SHOCK TUBE

•Driver ID 80 mm, L=2000 mm For studies are

•Driven ID 80 mm, L=6000 mm 1. Blast Waves
•Driver gas - Helium, Nitrogen, Air 2. Chemical Kinetics
•Driver pressure = 100 bar 3. Effect of Explosions on Human beings
•Test duration 1 ms 4. Ignition Delay
•Velocity simulation - 3 km/s 5. Re-entry Flow Field
•Enthalpy ~ 2 MJ 6. Pressure Transducer Natural Frequency
•Instrumentation - PCB Piezotronic sensors with signal
conditioner
•NI DAS
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 SUPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL

Nozzle section Pressure vessel

Compressor and accessories

100x 100 mm, M =1.5 to 3.5; Reynolds no. 60 x 10 6 /m; Stagn. pre. - 10 bars max.; For studies :
Stagn. Temp. ambient. 1. Flow Field
Duration: 20 sec. nominal 2. SBLI
Instrumentation: Pressure sensors, 3. Intakes
Flow visualization: Schlieren and shadowgraph 4. Unsteady Pressures

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 SUBSONIC WIND TUNNEL

Smoke trail

•Test section 0.6x 0.600 m, 4 m long; Velocity 0- 45 m/s. FOR :-

•Reynolds number 1.7x106/m. •External Flow Simulation
•32 port Electronic Pressure scanner, Launch Tower, Antenna Deflectors,
Platform type 6 comp. balance, NI DAS. Multistory Buildings, Bridges,
•Smoke generator, Precision XY Traverse. Automobiles
•Large Incidence Aerodynamics .

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 KINETIC HEATING SIMULATION FACILITY

FOR:-
IR Lamps, 150 x150 mm, 1 kW, 90 nos.Heat flux simulation- 4-40 W/ cm2 1. Material Thermal Response
Heating duration- Nominal 100 sec 2. TPS Qualification
Models: Heat shields, Panels 3. Development of TPS Materials
Servo control system with heat flux feed back
Instrumentation: Thermocouples, heat flux gauges

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 WATER TUNNEL

Dye injection patterns

•Test Section 0.18 x 0.25 x 0.46 meters (WxHxL) Applications:-

•Down Stream Window 0.18 x 0.24 meters (WxH)
•Flow Velocity 0.05 to 0.13 m/sec 1. External Flow Visualization
•Turbulence Intensity <0.5% RMS Aircrafts, Torpedo, Submarine
•Dye System Pressurized 3 color 2. Qualitative Assessment of Flow

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 WIND TURBINE BLADE TEST FACILITY

•Velocity up to 20 m/s; Blade dia max 1m,

•Instrumentation and Data Acquisition System: Anemometer,
Pitot tubes, Electronic pressure scanner, Agilent DAS

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 ELECTRONIC PACKAGE COOLING
TEST FACILITY

Test section

•100X150 mm test section, 600 mm long.

•Velocity of test section 10 m/s max.
•Instrumentation & DAS : Pitot tubes, Pressure sensors;
Electronic pressure scanner; Agilent DAS

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 HIGH ALTITUDE TEST FACILITY

• Jet M up to 4; Nozzle exit dia. 25mm max.

• Stagn. pre. 10 bars; Stagn. temp. – 500 K max. For studies are :-
•Altitude simulation ~ 20 Kms: Working medium – air •Nozzle floe
•Instrumentation & DAS : Pressure sensors; Electronic pressure scanner; •Pressure expansions
Agilent DAS
•Flow visualization : Schlieren system

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 STATIC TEST FACILITY

•Maximum design thrust -1000 N; Duration – 10 sec FOR:-

•Propellant system: Lox-kerosene ; Lox – H2 gas
•Ignition – By spark 1. Development of Liquid Thrusters
•Instrumentation / measurements : Thrust, Chamber pressure, 2. Jet Deflector Studies
Ignition delay, 3. Jet acoustics
Thrust chamber skin temp, Propellant flow rates,
Propellant temperature

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 INJECTOR TEST FACILITY

Over all scheme Typical atomizer pattern

•Injection type:- Shower, Coaxial •Development of Injectors for

•Flow rates- 0.4 kg/sec max., Duration – 10 sec Engines & Rockets
• Measurements:-
∆P vs Volumetric Flow Rate
Temperature of propellants
•Uniformity of droplet by high speed photography

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 JET DEFLECTOR TEST SETUP

Studies of :-
•Jet temperature (max)~ 2000 K, pr. 10 bars, TPS Evaluation
•Instrumentation & DAS : Thermocouples, Agilent DAS Water cooling of deflector

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 AERO STRUCTURES LABORATORY

•Equipment (UTM, Hardness testing equipment & Polariscope) and test set up for structural analysis of beams with different
end fixities & vibration testing for metallic and composite structures are available for academic purposes.

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 COMPOSITES LABORATORY

Laminate making Small scale filament winding

FILM WINDING MACHINE
machine
TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED OVEN
LAMINATE MAKING SETUP

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40 KW PLASMA ARC SYSTEM

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 PLASMA LABORATORY
Plasma Spray Torch:
40 Kw, 8 mm nozzle dia.
Cathode- Rod type, thoriate tungsten
Anode-Convergent nozzle, copper
Insulated and moulded
Powder Injection-Near nozzle exit, internal
feed

•To generate nanopowders

•To prepare ceramic and metal coatings
•To simulate thermal testing of high temperature
materials

Plasma Reactor: Transferred arc Power supply :

torch Cathode-Graphite Insulated Grid Bi-polar Transistor 100 –
rodAnode_ 800 A
Graphite bowld 400 V, 3 Φ, 50 Hz, 75 A/Phase

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PLASMA DATA EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTED Frame 001  11 Aug 2011  117-p2-w-7 | 117-p2 | 117-p2 | 117-p2 | 117-p2

Frame 001  17 Jun 2013  title

(a)
Velcocity (m/s) 400
50 150 250 350 450
0.01

r (m)

Axial velocity(m/s)
0 300
Predicted (Ref.20)
Measured (Ref.20)
Present model
Map 5
0 0.025 0.05 0.075 0.1
x(m) 200

100
Temperature (K)
1000 3000 5000 7000 9000
0.01 Frame 001  11 Aug 2011  117-p2-w-7 | 117-p2 | 117-p2 | 117-p2 | 117-p2

r (m)
0
0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1
0 Distance from nozzle exit(m)
10000
(b)
0 0.025 0.05 0.075 0.1
x(m) 8000

Temperature(K)
Predicted (Ref.20)
Mass fraction of Ar in Air Measured(Ref.20)
6000 Present model
0.01 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 Map 5
r (m)

0 4000

0 0.025 0.05 0.075 0.1

x(m) 2000

Simulation of argon plasma jet issued into air 0.02 0.04

Distance from nozzle exit(m)
0.06 0.08 0.1

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