AS4015 High Temperature Gas Dynamics Syllabus:

AS4015 High Temperature Gas Dynamics Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

This course will enable students
1. To realize the importance and influence of non-equilibrium real-gas effects in high temperature flows.
2. To know the physical mechanisms causing aerodynamic heating of high speed vehicles.
3. To study the parameters that influences the design of hypersonic vehicles.
4. To know the computational methods appropriate to high temperature flows.
5. To realize the effects of friction and heat addition to gas dynamic flow, typical in aerospace engines.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Nature of high temperature flows – Chemical effects in air – Real perfect gases – Gibb’s free energy and entropy by chemical and non equilibrium – Chemically reacting mixtures and boundary layers.

UNIT II STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS

Introduction to statistical thermodynamics – Relevance to hypersonic flow – Microscopic description of gases – Boltzman distribution – Cartesian function

UNIT III KINETIC THEORY AND HYPERSONIC FLOWS

Chemical equilibrium calculation of equilibrium composition of high temperature air – equilibrium properties of high temperature air – collision frequency and mean free path – velocity and speed distribution functions.

UNIT IV INVISCID HIGH TEMPERATURE FLOWS

Equilibrium and non – equilibrium flows – governing equations for inviscid high temperature equilibrium flows – equilibrium normal and oblique shock wave flows – frozen and equilibrium flows – equilibrium conical and blunt body flows – governing equations for non equilibrium inviscid flows.

UNIT V TRANSPORT PROPERTIES IN HIGH TEMPERATURE GASES

Transport coefficients – mechanisms of diffusion – total thermal conductivity – transport characteristics for high temperature air – radiative transparent gases – radiative transfer equation for transport, absorbing and emitting and absorbing gases.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

At the end of the course, students will be
CO1: Able to identify the critical physical phenomena in high temperature flows.
CO2: Realize the importanceof kinetic theory of gases.
CO3: Having knowledge about the features and importance of high – enthalpy flows.
CO4: In a position to demonstrate the transport properties in High-Temperature gases.
CO5: Having knowledge on some of the basic phenomena in rarefied flows.

REFERENCES:

1. Anderson, JD, “Hypersonic and High Temperature Gas Dynamics”, AIAA Education Series, 2nd edition, 2006.
2. Anderson J D,“Modern compressible flow: with Historical Perspective”, McGraw Hill Education, 3rd edition, 2017.
3. Bose,TK, “High Temperature Gas Dynamics”,Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1st edition, 2004.
4. John T. Bertin, “Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics”, AIAA Education Series, 1993.
5. William H. Heiser & David T. Pratt, “Hypersonic Air Breathing propulsion”, AIAA Education Series, 1994.