Browsing Aerospace Engineering (AE) by Subject "Aeronautics"
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Low Reynolds Number Airfoil Aerodynamics
(Indian Institute of Science, 2006-07-21)In this thesis we describe the development of Reynolds- averaged Navier Stokes code for the flow past two- dimensional configuration. Particularly, emphasis has been laid on the study of low Reynolds number airfoil ... -
LU-SGS Implicit Scheme For A Mesh-Less Euler Solver
(2014-10-10)Least Square Kinetic Upwind Method (LSKUM) belongs to the class of mesh-less method that solves compressible Euler equations of gas dynamics. LSKUM is kinetic theory based upwind scheme that operates on any cloud of points. ... -
Measurement Of Static Pressure Over Bodies In Hypersonic Shock Tunnel Using MEMS-Based Pressure Sensor Array
(2013-10-08)Hypersonic flow is both fascinating and intriguing mainly because of presence of strong entropy and viscous interactions in the flow field. Notwithstanding the tremendous advancements in numerical modeling in the last ... -
A Methodology To Recover Unstable Aircraft From Post Stall Regimes: Design And Analysis
(Indian Institute of Science, 2006-07-26)This thesis deals with high angle of attack behaviour of a generic delta wing model aircraft. A high angle of attack wind tunnel database has been generated for this aircraft and based upon the bifurcation analysis of the ... -
Micro-Blast Waves
(2014-09-02)The near field blast–wave propagation dynamics has been a subject of intense research in recent past. Since experiments on a large scale are difficult to carry out, focus has been directed towards recreating these blast ... -
Mode-3 Asymptotic Analysis Around A Crack Embedded In A Ductile Functionally Graded Material
(2009-09-15)Functionally graded materials (FGMs) are composites with continuous material property variations. The distinct interfaces between the reinforcement and the matrix in classical composites are potential damage initiation ... -
Modeling And Computation Of Turbulent Nonreacting And Reacting Sprays
(2014-09-05)Numerical modeling of several turbulent nonreacting and reacting spray jets is carried out using a fully stochastic separated flow (FSSF) approach. As is widely used, the carrier-phase is considered in an Eulerian framework, ... -
Modelling And Analysis Of Fish Inspired Ionic Polymer Metal Composite Flapping Fins
(2014-03-03)Ionic polymer metal composites (IPMC) are a new class of smart materials that have attractive characteristics such as muscle like softness, low voltage and power consumption, and good performance in aqueous environments. ... -
Motion Optimistion Of Plunging Airfoil Using Swarm Algorithm
(2010-06-03)Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) are battery operated, remote controlled miniature flying vehicles. MAVs are required in military missions, traffic management, hostage situation surveillance, sensing, spying, scientific, rescue, ... -
Multi-Agent Search Using Voronoi Partition
(2010-08-05)This thesis addresses a multi-agent search problem where several agents, equipped with sensors and communication devices, search an unknown area. Lack of information about the search space is modeled as an uncertainty ... -
A Neural Network Approach To Rotorcraft Parameter Estimation
(2009-07-03)The present work focuses on the system identification method of aerodynamic parameter estimation which is used to calculate the stability and control derivatives required for aircraft flight mechanics. A new rotorcraft ... -
Novel Finite Element Formulations For Dynamics Of Acoustic Fluids
(2013-05-02)Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) as the name suggests, is the study of dynamic interaction of both fluid and structure motions. Fluid-structure interaction exists in almost all engineering and science fields. Moreover, ... -
Numerical Simulation Of Nocturnal Temperature Profiles
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Numerical Simulations Of Axisymmetric Near Wakes At High Reynolds Numbers
(2009-03-13)The flow past the needle of a Pelton turbine injector is an axisymmetric wake embedded in a round jet. The wake does not fully relax to yield a uniform velocity jet due to the short distance between ... -
Numerical Study Of Low Mach Number Conjugate Natural Convection And Radiation In A Vertical Annulus
(2010-07-23)The problem of low Mach number (non-Boussin´esq) conjugate laminar natural convection combined with surface radiation in a vertical annulus with a centrally located vertical heat generating rod is studied numerically, ... -
Optimal Control Of Numerical Dissipation In Modified KFVS (m-KFVS) Using Discrete Adjoint Method
(2010-06-04)The kinetic schemes, also known as Boltzmann schemes are based on the moment-method-strategy, where an upwind scheme is first developed at the Boltzmann level and after taking suitable moments we arrive at an upwind scheme ... -
Optimal Trajectory Planning for Fixed-Wing Miniature Air Vehicles
(2018-04-02)Applications such as urban surveillance, search and rescue, agricultural applications, military applications, etc., require miniature air vehicles (MAVs) to fly for a long time. But they have restricted flight duration due ...