Experimental Aerodynamics Detailed Syllabus for B.Tech third year second sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Experimental Aerodynamics B.Tech 2016-2017 (R16) third year second sem is as follows.
B.Tech. III Year II Sem. L/T/P/C
Course Code:NT603PC 4/1/0/4
UNIT – I: Aerodynamic Experiments – History, Model Testing & Wind Tunnels – Types,
Application: Forms of aerodynamic experiments- observation, measurement- objectives. History means. Model testing- wind tunnel- principles – scaling laws, scale parameters significance. Wind tunnels- low speed- types, description. High speed tunnels- transonic, supersonic, hypersonic, shock tubes, special tunnels- low turbulence, high Re, environmental, automobile- function, distinctive features, application. Major wind tunnel facilities description, details.
UNIT – II: Low Speed Wind Tunnels – Construction, Components, Performance & Wind Tunnel Corrections: Low speed wind tunnel- principal components- working section, diffuser, corners, turning vanes, fan, straighteners, honeycombs, screens, contraction cone, fan, motor function, description, design requirements, constraints, construction, performance- loss coefficients. Wind tunnel performance- flow quality, power losses. Wind tunnel corrections. Sources of inaccuracies- buoyancy, solid blockage, wake blockage, streamline curvature- causes, estimation, and correction. Total correction on airspeed, dynamic pressure, and zero lift drag.
UNIT – III: Load Measurements – Wind Tunnel Balances & Flow Measurements –
Instrumentation: Load measurements – wind tunnel balances, types, description, application. Steady and unsteady pressure measurements and various types of pressure probes and transducers, errors in pressure measurements; measurement of temperature using thermocouples, resistance thermometers, temperature sensitive paints and liquid crystals; measurement of airspeed, flow direction, boundary layer profile using Pitot static tubes, 5 hole probes, total head rake- function, working principle, types, details of design and construction.
TEXT BOOKS:
- Low Speed Wind Tunnel Testing, Barlow, J.B., Rae, W.H., Pope, A., Wiley 1999.
- High Speed Wind Tunnel Testing, Pope, A. and Goin, K.L., Wiley, 1965.
- Yang, W.J., Handbook of Flow Visualization, 2nd edition, Taylor and Francis, 2001.
REFERENCES
- 1. Bradshaw, P., Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Pergamon Press, 1970.
- Goldstein, R.J., (Ed.) Fluid Mechanics Measurements, Taylor Francis, Washington 1996. 84.
- Tropea, C., Yarin, A. L., Foss, J. F., Handbook of Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Springer, 2007
For all other B.Tech 3rd Year 2nd Sem syllabus go to JNTUH B.Tech Aeronautical Engineering 3rd Year 2nd Sem Course Structure for (R16) Batch.
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