Department of Aerospace Engineering

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Course Instructor: Mr.T.Rajesh Senthil Kumar, M.Tech
Email : t_rajesh@cb.amrita.edu
Mobile : (+91) 99941-58498
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Course Content
Phase I 16 hrs
Reviewof governingEquations of fluiddynamics andrelevant PDE theory, classificationof PDEs andphysical implications, special cases
of Navier-Stokes andtheir classification. Introductionto numerical methods, Properties of numerical solutionmethods: errors, consistency,
accuracy, stability, convergence, conservation.
Lab Components: Introduction to MATLAB and ANSYS Fluent
Phase II 20hrs
Panel methods, Finitewingtheory, Simplifiedhorseshoevortex, Prandtl liftinglinetheory, Swept anddeltawings, Computational methods
for finitewings. Introductiontothefinitedifferenceandfinitevolumediscretizationapproaches.
Lab Components: Computing panel methods and finite wing theory
Phase III 24 hrs
Introduction to grid generation, body conforming grids, algebraic and elliptic grids; 2D unstructured grids. Solution methods for
incompressibleflows; Solutionmethodsfor compressibleflows. Examples: IncompressibleCouetteFlow, Numerical solutionsof Quasi- 1D
nozzleflows, Numerical Solutionof atwodimensional supersonicflow ( Prandtl-Meyer ExpansionWave)
Lab Components: Simulation of incompressible and compressible flow over external objects such as flow over cylinder, flow over
airfoil, flow over nose cone based on Navier Stokes equation
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Text Book / References
1.J iyauan Tu, Guan Heng yeoh, Chaoqun Liu, Computational Fluid Dynamics A Practical Approach, Elsevier
Publications, 2008
2.J ohnDAnderson, Computational FluidDynamics TheBasicswithApplication, McGraw-Hill International Edition,
1995
3.Tuncer Cebeci, Max Platzer, Hsun Chen, Kuo-cheng Chang, J ian P. Shao, Analysis of LowSpeed Unsteady Airfoil
Flows, Springer, 2005
4.J oseph Katz, Allen Plotkin, Low- Speed Aerodynamics : FromWing Theory to Panel Methods, Cambridge
UniversityPress, 2001
5.J ohnDAnderson, Fundamentalsof Aerodynamics, McGrawHill, 4thEdition.
6.E.L. HoughtonandP.W. Carpenter, Aerodynamicsfor EngineeringStudents, Butterworth-Heinemann, 5thedition
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Evaluation Pattern
Continuous Assessment : 60
a) First & Second periodicals = 20 + 20
b) Assignments & Quizzes = 20
End Semester : 40
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Points to Follow !!!
Everyone must have access to AUMS (i.e.., please dont forget your account password) .
All assignments must be submitted through the AUMS only.
Kindly, dont trade your assignments.
Should submit your assignments within the given time interval.
Try to maintain your attendance percentage as 80%.
In any cases, there wont be any type of coaching !! Kindly, attend the class and listen to
the lectures.
If you have any queries/doubt, you can contact me in all working days (9.00 am to 9.00
pm) according to institutions calendar.
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Quotes to remember!!
Imaginationismuchmoreimportant thanKnowledge
Theonlyreal valuablethingisintuition
The Whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of
everydaythinking
Any intelligent fool make things bigger, more complex, more
complex, and more violent; It takes the touch of genius and lot of
couragetomoveinoppositedirection
You are the responsible person & You are the creator of your
owndestiny