Lord Jeganath College

Facilities

The department has well contended labs, excellent infrastructure and dedicated team of faculty members to impart practical knowledge to the students in better way. It as simulates all the facilities and equipment’s that inculcate modern trends and application of Aeronautical Engineering to the students. The laboratories of Aeronautical Engineering are established covering various areas of Airframe Structure, Aircraft Engine, Wind tunnel , Propulsion, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, dynamics, combustion, vibration, design, Aircraft modeling and simulation.

Laboratory

Engineering Practices Laboratory
Thermodynamics and Strength of Materials Laboratory
Fluid Mechanics and Machinery Laboratory
Aerodynamics Laboratory
Propulsion Laboratory
Aircraft Structures Laboratory
CAD Laboratory
Flight Training / Flight Simulation Laboratory
Aero Engine and Airframe Laboratory
Aircraft Systems Laboratory
Computational Analysis Laboratory

1. Engineering Practices Laboratory

Objectives

The main learning objective of this course is to provide hands on training to the students in:

Drawing pipe line plan; laying and connecting various pipe fittings used in common household plumbing work; Sawing; planning; making joints in wood materials used in common household wood work.
Wiring various electrical joints in common household electrical wire work.
Welding various joints in steel plates using arc welding work; Machining various simple processes like turning, drilling, tapping in parts; Assembling simple mechanical assembly of common household equipment’s; Making a tray out of metal sheet using sheet metal work.
Soldering and testing simple electronic circuits; Assembling and testing simple electronic components on PCB.

Laboratory Subjects Covered by

Plumbing Work
Wood Work
Welding Work
Basic Machining Work
Assembly Work
Sheet Metal Work
Foundry Work
Soldering Work
Electronic Assembly And Testing Work
Electronic Equipment Study

2. Thermodynamics and Strength of Materials Laboratory

Objectives

To study the mechanical properties of materials when subjected to different types of loading.
To study how to improve the material properties.
To understand the nature of materials under microscopic Examination

Laboratory Subjects Covered by

Performance test on a 4-stroke engine
Valve timing of a 4 – stroke engine and port timing of a 2 stroke engine
Determination of effectiveness of a parallel flow heat exchanger
Determination of effectiveness of a counter flow heat exchanger
Determination of heating value of a fuel
Determination of specific heat of solid
Determination of thermal conductivity of solid.
Determination of thermal resistance of a composite wall.
COP test on a vapour compression refrigeration test rig
COP test on a vapour compression air-conditioning test rig

Strength Of Materials :

Tension test on a mild steel rod
Double shear test on Mild steel and Aluminum rods
Torsion test on mild steel rod
Impact test on metal specimen
Hardness test on metals - Brinnell and Rockwell Hardness Number
Deflection test on beams
Compression test on helical springs
Strain Measurement using Rosette strain gauge
Effect of hardening- Improvement in hardness and impact resistance of steels.
Tempering- Improvement Mechanical properties Comparison
- Unhardened specimen
- Quenched Specimen and
- Quenched and tempered specimen.
Microscopic Examination of
- Hardened samples and
- Hardened and tempered samples

3. Fluid Mechanics and Machinery Laboratory

Objectives

Upon Completion of this subject, the students can able to have hands on experience in flow measurements using different devices.
Also perform calculation related to losses in pipes and also perform characteristic study of pumps, turbines etc.,

Laboratory Subjects Covered by

Flow Measurement
Metacenter

Pumps
Turbines

4. Aerodynamics Laboratory

Objectives

To understand pressure distribution and characteristic over an airfoil and bluff bodies due to airflow .
To measure the forces and moments acting on the airfoil at different angle of attack using wind tunnel balance set up.
To visualize the flow pattern over an object by different method.

Laboratory Subjects Covered by

Calibration of a subsonic Wind tunnel.
Determination of lift for the given airfoil section.
Pressure distribution over a smooth circular cylinder.
Pressure distribution over a rough circular cylinder.
Pressure distribution over a symmetric aerofoil.
Pressure distribution over a cambered aerofoil.
Force measurement using wind tunnel balancing set up.

Flow over a flat plate at different angles of incidence.
Flow visualization studies in low speed flows over cylinders.
Flow visualization studies in low speed flows over airfoil with different angle of incidence.
Flow visualization on bluff bodies using water flow channel
Flow visualization using Hele-shaw apparatus.

5. Propulsion Laboratory

Objectives

To explore practically components of aircraft piston and gas turbine engines and their working principles.
To impart practical knowledge of flow phenomenon of subsonic and supersonic jets.
To determine practically thrust developed by rocket propellants.

Laboratory Subjects Covered by

Study of aircraft piston and its components.
Determine the velocity profiles of free jets.
Determine Velocity profiles of wall jets.
Wall pressure measurements of a subsonic diffusers and ramjet ducts.
Flame stabilization studies using conical and hemispherical flame holders.
Cascade testing of compressor blades.
Velocity and pressure measurements high speed jets.
Wall Pressure measurements of supersonic nozzle.
Wall pressure measurements on supersonic inlet
Flow visualization of supersonic flow.
Performance test of propeller
Study of gas turbine engines and its components

6. Aircraft Structures Laboratory

Objectives

To enable the students understand the behavior of aircraft structural components under different loading conditions.
To provide the Principle involved in photo elasticity and its applications in stress analysis for composite laminates.
To obtain the stresses in circular discs and beams using photo elastic techniques

Laboratory Subjects Covered by

Deflection of Beams
Verification of superposition theorem
Verification of Maxwell’s reciprocal theorem
Buckling load estimation of slender eccentric columns
Determination of flexural rigidity of composite beams
Unsymmetrical Bending of a Cantilever Beam
Combined bending and Torsion of a Hollow Circular Tube
Material Fringe Constant of a Photo elastic Models
Shear Centre of a Channel Section
Free Vibration of a Cantilever Beam
Forced Vibration of a cantilever Beam
Fabrication of a Composite Laminate.
Determination of Elastic constants for a Composite Tensile Specimen.
Determination of Elastic constants for a Composite Flexural Specimen.
Tension field beam

7. CAD Laboratory

Objectives

To make the students familiarize with computational fluid dynamics and structural analysis software tools.
TTo learn the concepts involved in designing a product
To understand the importance of specification paraments while designing

Laboratory Subjects Covered by

Computer aided design of subsonic diffusers.
Computer aided design of supersonic diffusers
Computer aided design of a compressor blade.
Computer aided design of convergent nozzle
Computer aided design of a Converging-diverging nozzle.
Computer aided design of typical aircraft wing.
Computer aided design of typical fuselage structure.
Computer aided design of a landing gear.
Computer aided design of a launch vehicles.
Computer aided design of a re-entry vehicles.
Computer aided design of a Missiles.
Computer aided design of a Satellites

8. Flight Training / Flight Simulation Laboratory

Objectives

To make students learn the steps involved in CG determination.
To introduce the methods of calibrating various flight instruments.
To impart practical knowledge to students on determining various performance parameters.
To find the neutral points and maneuver points in an aircraft.
To impart practical knowledge to students about different modes of stability such as Dutch roll, phugoid motion etc

Laboratory Subjects Covered by

C.G. determination
Calibration of ASI and Altimeter
Calibration of special instruments
Cruise and climb performance
Determination of stick fixed & stick free neutral points
Determination of stick fixed & stick free maneuver points

Verification of Lateral-directional equations of motion for a steady state side slip maneuver
Verification of Lateral-directional equations of motion for a steady state coordinated turn
Flight determination of drag polar of a glider
Demonstration of stall, Phugoid motion and Dutch roll

9. Aero Engine and Airframe Laboratory

Objectives

To introduce the knowledge of the maintenance and repair procedures followed for overhaul of aero engines.
To acquire knowledge in preparation of glass expoxy of composite laminates and its specimens
To learn about Welding and sheet metal repair.

Laboratory Subjects Covered by

Dismantling of an aircraft piston engine.
Assembling of an aircraft piston engine.
Study of Camshaft operation, firing order and magneto, valve timing
Study of lubrication and cooling system
Study of auxiliary systems, pumps and carburetor
Aircraft wood gluing-single & double scarf joints
Preparation of Single/Double Riveted Lap joint
Preparation of Single/Double Riveted butt joint
Sheet metal forming
Sheet metal - Riveted Patch Repair.
Dye penetrant test - NDT
Tube bending and flaring

10. Aircraft Systems Laboratory

Objectives

To train the students “ON HAND” experience in maintenance of various air frame systems in aircraft
To train students in rectification of common snags.
To train students on maintenance of control systems

Laboratory Subjects Covered by

Aircraft “Jacking Up” procedure
Aircraft “Levelling” procedure
Control System “Rigging check” procedure
Aircraft “Symmetry Check” procedure
“Flow test” to assess of filter element clogging
“Pressure Test” To assess hydraulic External/Internal Leakage
“Functional Test” to adjust operating pressure

“Pressure Test” procedure on fuel system components
“Brake Torque Load Test” on wheel brake units
Maintenance and rectification of snags in hydraulic and fuel systems.
Aircraft weighing procedure
Study of combinational control surfaces

11. Computational Analysis Laboratory

Objectives

The stress distribution
Meshing of various geometries
Variation of mechanical properties on different load conditions,
Flow analysis, and
Thermal analysis.

Laboratory Subjects Covered by

Grid independence study and convergence test using any simple case like cylinder
Simulation of flow over an aero foil
Simulation of flow over backward facing step.
Simulation of Karman vortex trail (vortex shedding) using circular cylinder.
External flow simulation of subsonic and supersonic aero foils.
Internal flow simulation of subsonic, sonic and supersonic flow through a CD nozzle.
Structural analysis of bar and beam
Structural analysis of truss.
Structural analysis of tapered wing.
Structural analysis of fuselage structure.
Analysis of composite laminate structures.
Heat transfer analysis of structures.