M.A.

M School of Engineering
Siruganur, Tiruchirappalli - 621 105
Department of Aeronautical Engineering
AERONAUTICAL LAB PHOTOS:
Aircraft: CESSNA 152

The Cessna
152 is an American two-seat,
fixed tricycle
gear, general
aviation airplane, used primarily for flight training and personal use. It was based on
the earlier Cessna 150, including a number of minor design changes and a slightly
more powerful engine running on 100LL Aviation Gasoline.

Low Speed Subsonic wind Tunnel

Low-speed wind tunnels are used for operations at very low Mach number,
with speeds in the test section up to 480 km/h (~ 134 m/s, M = 0.4) They may be of
open-return type (also known as the Eiffel type), or closed-return flow (also known
as the Prandtl type) with air moved by a propulsion system usually consisting of
large axial fans that increase the dynamic pressure to overcome the viscous losses.

Photo elastic Apparatus

Photo-elasticity is a visual technique for measuring stresses. When a photo

elastic material is strained and viewed under polarized light, beautifully colored
pattern can be observed. This colored pattern provides information on stress-state
of the strained material.

Blower Balance

A balancing machine is a measuring tool used for balancing rotating machine

parts such as rotors for electric motors, fans, turbines, disc brakes, disc
drives, propellers and pumps.

Gas turbine Engine

A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of internal

combustion engine. It has an upstream rotating compressor coupled to a
downstream turbine, and a combustion chamber in between.

Free jet Wall jet apparatus

The apparatus is used to determine values of discharges against the different

schemes of orifice (shapes). It consists mainly of a tank with a small orifice on one
side near the bottom of the tank. Along with inlet hose, adjustable overflow pipe,
frame a recording system is provided that is used to measure the jet of water
produced from the orifice when in used the recording system consists of a board
and adjustable needles. A linear scale is provided to measure the height of meter in
order to maintain the flow rate.