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Fundamentals of Supersonic and Hypersonic Flow

By Prof. Arnab Roy   |   IIT Kharagpur
Learners enrolled: 442   |  Exam registration: 7
ABOUT THE COURSE:
This course is expected to impart firsthand knowledge of compressible flows as it applies to both the supersonic and hypersonic Mach number regimes. It combines the theoretical approach with the numerical one without making it too detailed and intricate. After successful completion of this course the student should be well prepared for more advanced courses in the discipline. With ever increasing use of high speed flows in a wide gamut of applications, especially in the defence and space sectors, it is essential to understand the basic concepts of compressible flows over a wide Mach number range while working on any of the above applications. This course exactly fulfils that need. Applications of shock waves in other disciplines is also discussed briefly in this course. I would like to once more emphasize that the primary intention of this course is to create a familiarity about the supersonic and hypersonic flow regimes. It is not intended to prepare someone for research but induce the excitement and enthusiasm to pursue it further.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Fourth year or fifth year UG or Dual Degree /PG /PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or allied disciplines

PREREQUISITES: Basic fluid mechanics course with introductory exposure to compressible flow.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: ISRO/ DRDL/ ADA/ NAL/ GE/ Boeing/ Airbus
Summary
Course Status : Upcoming
Course Type : Elective
Language for course content : English
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Aerospace Engineering
Credit Points : 3
Level : Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date : 20 Jan 2025
End Date : 11 Apr 2025
Enrollment Ends : 27 Jan 2025
Exam Registration Ends : 14 Feb 2025
Exam Date : 26 Apr 2025 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.


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Course layout

Week 1: 
1. Introduction to supersonic and hypersonic flows
2. Characteristics of the two flow regimes
3. Where do these flows occur?

Week 2: 
1. Governing equations of inviscid compressible flow
2. Small disturbance equations and local surface inclination theory for supersonic and hypersonic flow

Week 3: 
1. Brief introduction to waves
2. Normal, oblique shocks, Expansion waves
3. Shock and expansion wave relations in the high Mach number limit
4. Shock-shock, shock-vortex interactions

Week 4: 
1. Governing equations of viscous compressible flow
2. Compressible Boundary Layer Equations
3. Aerodynamic heating
4. Shock wave boundary layer interactions

Week 5: 
1. High temperature gas dynamics
2. Thermodynamics and chemistry of high temperature gases
3. Equilibrium chemically reacting gas mixture

Week 6: 
1. Basics of statistical thermodynamics
2. Excitation of various molecular energy modes
3. Macrostates and microstates
4. Equilibrium composition of high temperature air

Week 7: 
1. Occurrence of non-equilibrium – at different scales, in atmospheric flight and astrophysical flows
2. Vibrational rate equation
3. Chemical rate equation
4. High temperature air in chemical non-equilibrium

Week 8: 
1. Governing equations for inviscid high temperature equilibrium flow
2. Inviscid equilibrium normal shock, oblique shock, nozzle flow, blunt body flow
3. Equilibrium and frozen flow
4. Some numerical simulation results using SU2/ OpenFOAM

Week 9: 
1.Governing equations for Inviscid high temperature non- equilibrium flow
2. Distinction between equilibrium, frozen and non-equilibrium flow
3. Inviscid non-equilibrium normal shock, oblique shock, nozzle flow, blunt body flow
4. Some numerical simulation results using SU2/ OpenFOAM

Week 10: 
1. Basics of chemically reacting viscous flows with radiative effects- with examples from atmospheric flight and astrophysical flows

Week 11: 
1. Revision and recapitulation of the main concepts
2. Discussion and comparison of supersonic and hypersonic flow over some standard geometries: flat plate, wedge, double ramp, blunt nose, hollow flare etc.

Week 12: 
1. Similarities and dissimilarities in the flow characteristics of the supersonic and hypersonic regimes- Aerospace vehicle design
2. Other applications of shock waves: Brief discussion on medical applications, detonation waves, volcanic eruption, supernova and cosmic shock wave interaction etc

Books and references

1. Modern Compressible Flow with Historical Perspective - John D. Anderson Jr., McGrawHill.
2. Hypersonic and High-Temperature Gas Dynamics – John D. Anderson Jr., AIAA Education Series.
3. A First Course on Aerodynamics, A. Roy, Ventus

Publishing, Denmark (https://bookboon.com/en/a-first- course-on-aerodynamics-ebook)

Instructor bio

Prof. Arnab Roy

IIT Kharagpur
1. Prof. Arnab Roy is currently working as a Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. The weblink https://www.iitkgp.ac.in/department/AE/faculty/ae-arnab provides his research profile. Around 10 Phd scholars have completed their thesis under his guidance.
2. He has taught various courses covering Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Hypersonic Aerodynamics, Unsteady Aerodynamics, Viscous Flow Theory, Advanced Gas Dynamics, Advanced CFD as well as a few courses in Aerospace Propulsion at IIT Kharagpur. He has received a feedback of more than 4 on a scale of 0-5 for almost all courses that he has taught till date. In all, he has about 20 years teaching experience at UG and PG levels combined. He has also briefly worked in industry.
3. Previously he has offered the NPTEL courses ‘Introduction to CFD’ and ‘Fundamentals of Theoretical and Experimental Aerodynamics’, both of which were 12 week courses and have been successfully rerun.
4. His primary research interests include computational and experimental fluid dynamics. He is also involved in aerospace propulsion research. He has undertaken projects for different organizations like AOARD (Japan), AR&DB, DST-SERB, DLJ-DRDO, RDSO, ISRO etc.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: April 26, 2025 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team


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