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EXPERIMENTAL AERODYNAMICS
AAE 4403
Syllabus
- 01Experimental Errors, Causes and Types, Statistical Analysis of Experimental data
- 02Wind Tunnels: Types of wind tunnel, components, operation
- 03Shock tubes and other high-speed facilities: shock tunnel, ballistic range, Plasma Arc Tunnel, Rarefied Gas Tunnel
- 04Flow Visualization Techniques – Schlieren, Shadowgraph, Interferometry
- 05Temperature measurement in flow: Thermometry, Thermostats, Thermistors, RTDs, Thermocouples, spectroscopy-based measurements, PLIF
- 06Pressure measurement methods: Manometers, Bourdon gauges, Bellows and Diaphragms, Piezoelectric, Piezo-resistive
- 07Velocity measurements in Flow: Pitot probe, Pitot correction in supersonic flows, hot wire Anemometry, Laser Doppler Velocimetry, Particle Image Velocimetry
References
- G. S. Settles: Schlieren and Shadowgraph Techniques - Visualizing Phenomena in Transparent Media, Springer, (2001)
- Alan Pope, Kennith L Goin: High speed wind tunnel testing, John Wiley & Sons, New York, (1965)
- Stefano Discetti and Andrea Ianiro, Experimental Aerodynamics, CRC Press, (2017)
- Jewel B. Barlow, William H. Rae, Alan Pope: Low-Speed Wind Tunnel Testing, Wiley, (1999)
- S.P. Venkateshan: Mechanical Measurements , John Wiley & Sons Ltd, (2015)
- Irvine I Glass, J P Sislian: Non-stationary flows and shock waves, Clarendon Press, Oxford. (1994)
Credits Structure
3Lecture
0Tutorial
0Practical
3Total