This lab is equipped with devices to serve Aeronautical LABs I and II.
This teaching laboratory is supported by one engineer and one technician (with a diploma in engineering degree) who are responsible for installation, running, maintaining, and operating the equipment. A description of the laboratories relevant to aeronautical engineering in the department is given below.
Aeronautical Lab – I
The Aeronautical Lab -1 incorporates a number of experiments relevant to aerodynamics and gas dynamics. It includes subsonic and supersonic wind tunnel experiments, flow bench experiments, aerodynamic forces measurements, boundary layer characteristics and other relevant demonstrations. One experiment per session is performed with thirteen experiments in total.
Experiments
1. Calibration of wind tunnel
2. Airfoil characteristics
3. Pressure distribution over an airfoil
4. Pressure distribution over an airfoil using Air flow bench
5. Drag measurement on circular cylinder
6. Bernoulli’s equation applied to a convergent-divergent passage
7. High lifting device (flap and slat effect)
8. Boundary layers
9. Demonstrations of the thermodynamics and fluid mechanics of the adiabatic expansion of air through subsonic and supersonic nozzles
10. Investigation of subsonic and supersonic air flow, including flow around two-dimensional models
11. Round turbulent jet
12. Jet attachment “COANDA Effect”
13. Flow around a bend in a duct
Aeronautical Lab – II
The experiments of this lad are designed to cover the areas of aircraft structures, propulsion, stability and avionics. The apparatus in this Lab include a rigid frame for unsymmetrical bending and torsion of thin-walled beams, a horizontal wing for strain analysis, gyroscope, landing gear system, avionics bench, demonstration wind tunnel for stability purposes and a thrust gas turbine with data acquisition system .
Experiment
1. Unsymmetrical bending of a cantilever
2. Shear center
3. Wing strain analysis
4. Trim curves and neutral point determination
5. Short period and the phugoid oscillations
6. Gas turbine
7. Electrical gyroscope
8. Hydraulic landing gear and cockpit instrumentation systems
9. Control surface design
10. Aircraft stability analysis by XFLR5 software
It is pointed out here that most of the experiments of Labs I and II include a data logging capabilities where the data are automatically logged in into a PC. This feature is highlighted during the lab to acquaint the students with the use of modern technology in their jobs. Students collect the required data and perform the analysis and the report writing at home. They normally have one week to submit their reports for evaluation.
