.

Automatic Control

Examples of controlled systems, open loop and feedback control, control system components – mod- eling of physical systems, block diagrams – review of Laplace transform, transfer function – time domain and frequency domain responses – stability, poles and zeros, Routh-Hurwitz criterion – root locus – Bode plot, Nyquist criterion – PID controller, lead and lag compensators – examples from aerospace and mechanical systems – introductions to state-space representation – stability criterion – concepts of controllability and observabilty.

Spaceflight Mechanics

Dynamics of Particles: reference frames and rotations – energy, angular momentum.Two Body Motion: equations of motion – Kepler laws – solution to two-body problem – conics and relations – vis-viva equation – Kepler equation – orbital elements – orbit determination – Lambert problem – satellite tracking – different methods of solution to Lambert problem.Non-Keplerian Motion: perturbing acceleration – earth aspherical potential – oblateness – third body effects – atmospheric drag effects – application of perturbations.Orbit Maneuvers: Hohmann transfer – inclination change maneuvers, combined man

RF and Microwave Communication Lab

RF ExperimentsAnalyze the radiation patterns of the different antennas.Experiments on Coaxial Line Section:              Measurement of VSWR              Measurement of unknown impedance              Stub matching              Measurement of Gain and Noise figureSimulation and Testing of RF Circuits:              RF Tuned Amplifier              RF Oscillator        &n

Communication System I

Fundamental of communication systems, signals and information, system block diagram, performance metrics and data rate limits. Review of Fourier series and Transforms – Energy/Power Spectral Density.Introduction to carrier modulation - Amplitude modulation, AM spectrum, power relations, double sideband suppressed carrier (DSBSC) and single sideband modulation (SSB) schemes, DSBSC/SSBSC spectrum, Vestigial sideband modulation and spectrum. Generation of AM signals, modulators and transmitters, product modulators, square-law modulators and balanced modulators.

RF and Microwave Communication

Scattering matrix parameters, Transmission matrix, Signal flow graph, Impedance matching, Single and double stub tuning, problems. Microwave wave-guide and planar-based passive devices, Microwave resonators, Power dividers, directional couplers, and filters, Isolator, Circulator, phase shifter, Microwave signal generators: Klystron, magnetron, and TWT. Microwave systems design, Microwave Amplifier design, Gain and stability, Oscillator design, Broadband systems, noise figure, and link budget. 
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