Aerospace Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

The High Speed Laboratory of the Aerospace Engineering Dept. of IIT Kanpur is well known for Research in the area of GAS DYNAMICS. It has gained National and International recognition through its considerable contribution to literature and projects of national importance.

The lab provides facilities in the areas of High Speed Jet Mixing and Acoustics, Supersonic Combustion and so on. In addition to catering to the needs of undergraduate and post-graduate laboratory course needs, it caters to the research requirements of a large number of Doctoral (PhD) and Master (MTech) students. Currently 7 doctoral students are doing their research in the lab. The lab is equipped with an indigenously built Jet Acoustic Chamber, which is unique in India

The lab also houses an intermittent, blowdown type supersonic wind tunnel. The tunnel is equipped with a dedicated computer system for tunnel control and data acquisition. This facility has already made substantial contribution in establishing new testing techniques and basic research in the area of transonic/supersonic flows.

Research Activities
  • Gas Dynamics - experimental and theoretical investigation Rarefied flowsApplied Gas Dynamics and High speed jets
  • Sudden expansion problems
  • Aeroacoustics
  • Active and passive control of jets and base flows
  • Supersonic, Transonic and subsonic Aerodynamics