BANNARI AMMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SATHYAMANGALAM

LESSON PLAN
Academic Year 2013-14

Department: Mechanical Engineering Name of the Faculty: A. Sundaramahalingam

Branch & Year: Mechanical, III Year Semester: 5
Subject: Gas Dynamics and Jet propulsion Subject code: 11M604
Lecture Teaching
Topics
No Aids
UNIT – I Compressible Flow Fundamentals

1 Introduction to compressible flow-Thermodynamic and fluid properties PPT

PPT & Black
2,3 Energy and momentum equations for compressible fluid flow
Board
Wave propagation in elastic medium – propagation of sound
4 PPT
waves and derivation for velocity of sound
various regions of flows-reference velocities -stagnation state- PPT & Black
5,6
critical states, Mach number, critical Mach number Board
types of waves - Mach cone - Mach angle- effect of Mach number PPT & Black
7
on compressibility Board
UNIT –II Flow Through Variable Area and Constant Area
Ducts
Isentropic flow through variable area ducts – T-s and h-s
8 PPT
diagrams for nozzle and diffuser flows
Area ratio as a function of Mach number - mass flow rate
PPT & Black
9 & 10 through nozzles and diffusers - effect of friction in flow through
Board
nozzles.
Flow in constant area ducts with friction (Fanno flow) – Fanno
PPT & Black
11 & 12 curves and Fanno flow equation - variation of flow properties
Board
and variation of Mach number with duct length in Fanno flow
Flow in constant area ducts with heat transfer (Rayleigh flow)
PPT & Black
13 & 14 -Rayleigh line and Rayleigh flow equation - variation of flow
Board
properties and maximum heat transfer in Rayleigh flow
UNIT III – Compressible Flow with Normal Shock
Governing equations - variation of flow parameters like static
15,16 pressure, static temperature, density, stagnation pressure and PPT
entropy across the normal shock
PPT & Black
17 Prandtl-Meyer equation
Board
Impossibility of shock in subsonic flows - flow in convergent and
18 PPT
divergent nozzle with shock
Normal shock in Fanno and Rayleigh flows - flow with oblique PPT & Black
19
shock (elementary treatment only). Board

Form: AC 06 Rev No: 02 Effective Date: 24.06.2002

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LESSON PLAN
Academic Year 2013-14

UNIT IV – Air Craft Propulsion Systems

Aircraft propulsion – types of jet engines – energy flow through PPT& Black
22
jet engines Board
Study of turbojet engine components – diffuser, compressor,
23 PPT
combustion chamber, turbine and exhaust systems
Performance of turbo jet engines – thrust, thrust power,
PPT & Black
24,25 propulsive and overall efficiencies - Thrust augmentation in
Board
turbo jet engine
26 Ram jet and pulse jet engines. PPT
UNIT V – Rocket Propulsion Systems
Rocket propulsion – Classification of rocket engines –
27 PPT
Propellants: solid and liquid propellants
Rocket engines thrust equation – effective jet velocity specific
28 PPT
impulse – rocket engine performance
Flow through rocket nozzles – mass ratio and propellant mass PPT & Black
29
fraction Board
Vertical flight of a rocket: powered flight and coasting flight –
30 PPT
Rocket applications

Guest Lectures required if any: NIL

TEXT BOOKS:
1. P. Balachandran, Fundamental of Compressible Fluid Dynamics, Prentice Hall of India, New
Delhi, 2009.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. S. M. Yahya., Gas Tables for Compressible Flow, New Age International Pvt Ltd., New Delhi
2. S. M. Yahya., Fundamental of Compressible Flow, New Age International Pvt Ltd. New Delhi
3. E. Rathakrishnan, Gas Dynamics, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2008.
4. Patrich.H. Oosthvizen, William E. Carscallen, Compressible fluid flow, Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Company Pvt Ltd., New Delhi,2004
5. Cohen. H., R. E. C Rogers and Sravanamutoo, Gas Turbine Theory, Addison Wesley Ltd.

Date: Signature of the Faculty

(Name: A. Sundaramahalingam)

Date: Signature of HOD

(Name: Dr.K.Sivakumar)

Form: AC 06 Rev No: 02 Effective Date: 24.06.2002