General features and applications of high temperature flows – equilibrium kinetic theory: Maxwellian distribution, collision rates and mean free path – chemical thermodynamics – mixture of perfect gases, law of mass action – statistical mechanics: enumeration of micro-states, energy distribution, contribution of internal structure – equilibrium flow: ideal dissociating gas, equilibrium shock wave relations, nozzle flows – vibrational and chemical rate processes – flows with vibrational and chemical non-equilibrium.

Same as Reference

1. Vincenti, W. G. and Kruger, C. H., Introduction to Physical Gas Dynamics, Krieger Pub. (1975).

2. Anderson, J. D., Hypersonic and High-Temperature Gas Dynamics, 2nd ed., AIAA (2006).

3. Clarke, J. F. and McChesney, M., The Dynamics of Real Gases, Butterworths (1964).

4. Brun, R., Introduction to Reactive Gas Dynamics, Oxford Univ. Press (2009).

Course Outcomes (COs):

CO1: Develop thermodynamic models for simple equilibrium and non equilibrium reacting gas mixtures.

CO2: Analyse 1D/Quasi 1D gas dynamic problems using equilibrium and simple thermo-chemical non-equilibrium air models.

CO3: Solve simple practically relevant high temperature equilibrium/non-equilibrium flows using appropriate scientific computing tools.

CO4: Devise methods for generating high enthalpy flows using ground test facilities for hypersonic flow simulation.