Boundary Layer Theory detail syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (Aero), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17AE832), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
This course will enable students to
- Comprehend the basic concepts and equations of viscous flow.
- Acquire the knowledge of laminar boundary layer and its equations.
- Understand the turbulence, instrumentation and measurements.
Module 1
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Module 2
Solutions of Viscous Flow Equations Classification of solutions. Couette flow, stability of Couette flow. Poiseuille steady flow through duct. Unsteady duct flow between plates with bottom injection and top suction. Plane stagnation flowdifferential equation free of parameters.
Module 3
Introduction to Laminar Boundary Layer Laminar boundary layer equations. Flat plate Integral analysis. Displacement thickness, Momentum and Energy thicknesses for two dimensional flows; Shape factor. Some insight into boundary layer approximations. Discussion of Navier Stokes equations. Concept of thermal boundary layer.
Module 4
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Module 5
Transition to Turbulence Stability of laminar flows – concept of small disturbance stability. Temporal instability and Spatial instability. Stability of Blasius and Falkner-Skan profiles. Effect of wall temperature. Transition to turbulence. Affecting parameters Incompressible Turbulent Mean Flow Physical and mathematical description of turbulence. Fluctuations and time averaging. Turbulent flow in pipes and channels. Free turbulence: – jets, wakes and mixing layers. Instrumentation and Measurements: Hot wire and Hot film anemometer for turbulence measurements. Schlieren methods for flow visualization. Pressure probes, Interferometer and Smoke method.
Course Outcomes:
After studying this course, students will be able to:
- Apply the basic concepts and equations of viscous flow.
- Discuss the importance of Navier Stokes equation.
- Measure the turbulence.
Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):
- Engineering Knowledge.
- Problem Analysis.
- Design / development of solutions
- Interpretation of data
Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten questions.
- Each full question consists of 16 marks.
- There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each
Text Books:
- H. Schlichting, ‘ Boundary Layer Theory’, McGraw- Hill, New York, 1979.
- Frank White,’ Viscous Fluid flow’ – McGraw Hill, 1991.
Reference Books:
- J.P. Hollman and W.J. Gajda, Jr. Experimental methods for Engineers’, 5th Edition McGraw- Hill , 1989
- Ronald L., Panton, ‘Incompressible fluid flow’, John Wiley & Sons, 1984.
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