Laboratories and Workshop

Aeronautical Engineering department promotes practical oriented technology education and training. In line with this for the conduct of practical and laboratory classes and make the engineering education skill oriented, the department have sufficient laboratory and workshop facilities. The following are the list of laboratories and workshops.

• Aerodynamic laboratory: - this laboratory is intended to train students in experimenting and visualizing the principles of flight and computation of aerodynamic forces and coefficients generated during flight. The laboratory is equipped with one subsonic wind tunnel along with different types of measuring instruments. Aircraft and aircraft parts models are available in the laboratory to investigate their aerodynamic characteristics in the given wind tunnel.
• Hydro-pneumatic and automation laboratory: - manual and automated hydro-pneumatic systems and system components are disassembled, tested, put into operation and verified in this laboratory.
• Applied thermodynamics and heat transfer laboratory: - with the help of a number of modern experimental equipment students verify thermodynamic laws and heat transfer principles in this laboratory.
• Aircraft workshop:-in this workshop students besides learning aircraft system details and

  

  construction and design features, they spend a considerable amount of time in performing disassembly, inspection and assembly of aircraft parts and systems including removal and installation of engine from and to the aircraft under close supervision of technical staff.  The work shop is equipped with different types of aircraft and helicopter system mock-ups, aircraft aggregates and one live Mig 21 aircraft for performing scheduled maintenance activities and engine run up.
• Aircraft engine workshop:-this work shop intended to train students in acquiring sufficient knowledge and skill in identifying and analyzing the design features and the working process of different types of aviation engines starting from aircraft reciprocating up to modern augmented turbojet and turbofan engines. Helicopter engine (turbo-shaft engine) is also available to learn its peculiarities as compared to other types of aviation engines. The workshop classes are equipped with engine systems schematic drawings to facilitate lecture and tutorial classes. Engine fuel, lubrication and control system components are also disassembled and assembled by the students during their practical classes which help them acquire sufficient skill and knowledge in designing, maintaining and operating aviation engine and system components.
• Computational laboratory:-it is a laboratory equipped computers loaded with different software for the purpose of computing and investigating gas dynamic, aerodynamic, stress, heat transfer, combustion and stability problems of modern aviation equipment. The laboratory is intended for teaching staff to facilitate research work and for final year students to perform their graduating projects.
• Fluid mechanics laboratory: in this laboratory fluid properties and flow characteristics shall be investigated using the basic equations of energy conservation law, continuity, momentum and Bernoulli’s equations. The mechanics of fluids taught in theoretical classes is demonstrated and experimented.
• Strength of materials laboratory: - the effect of applied static and dynamic forces on mechanical members and structures are experimented and verified in this laboratory with the help of a variety of laboratory equipment. This is to mean that mechanical members and structures are tested for their strength, toughness and stability.
• Statics laboratory: - since statics deals with equilibrium of forces in this laboratory students experimentally verify whether differently applied forces are in equilibrium or not. Conditions required to maintain equilibrium are also investigated,
• Dynamics laboratory: - dynamics deals with the motion of a body because of  the forces acting upon it.  In this laboratory, students experiment and verify whether forces are in equilibrium or not.  Forces that cause the motion of a body and the motion that a body achieves under the action of forces shall be determined during the experiments. Topics related to kinetics are also experimented and verified.