Experimental Aerodynamics detail syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (Aero), 2017 regulation is taken from Anna University official website and presented for students of Anna University. The details of the course are: course code (AE8602), Category (PC), Contact Periods/week (3), Teaching hours/week (3), Practical Hours/week (0). The total course credits are given in combined syllabus.
For all other aero 6th sem syllabus for be 2017 regulation anna univ you can visit Aero 6th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 regulation Anna Univ Subjects. The detail syllabus for experimental aerodynamics is as follows.”
Course Objective:
- To provide extensive treatment of the operating principles and limitations of pressure and temperature measurements.
- To cover both operating and application procedures of hot wire anemometer.
- To describe flow visualization techniques and to highlight in depth discussion of analog methods.
Unit I
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Course Objective:
of experimental studies – Fluid mechanics measurements – Properties of fluids -Measuring instruments – Performance terms associated with measurement systems – Direct measurements – Analogue methods – Flow visualization – Components of measuring systems -Importance of model studies.
Unit II
Wind Tunnel Measurements
Characteristic features, operation and performance of low speed, transonic, supersonic and special tunnels – Power losses in a wind tunnel – Instrumentation and calibration of wind tunnels -Turbulence- Wind tunnel balance – Wire balance – Strut-type – Platform-type – Yoke-type -Pyramid type – Strain gauge balance – Balance calibration.
Unit III
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Unit IV
Pressure, Velocity and Temperaturemeasurements
Pitot – static tube characteristics – Velocity measurements – Hot-wire anemometry – Constant current and Constant temperature Hot-Wire anemometer – Pressure measurement techniques -Pressure transducers – Temperature measurements.
Unit V
Special Flows and Uncertainty Analysis
Experiments on Taylor-Proudman theorem and Ekman layer – Measurements in boundary layers -Data acquisition and processing – Signal conditioning – Uncertainty analysis – Estimation of measurement errors – External estimate of the error – Internal estimate of the error – Uncertainty calculation – Uses of uncertainty analysis.
Course Outcome:
- Knowledge on measurement techniques in aerodynamic flow.
- Acquiring basics of wind tunnel measurement systems
- Specific instruments for flow parameter measurement like pressure, velocity.
- Use measurement techniques involved in Aerodynamic testing.
- Analyze the model measurements, Lift and drag measurements through various techniques and testing of different models.
- Apply the Wind tunnel boundary corrections and Scale effects
Text Books:
- Rathakrishnan, E., Instrumentation, Measurements, and Experiments in Fluids, CRC Press -Taylor and Francis, 2007.
- Robert B Northrop, Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurements, Second Edition, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, 2006.
References:
- Bradsaw “Experimental Fluid Mechanics”, Elsevier, 2nd edition, 1970.
- Pope, A., and Goin, L., “High Speed Wind Tunnel Testing”, John Wiley, 1985.
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Aero, 2017 regulation do visit Aero 6th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.
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