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MEL705 : Experimental Methods in Thermal Engineering

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Lecture Notes

• EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN THERMAL ENGINEERING
• Importance of Measurement on Science & Technology
• Basic Issues in Measurements
• VALIDITY OF MEASUREMENTS
• ERROR IN MEASUREMENTS
• ERROR ANALYSIS AND METHOD FOR ERROR ESTIMATE
• Development of An ERROR ESTIMATE
• Uncertainty Analysis
• Generation & Propagation of Uncertainty Analysis
• Combined Uncertainty
• Calibration & Curve Fitting
• Curve Fitting
• Quality of Curve Fitting
• Design of Experiments
• Fractional Factorial Designs of Experiments
• General Concepts for Development of Thermal Instruments
• Mathematics of Measurable Parameters
• Characteristics of Instruments
• Dynamic Characteristics of Instruments
• Formulation of Characteristic Equations for Instruments
• Development of Characteristic Equation for Thermometer
• Thermo Electric Effects & Temperature Measurement
• Practical Aspects of Thermo-couples
• Resistance Temperature Detectors
• Interchangeability based Design of Resistance Temperature Detectors
• Radiation Thermometry
• Measurement of Flow
• Point Velocity Measurements
• Practical Aspects of using Pitot Tube
• Point Velocity Measurements: Thermal Anemometry
• Hot-wire Anemometry
• Laser Anemometry

Laboratory Manuals

• Introduction of Cycle -1
• Creeping Flows
• Flat Plate Boundary Layer
• Plane Mixing Layer
• Developing Flow Through Pipe
• Flow Past A Cylinder & Aerofoil
• Performance Analysis of a Car Radiator
• Study of Convection Heat Transfer from a of Pin Fin.
• Study of Natural Convetion from Cylinders and Flat Plates.
• Study of Heat Transfer in Turbine Blade Cooling.
• Study of Compressible Flow through Nozzles & Study of Performance of Cooling fans

Reading Material for Laboratory Classes

• Reading material on Stokes law
• Laminary Developing flow through pipes
• Reading material on Mixing layers-1
• Reading material on Mixing layers-2
• Measurements in flat plate boundary layer
• Measurements in flow past a cylinder
• Theory of Aerofoils

Reading Material

• History of Measurements
• Basics of Measurements
• Why Measurements?
• Uncertainty Analysis-1
• Uncertainty Analysis-2
• Theory of Calibration
• Design of Experiments
• Measurement of Temperature
• Practical aspects of Temperature Measurement
• Hotwire Anemometry-1
• Hotwire Anemometry-1
• Hotwire Anemometry-1