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AERO ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS question bank/last year question paper


                                       AERO ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS                 LT P C
3104

OBJECTIVE
To give a brief background of application of various laws of thermodynamics and its
application in heat transfer, refrigeration and air-conditioning, jet propulsion system.

UNIT I BASIC THERMODYNAMICS                                                                            15+3
Systems, Zeroth Law, First Law - Heat and work transfer in flow, Second law, Clausius
statement - concept of entropy entropy change in non-flow processes.

UNIT II AIR CYCLES                                                                                                        5 +3
Otto, Diesel, Dual combustion and Brayton combustion cycles - Air standard efficiency - Mean effective pressure - Actual and theoretical PV diagrams of two stroke and four stroke IC Engines.

UNIT III THERMODYNAMICS OF ONE DIMENSIONAL FLUID FLOW                    12+3
Application of continuity, momentum and energy equations- Rankine cycle - Isentropic
flow of ideal gases through nozzles - Simple jet propulsion system - Thrust rocket motor -
Specific impulse.
UNIT IV REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING                                                6 +3
Principles of refrigeration, Air conditioning - Heat pumps - Vapour compression - Vapour absorption types - Coefficient of performance, Properties of refrigerants.

UNIT V AIR COMPRESSORS                                                                                        7+3
Classification and working principle of compressors (Descriptive Treatment). Isothermal and Isentropic efficiency of air compressors.

TOTAL: 60 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS
1. Rathakrishnan, E, "Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics", Prentice - Hall,

India, 2000 


 
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