Wind Tunnel Techniques detail syllabus for Aerospace Engineering (As), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17AS752/ 17AE752), 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.
For all other as 7th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit AS 7th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other Professional Elective-4 subjects do refer to Professional Elective-4. The detail syllabus for wind tunnel techniques is as follows.
Course Objectives:
This course will enable students to
- Understand the basic of wind tunnel testing.
- Understand the types and functions of wind tunnel.
- Acquire the knowledge on conventional measurement techniques and special wind tunnel techniques.
Module 1
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Module 2
Types And Functions Of Wind Tunnels: Classification and types, special problems of testing in subsonic, transonic, supersonic and hypersonic speed regions, Layouts, sizing and design parameters.
Module 3
Calibration Of Wind Tunnels: Test section speed, Horizontal buoyancy, Flow angularities, Flow uniformity & turbulence measurements, Associated instrumentation, Calibration of subsonic & supersonic tunnels.
Module 4
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Module 5
Special Wind Tunnel Techniques: Intake tests, store carriage and separation tests, Unsteady force and pressure measurements, wind tunnel model design
Course Outcomes:
After studying this course, students will be able to:
- Apply the principles and procedures for model testing in the wind tunnel.
- Classify the types and functions of wind tunnel.
- Distinguish the conventional measurement techniques and special wind tunnel techniques
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 module.
Text Books:
- Rae, W.H. and Pope, A., “Low Speed Wind Tunnel Testing”, John Wiley Publication, 3rd edition, 2010, ISBN-13: 978-8126525683.
- NAL-UNI Lecture Series 12:” Experimental Aerodynamics”, NAL SP 98 01 April 1998
Reference Books:
- Pope, A., and Goin, L., “High Speed Wind Tunnel Testing”, John Wiley, 1985.
- Bradsaw “Experimental Fluid Mechanics”, Pergamon Press, 2nd Revised edition,1970,ISBN-13: 978-0080069814
- Short term course on Flow visualization techniques, NAL , 2009
- Lecture course on Advanced Flow diagnostic techniques 17-19 September 2008 NAL, Bangalore
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE As, 2017 regulation do visit As 7th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.
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