Course
PostgraduateSemester
ElectivesSubject Code
AE713Subject Title
Hypersonic AerothermodynamicsSyllabus
Introduction to Hypersonic Flows – Inviscid Hypersonic Flow: Newtonian flow, Mach number inde- pendence, Hypersonic similarity, Blast wave theory, Hypersonic small disturbance theory, Stagnation region flow – Viscous Hypersonic Flow: Similarity parameters, Self-similar solutions, Hypersonic tur- bulent boundary layer, Reference temperature method, Stagnation region flow field, Viscous interac- tions – Real Gas effects: Inviscid equilibrium and non-equilibrium flows, Viscous high temperature flows – Experimental facilities – Hypersonic design considerations.
Text Books
Same as Reference
References
1. Anderson, J. D., Hypersonic and High-Temperature Gas Dynamics, 2nd ed., AIAA (2000).
2. Rasmussen, M., Hypersonic Flow, Wiley (1994).
3. Bertin, J. J., Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics, AIAA (1994).
4. Hirschel, E. H., Basics of Aerothermodynamics, Springer (2005).
5. Hirschel, E. H., Selected Aerothermodynamic Design Problems of Hypersonic Vehicles, Springer (2009).