COMBUSTION, EXPLOSION and DETONATION, AS 5640, Jan-May 2019

Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras

Instructor: Amit Kumar

Office: ASE101

Contact: e-mail: amitk@ae.iitm.ac.in, phone: 4019

Syllabus:

1. Background (combustion thermodynamics and kinetics)

2. Conservation Equations and Boundary conditions for Chemically Reacting Flows

3. Diffusion Flames (Non-premixed)

4. Premixed Flames

5. Introduction to Detonation

6. Ignition

7. Special topics

Grading policy:

Assignment 10-15 marks

Quiz I + II 25+25 marks

Final examination 40-35 marks

References:

1. Combustion by Irvin Glassman and R A Yetter (Academic press, 4^th edition, 2008)

2. Combustion Fundamentals by Roger A Strehlow (Mc-Graw Hill 1984)

3. Combustion Physics by C K Law (Cambridge University Press, 2006)

4. Combustion, Flames and Explosion of Gases by Lewis Bernard and Guenther von Elbe (Academic Press, 3^rd edition, 1987)

5. An Introduction to Combustion by Warren C Strahle (Gordon and Breach , 1993)

6. Introduction to Combustion Phenomena by Kanury A Murty (Gordon and Breach, 1975)

7. Principles of Combustion by Kenneth K Kuo (John Wiley and Sons 1986)

8. Combustion Theory: The Fundamentals by Forman A Williams (Benjamin and Cummings publishing, 2^nd edition, 1985)

9. An Introduction to Combustion by Stephen R Turns (Mc-Graw Hill, 2^nd edition, 2006)

10. Understanding Combustion by H S Mukunda (University Press, 2^nd Edition 2009)

11. Combustion: Physical and Chemical Fundamentals, Modeling and Simulation, Experiments, Pollutant Formation by J Warnatz et al (Springer International, 4^th edition, 2006)

12. Combustion Dynamics: Dynamics of Chemically Reacting Flows by T Y Toong (Mc-Graw Hill, 1983)