Wind Tunnel Techniques detailed syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (Aero) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Aero students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Aeronautical Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Aero 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of wind tunnel techniques is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
LOW SPEED WIND TUNNELS
Classification -non-dimensional numbers-types of similarities – Layout of open circuit and closed circuit subsonic wind tunnels – design parameters-energy ratio – HP calculations – Calibration methods.
Unit II
HIGH SPEED WIND TUNNELS
Blow down, in draft and induction tunnel layouts and their design features -Transonic, and supersonic tunnels- peculiar features of these tunnels and operational difficulties – sample design calculations and calibration methods.
Unit III
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Unit IV
WIND TUNNEL INSTRUMENTATION
Instrumentation and sensors required for both steady and unsteady measurements – Force measurements using three component and six component balances – calibration of measuring instruments – error estimation and uncertainty analysis.
Unit V
FLOW VISUALIZATION and NON-INTRUSIVE FLOW DIAGNOSTICS
Smoke and Tuft grid techniques – Dye injection special techniques – Oil flow visualization and PSP techniques – Optical methods of flow visualization – PIV and Laser Doppler techniques – Image processing and data deduction
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
- Explain the uses of various types of tunnels and its losses
- Experiment with calibration of different types of high speed tunnels
- Make use of various special tunnels and its applications
- Make use of various measurement techniques of instruments of wind tunnel
- Can use various techniques for aerodynamic data generation
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Bradsaw “Experimental Fluid Mechanics”.
- Lecture course on Advanced Flow diagnostic techniques 17-19 September 2008 NAL, Bangalore
- Pope, A., and Goin, L., “High Speed Wind Tunnel Testing”, John Wiley, 1985.
- Rathakrishnan, E., “Instrumentation, Measurements, and Experiments in Fluids,” CRC Press -Taylor & Francis, 2007.
- Short term course on Flow visualization techniques, NAL , 2009
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