Project 1 - Parsing NASA thermodynamic data

Aim: To Design a centrifugal pump and analyze how the pressure ratio i.e., outlet total pressure by inlet total pressure, affects the mass flow rate at the outlet. Procedure: Firstly, designed a centrifugal pump with an impeller of 8 blades. To simulate the rotation of the impeller it is necessary to create a casing around…

Aim: To create a 3D model of a flow bench and run flow analysis and examine how mass flow rate depends on the valve lift. Theory: Valve lift determines the mass flow rate in the combustion chamber. As the valve lift increases the mass flow rate also increases. The best way to visualize this is using the flow bench technique.…

Aim: To simulate transient flow over a cylinder for different Reynolds number Theory: Reynolds Number: It is a ratio of inertial forces to the viscous forces within a fluid Procedure: Firstly, I started by creating cylinder geometry with a diameter of 0.05m. Then I started the flow simulation and used the necessary options…

Aim: The Aim of this project is to perform flow simulation over the airfoil for different angles of attack and analyze the results. Procedure: Firstly I started by creating the aerofoil from the aerofoil data. the aerofoil that I have chosen is NACA0017. I started flow simulation over the aerofoil with an initial velocity…

Aim: To run a pipe flow simulation with an inlet Reynolds number of 100, 1000 & 10000. Theory: Reynolds Number: It is a ratio of inertial forces to the viscous forces within a fluid In our case the characteristic length is the diameter of the pipe which is 0.05m the density of the fluid is 1000 kg/m^3 dynamic viscosity…

Aim: To aim of the project is to write a python code to parse the given file and extract the required data from the file and perform the following tasks •Calculate the area under the P-V diagram. •Calculate the power output of this engine by assuming that RPM is 1500 •This engine consumed 20 micrograms of…

1. What do popt and pcov mean? The curve fit function in python returns two values they are popt and pcov •Popt variable contains all the values of the coefficients of the equation described for the curve fit •Pcov variable is a covariance matrix that indicates how the values co vary with each other. 2. What…

  Aim: To write a code to solve an otto cycle and create plots of pv diagram and calculate the termal efficiency of otto cycle. Governing Equation:  two stroke engines operates on the otto cycle. for isentropic process 1-2 & 3-4 p1v1^gamma = p2v2^gamma for process 2-3 & 4-1 p1v1/t1 = p2v2/t2 change of…

Aim: To write a program in python to simulate the forward kinematics of a 2R Robotic Arm. Theory:                                     The robotic arm…

Aim: To write a python program to calculate the drag force against a cyclist. Theory: Whenever an object is moving through a medium it experiences an opposing force which reduces the speed of the object this force is known as a Drag force. Drag force mainly depends on the velocity with which the object moves and the frontal…

Aim: To write a function that extracts the 14 coefficients and calculates the enthalpy, entropy, and specific heats for all the species in the given data file. Theory: File parsing- File parsing means reading the file from which we can extract the required data and use the data in our program. In this program, we have…

Aim: To write a program in MATLAB to optimize the stalagmite function and find the global Maxima of the function. Theory: Genetic Algorithm: A Genetic Algorithm is an optimization technique that solves nonlinear and non-differential optimization problems. GA optimizes the problems through a natural selection process that…

Aim: To write a MATLAB program to fit a linear and cubic polynomial for the Cp data. Governing Equation and Data The curve fit is a technique of finding an algebraic expression that best fits the given data. Here we will find the coefficients of different orders of the equation:             …

  Aim: To plot pressure vs volume of an otto cycle using Matlab. Governing equation: for Isentropic process 1-2 and 3-4 P1V1^gamma = P2V2^gamma (P1V1)/T1 = (P2V2)/T2 change of volume inside the combustion chamber is given by (V/V_compression)=1+0.5*(cr-1)[R+1-cosd(theta)-((R^2 - sind(theta))^2)^0.5] Input parameters:…

Aim: To write a program in Matlab to simulate the forward kinematics of A 2d Robotic arm. Introduction: *The robotic arm consists of two links with lengths L1 and L2. *Xo, Yo is the starting point of link 1 which is attached to the base with an angle theta1 *Link 2 starts from the ending point of link 1 at X1, Y1, therefore…

Aim: To write a MATLAB program to calculate drag force against a cycle and to plot the graphs b/w velocity and Drag force and Drag co-efficient vs Drag force. Governing Equation: The Drag force over an object can be calculated by using the formula D = 0.5*rho*A*v^2*C_d. Where rho = density of air (Kg/m^3)             …

​ Aim:  To write a MATLAB program that solves the ODE that represents the equation of motion of a simple pendulum with damping. Governing equation : The equation which describes the motion of the pendulum with damping as second-order ODE is as follows Where  = angular displacement of the pendulum T = time b =…