Well the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) was established in 1969

IIT Chennai is very well know for the Aeronautical Engineering

Course content can be broadly divided into 5 categories namely,

Aerodynamics,

Propulsion,

Structures,

Controls and Design.

Aerodynamics mainly deals with the study of fluid flows at different speeds and physical conditions.


Research Areas

Computational fluid dynamics and combustion
Vortex methods of fluid flow analysis
Large-eddy simulation of turbulence
Transonic and oscillatory flows
Jet mixing and impingement
Fuel injection strategies
Low-density flows
Shock waves and hypervelocity flows
Acoustic waves and their propagation
Combustion and combustion instabilities
Supersonic combustion
Optical flow and combustion diagnostics
Solid propellant combustion
Nano-aluminium production & combustion
Structural Mechanics and analysis
Analysis of plates and shells
Composite structures
Fatigue and fracture mechanics
Fretting fatigue
Contact mechanics

Laboratories


Gas Dynamics (GD) Laboratory
Rarefied Gas Dynamics (RGD) Laboratory
Combustion and Flow Diagnostics (CFD) Laboratory
Rockets and Missiles (R&M) Laboratory
Structures Laboratory
Computers and Fluids Laboratory (CFL)The CFL houses a host of computers for numerical studies.


Contact details

Department of Aerospace Engineering  
Engineering College
Address: Indian Institute Of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036
Phone: 044 2257 4000