Aerospace Engineering (AE): Recent submissions
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Some experimental investigations of the fine scale structure of turbulence
In this thesis some properties of the fine scale structure have been investigated experimentally. The terminology “fine scale structure” means, in the author's opinion, small eddies which are different from energy?containing ... -
On The Theory of burning of monopropellant droplets
This thesis is concerned with theoretical investigations on some aspects of monopropellant droplet combustion. The burning characteristics have been obtained by solving the governing differential equations which are ... -
Nonequilibrium wake flows
In order to study the memory of the larger eddies in turbulent shear flow, experiments have been conducted on plane turbulent wakes subjected to external pressure gradients. In some of these experiments the pressure gradient ... -
Numerical methods for non-homogeneous hyperbolic conservation laws
The numerical simulation of hyperbolic conservation equations has reached a level of maturity with the development of several efficient numerical methods in the past three decades. The same level of success is not present ... -
Some numerical studies on the airflow over mountains
A study of ‘Airflow over Mountains’ is carried out using a two-dimensional, stratified, time-dependent, nonlinear numerical model. Numerical experiments are conducted for high Froude numbers (Fr > 1) and low Froude numbers ... -
Application of least squares kinetic upwind method to strongly rotating viscous flows
The Least Squares Kinetic Upwind Method (LSKUM) is a node-based method. Ghosh and Deshpande, as well as Ramesh & Deshpande, have demonstrated that LSKUM works on any type of grid—structured, unstructured, Cartesian, Chimera, ... -
Mechanism of reversion in highly accerlerated turbulent boundary layers
This thesis consists of two related parts which are complementary to each other but can also be read independently. The first part is a study of the development of both the mean and fluctuating flow quantities in an initially ... -
some studies on the mean Meriodional circulation droughts
It has been observed that during a break in the Indian southwest monsoon, the middle latitude circulation enters low index regime or Rossby regime. These Rossby waves are found to propagate southwards even up to Indian ... -
Structure of shock waves in a partially ionized gas. Ph.D. Thesis
A unified picture of the structure of steady one-dimensional shock waves in a partially ionized gas in the absence of externally applied electric or magnetic field is presented. The investigation is based on a two-temperature, ... -
Studies on Hydrogen-Enriched Methane Combustion in a Trapped Vortex Combustor
Among conventional fossil fuel–based power generation technologies, gas turbines are among the cleanest and most efficient options. Replacing coal-fired power plants with natural gas–fired open-cycle gas turbines reduces ... -
Effect of particles on nonequilibrium relaxation phenomena in high temperature gas-nozzle flows
This thesis presents an exhaustive study of the effects of solid particles on the relaxation phenomena of various nonequilibrium processes, such as vibrational, dissociation and ionization, of the gas phase at high temperature ... -
Similar solutions in nonequilibrium nozzle flows
The phenomena of thermal and/or chemical nonequilibrium in flowing gases at high temperatures is of fundamental importance in rocket nozzles as well as hypersonic flight simulation facilities. The present state-of-the-art ... -
Role of subsurface flows in the ignition of liquid fuel pools-a theoretical study
The work is a theoretical study on the ignition of a pool of liquid fuel at subflash temperatures under the action of localized ignition sources. While a few experimental results are available in the literature, no theoretical ... -
Bursting phenomenon in turbulent flows
The importance of the phenomenon of bursts in turbulent shear layers has been recognised by fluid dynamicists during the past few years. Kline et al. (1967), Corino & Brodkey (1969), and more recently Grass (1971) noticed ... -
Lifted laminar diffusion flames-experiments and analysis.
Experiments on axisymmetric and two-dimensional lifted laminar diffusion flames have been conducted to obtain the height of lift as a function of flow parameters. The results are correlated on the basis of simple dimensional ... -
Parametric analysis of fully developed turbulent Wall jets
From an examination of all available data on wall jets, it is concluded that at distances sufficiently far downstream from the slot, a fully developed state of the flow can be identified, where the details of the initial ... -
Robust and Accurate Kinetic Schemes based on Flexible Velocities for Compressible Flows
Kinetic theory based schemes offer a unique approach to numerically solving the hyperbolic nonlinear Euler equations. These methods start with the Boltzmann equation as the governing equation at the kinetic level and then ... -
Studies on laminar boundary layer diffusion flames in a confined flow.
When a gaseous fuel is uniformly injected through a porous flat plate into a laminar boundary layer of an oxidant stream, a two-dimensional diffusion flame can be established which exhibits some special features. Despite ...