Course abstract
The gulf between science of combustion and its practice is strikingly visible during interactions between academics and practitioners. In spite of this, significant progress has happened over the last few decades in development of propulsion systems for space and defense applications in India. But in dealing with ‘combustion instability’, practitioners find the existing methods of practice and more importantly the way of thinking highly inadequate. This course, in an interactive way, will attempt to bridge this gap by introducing practitioners and research scholars in the field of combustion and propulsion to essential existing ideas and a few new ones. It is hoped that this will enable the participants to think of novel strategies to deal with development of propulsion systems prone to ‘instability’. The instructors also hope to learn of issues of fundamental nature that are required to address developments in practice.
Course Instructor
Prof. S Varunkumar
Dr. S Varunkumar holds a BTech in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Trichy (2007), and Ph. D in Engineering sciences from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore(2013). He worked at IIT, Ropar for a brief period of 7 months and is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras. He teaches undergraduate thermodynamics and graduate level course in numerical methods for thermal engineering, combustion and rocket propulsion. His research interests include, instability in solid propellant rockets and thermo-chemical conversion of lingo-cellulosic biomass and coal. His published work of significance in peer journals includes modeling of solid propellant combustion and lingo-cellulosic fuels. He is a participant in technical committees of ISRO and DRDOMore info
H S Mukunda
IISc Bangalore Prof. H S Mukunda was educated at the Mysore University (Bachelor degree in 1963 in Mechanical engineering) and Indian Institute of Science (Master’s degree in Aeronautial engineering in 1965 and Ph. D in engineering sciences in 1970) served on the faculty at the Aerospace Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Science for 34 years. He taught and did research in combustion sciences for aerospace vehicles and missiles and other industrial biomass and fossil fuel based combustion devices. He has supervised over twenty-five doctoral theses, about four dozen Masters’ theses and developed several courses in Aerospace Engineering. He has published extensively on thermo-chemical conversion and written several books – “Understanding Combustion” (second edition) and “Understanding Aerospace Chemical Propulsion”, and “Understanding clean conversion of biomass to energy and fuels” and “Understanding Aerospace Vehicles”. He has participated in the development process of major launch vehicles of ISRO and missiles of DRDO through review committees and troubleshooting several technical glitches and continues to be a participant in technical committees of ISRO and DRDOMore info
Teaching Assistant(s)
Course Duration : Jan-Mar 2020
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Enrollment : 18-Nov-2019 to 03-Feb-2020
Exam registration : 16-Dec-2019 to 21-Feb-2020
Exam Date : 29-Mar-2020
Enrolled
1087
Registered
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Certificate Eligible
2
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0
Silver
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Elite
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Successfully completed
0
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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
Final Score Calculation Logic
- Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
- Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
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Total Enrollment: 1087
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Total Registration : 44
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