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Experimental Analysis of Shock Stand off Distance over Spherical Bodies in Hypersonic Flows
(2018-07-18)One of the characteristics of the high speed ows over blunt bodies is the detached shock formed in front of the body. The distance of the shock from the stagnation point measured along the stagnation streamline is termed ... -
Experimental And Computational Investigations Of Underexpanded Jets From Elliptical Sonic Nozzles
(Indian Institute of Science, 2005-10-25)Three dimensional nozzles and jet flows have attracted the attention of many researchers due to their potential application to many practical devices. Rectangular nozzles are considered for short/vertical take off and ... -
Experimental and Computational Studies on Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition and its Effect on the Performance of PDE
(2018-02-26)This thesis is concerned with experimental and computational studies on pulse detonation engine (PDE) that has been envisioned as a new concept engine. These engines use the high pressure generated by detonation wave for ... -
Experimental And Numerical Studies On Fatigue Crack Growth Of Single And Interacting Multiple Surface Cracks
(Indian Institute of Science, 2007-05-01)Design based on damage tolerance concepts has become mandatory in high technology structures. These concepts are also essential for evaluating life extension of aged structures which are in service beyond originally ... -
Experimental and Numerical Studies to Strengthen the Adhesive Bonded Single Lap Joint
In this work, an attempt has been made to strengthen the adhesive bonding using various concepts like hybrid joints, dual and mixed adhesive bonded joints. One of the most commonly occurrence of defect in adhesive bonded ... -
Experimental and numerical study of sink flow turbulent boundary layers
Sink flow turbulent boundary layers (TBLs) develop in the incompressible flow be- tween two convergent, plane smooth walls and represent a family of favorable pres- sure gradient TBLs. These are the only smooth wall TBLs ... -
Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Liquid Drop Impact on Solid Surfaces Comprising Smooth and Texture Portions
(2018-08-10)Solid surfaces featuring a spatial variation of surface wettability along particular directions on their surface, referred to as wettability gradient surfaces, are becoming increasingly important in practical applications ... -
Experimental And Theoretical Studies On Jet Acoustics
(Indian Institute of Science, 2006-12-14)A systematic research on aeroacoustics conducted around the world for the last few decades has revealed various inherent characteristics of the jet noise radiation. However, a lot more needs to be done for the theoretical ... -
Experimental investigation into the effect of transverse acoustic excitation over swirling flow and flame
Combustion in gas turbine combustors features complex coupling of fluid dynamics, heat release, and chamber acoustics. Most combustion systems have a tendency to self-excite large amplitudes of pressure and heat release ... -
Experimental Investigation Of Aerodynamic Interference Heating Due To Protuberances On Flat Plates And Cones Facing Hypersonic Flows
(2017-05-24)With the age of hypersonic flight imminent just beyond the horizon, researchers are working hard at designing work-arounds for all the major problems as well as the minor quirks associated with it. One such issue, seemingly ... -
Experimental Investigation of Fuel Drop Impact on Unheated and Heated Solid
The modelling of spray-wall interaction encountered in engine combustors relies heavily on studies of single drop impact on heated solid surfaces. In the present thesis, the impact of a single fuel drop on a hot, smooth ... -
Experimental Investigation Of Hypersonic Boundary Layer Modifications Due To Heat Addition And Enthalpy Variation Over A Cone Cylinder Configuration
(2010-12-01)Despite years of research in high speed boundary layer flow, there is still a need for insightful experiments to realize key features of the flow like boundary layer response to different conditions and related transition ... -
Experimental Investigation Of The Effect Of Nose Cavity On The Aerothermodynamics Of The Missile Shaped Bodies Flying At Hypersonic Mach Numbers
(2010-06-01)Hypersonic vehicles are exposed to severe heating loads during their flight in the atmosphere. In order to minimize the heating problem, a variety of cooling techniques are presently available for hypersonic blunt bodies. ... -
An Experimental Investigation of Transitional and Turbulent Channel Flow
This thesis is a comprehensive experimental investigation of transitional and turbulent channel flow in the Reynolds number range of Reτ = 55 − 1559. Towards this objective, a new channel flow facility was designed and ... -
Experimental Investigation on Hypersonic Flowfield Around Spiked Axisymmetric Bodies
Shock-shock interactions appearing around hypersonic vehicles are generally complex and often lead to high values of localized pressures and temperatures. This increase in temperature is associated with exceedingly high ... -
Experimental Investigations Of Aerothermodynamics Of A Scramjet Engine Configuration
(2011-04-06)The recent resurgence in hypersonics is centered around the development of SCRAMJET engine technology to power future hypersonic vehicles. Successful flight trials by Australian and American scientists have created interest ... -
Experimental Investigations of Leading Edge Bluntness in Shock Boundary Layer Interactions at Hypersonic Speeds
(2018-07-20)Shock Boundary Layer Interactions (SBLIs) and shock-shock interactions are some of the most fundamental problems in high speed aerodynamics. These interactions are of particular importance in scramjet intakes at hypersonic ... -
Experimental Investigations Of Surface Interactions Of Shock Heated Gases On High Temperature Materials Using High Enthalpy Shock Tubes
(2009-05-12)The re-entry space vehicles encounter high temperatures when they enter the earth atmosphere and the high temperature air in the shock layer around the body undergoes partial dissociation. Also, the gas molecules injected ... -
Experimental Investigations on Hypersonic Waverider
(2018-02-28)In the flying field of space transportation domain, the increased efforts involving design and development of hypersonic flight for space missions is on toe to provide the optimum aerothermodynamic design data to satisfy ...