AS4111 Launch Vehicle Aerodynamics Laboratory Syllabus:

AS4111 Launch Vehicle Aerodynamics Laboratory Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

This laboratory course will enables students
1. To get exposure with a practical knowledge on various aerodynamic principles
related to inviscid incompressible fluids.
2. To have a practical exposure on Aerodynamic measurement techniques.
3. To do testing of sub systems and components of aircraft at low speed.
4. To measure force and moments on missile models.
5. To calibrate subsonic and supersonic wind tunnels.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS:

1. Calibration of subsonic wind tunnel
2. Pressure distribution on a swept wing model
3. Pressure distribution on nose cone model at subsonic speeds
4. Pressure distribution on a sphere model
5. Force and moment measurements on D model using wind tunnel balance
6. Base drag measurements on missile model
7. Pressure distribution on backward step model
8. Thermal boundary layer measurements over a flat plate
9. Calibration of supersonic wind tunnel
10. Wall pressure measurements over a circular cone in a Supersonic flow
11. Wall pressure measurements on a semi wedge in a supersonic flow
12. Flow visualization of a bow shock in front of a bluff body
13. Flow visualization of shock boundary layer interaction
14. Wall pressure measurements in single expansion ramp nozzle

TOTAL: 60 PERIODS

Any 10 Experiments will be conducted.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able
CO1: To operate and calibrate subsonic and supersonic wind tunnel
CO2: To comprehend the pressure distribution over the streamlined and bluff bodies.
CO3: To measure force and moments on aircraft models
CO4: To measure boundary layer thickness for various models
CO5: To carry out flow visualization at subsonic speeds.

LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS REQUIREMENTS

1. Subsonic wind tunnel
2. Supersonic wind tunnel
3. Wind tunnel balance
4. Schlieren system
5. Pressure Transducers/ pressure scanner
6. Models for testing cone, wedge, bluff body, swept wind, missile, D model and SERN.