| Course Name | Hypersonic Flow Theory |
| Course Code | 23AEE433 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Aerospace Engineering |
| Credits | 3 |
| Campus | Coimbatore |
Introduction – Basic Considerations and Definitions – Videos of Atmospheric Re-Entry – Thin Shock Layer – Entropy Layer – Viscous Interaction – Low Density Flows – High Temperature Effects – Visual Presentation of Damages Due to High Temperature Effects – Hypersonic Flight Paths.
Inviscid Hypersonic Flow Theory: Shock Expansion Method, Surface Inclination Methods – Small Disturbance Equations and Approximate Methods – Similarity Laws. Application of CFD tools for modelling inviscid hypersonic flows.
Exact Methods – Method of Characteristics Review – Unit Processes for Method of Characteristics: Planar, Axisymmetric and 3-D Flows – Blunt Body Problem and Shock Interaction Types -Introduction to Viscous Hypersonic Flows – Modelling viscous hypersonic flow using CFD, with heat transfer analysis.
Requisite: 23AEExxx Compressible Fluid Flow Course Objectives
Course Outcomes
CO1: Identify the critical flow physics phenomenon associated with hypersonic flows.
CO2: Use simplified methods to analytically model hypersonic flows – for the estimation of pressure distribution of simple shapes.
CO3: Analyze the influence of viscous effects in hypersonic flows.
CO4: Formulate and solve the problems involving inviscid hypersonic flow over blunt bodies.
CO-PO Mapping
| PO/PSO | PO1 | PO2 | PO3 | PO4 | PO5 | PO6 | PO7 | PO8 | PO9 | PO10 | PO11 | PO12 | PSO1 | PSO2 | PSO3 |
| CO | |||||||||||||||
| CO1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – |
| CO2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 |
| CO3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| CO4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Assessment | Internal | End Semester |
| Midterm Exam | 30 | |
| *Continuous Assessment (CA) | 30 | |
| End Semester | 40 |
Text Book(s)
John D. Anderson, “Hypersonic and High Temperature Gas Dynamics,” McGraw Hill, 2002.
Reference(s)
Wallace D. Hayes and Ronald F. Probstein, “Hypersonic Flow Theory,” 2nd edition, Academic Press, 1959.
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