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AERODYNAMICS & PROPULSION LAB

AAE 2241

Syllabus

  • 01Introduction to Wind tunnel and Propulsion labs and familiarizing the apparatus
  • 02Introduction to wind tunnel and its calibration
  • 03flow over a cylinder
  • 04Pressure distribution and flow over symmetric and cambered airfoils
  • 05Boundary layer calculations
  • 06Calculation of zero lift angle and hot wire anemometer
  • 07Calculation of drag of a cylinder and airfoil by using wake survey method
  • 08Demonstration of 6 component balance and water tunnel visualization
  • 09Performance of mini gas turbine
  • 10Axial flow fan performance
  • 11Free jet and wall jet experiment
  • 12Calculation of burning velocity, forced & natural convection
  • 13Performance of convergent nozzle
  • 14Bomb calorimeter
  • 15propeller test rig experiment

References

  • Jewel B Barlow, William H Rae, Alan Pope Low speed wind tunnel testing, Wiley-Interscience, (1999)
  • J.D. Anderson, Fundamental of Aerodynamics, McGraw-Hill Education; (2016)
  • George P. Sutton, Rocket Propulsion Elements, Wiley India Pvt Ltd, (2010)
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1985. Aeronautical Facilities Catalogue. 1: Wind Tunnels (NASA RP-1132). Washington, D.C. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 1992. Aeronautical Technologies for the Twenty-First Century. Washington, DC:The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/2035
Credits Structure
0Lecture
0Tutorial
3Practical
1Total