Introduction configuration of an experimental set-up-error-calibration – uncertainty analysis, er- ror propagation formula, analysis of scatter, design of experiments based on uncertainty – re- view of probes and transducers – integral measurements of volume, velocity and temperature – introduction to wind tunnels, open and closed circuit tunnels – optical instrumentation, lasers and coherent optics, refractive index variation in transparent media, interferometry, schlieren and shadowgraph methods, analysis of interferograms, Rayleigh scattering technique – tran- sient response and instrume

Mathematical models for fluid dynamics – classification of partial differential equations – discretization methods – finite difference formulation – numerical solution of elliptic equations – linear system of algebraic equations – numerical solution of parabolic equations – stability analysis – numerical solution of hyperbolic equations – finite volume method – time integration schemes – isentropic flow through CD nozzle – simulation of shockwave formation – incompressible Navier–Stokes equations and their solution algorithms – basics of grid generation.

1. Flame speed measurement

2. Void fraction measurement

3. Cryogenic flow regimes identification

4. Experiments on film cooling

5. Flow over blade cascades

6. Nozzle flow characterization

Heat conduction governing equation, extended surface heat transfer, multi-dimensional steady and unsteady conduction, conduction in semi-infinite domain, concept of superposition integral, applications, solidification and melting, inverse heat conduction.

Introduction to air-breathing and rocket propulsion systems – classification of air-breathing engines – thrust and performance evaluation – cycle analysis of ramjet, turbojet, turbofan, turboprop – diffuser and nozzle component analysis – combustion chambers – rocket propulsion systems classification – performance parameters of rocket propulsion – nozzle flow theory – chemical rockets – liquid rocket engine cycles – liquid propellants – solid propellant rockets.

Eulerian and Lagrangian approach – fluid kinematics: material derivative, rotation, deformation –Reynolds transport theorem – physical conservation laws – integral and differential formulations – Navier–Stokes and energy equations – exact solution of Navier–Stokes equations: steady and unsteady flows – potential flows: basic flow patterns, superposition – waves in fluids – boundary layer theory: momentum integral approach, Blasius solution, Falkner–Skan solutions – turbulent flows:time-averaged equations – closure problem – turbulence modeling.