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Course Name Advanced Gas Dynamics
Course Code 25DT636
Program M.Tech. in Defence Technology
Semester 1
Credits 3
Campus Coimbatore

Syllabus

Course Content
Unit Contents Contact Hrs.
1. Overview of one-dimensional models for normal shock, Fanno flow and Rayleigh flow. Oblique shocks and expansion waves 9
2. Analysis of detached shocks and their impact on the flow field, applications of detached shock analysis; Shock-shock interaction and shock-boundary layer interaction, shock-induced separation. 7
3. Shock-expansion methods for airfoils; design and functioning of supersonic wind tunnel; Incomplete expansion, shock structures in under-expanded and over-expanded jets 6
4. Axisymmetric nozzle design using method of characteristics; Heat transfer in high speed flows, Introduction to methods of analysis in conduction, convection and radiation applied to high speed flow 8
5. Shock-induced heating, thermal shielding; Introduction to hypersonic aerodynamics, equilibrium and non-equilibrium flows, 8
6. Variation of transport properties of gases, Viscous interactions, aerothermodynamics of hypersonic re-entry vehicles 7
Total 45

Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objectives:

The course is intended to provide introduction to the impact of compressibility on fluid flow along with the pertinent applications of high speed flows withe shocks, expansion waves, area change, heat transfer and friction.

Course Outcomes: At the end of the course the student should be able to:

  • Analyze the impact of shock waves and expansion fans
  • Analyze shock reflection and interaction
  • Use shock expansion methods for simple shapes
  • Analyze flow through CD nozzles
  • Comprehend the physics of hypersonic flows

Text Books / References

References / Suggested Books

  1. JD Anderson, “Modern Compressible Flow with Historical Perspective”, McGraw Hill, 2012.
  2. John J Bertin “Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics”, AIAA Education Series, 1994.
  3. John David Anderson, “Hypersonic and High Temperature Gas Dynamics”, AIAA Education Series, AIAA 2006

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