The development of a gas turbine engine test cell facility is described in this paper. The test cell houses a mini turbojet engine and a mini turboprop engine. The two turbine engines have the same type of gas generator. The engines have been assembled by students using components purchased from the engine manufacturer. The test cell setup provides the aeronautical engineering undergraduate students with a variety of engine data during engine runs in both numerical and graphical formats by using a developed LabVIEW-based interface. The data acquired from the sensors allow the students to determine the component operating conditions and the air properties at the different stages along the air path. Through the lab experiments, the students are able to understand and validate the fundamental principles of gas turbine engines. More importantly, the lab provides the students with hands-on experience to apply the knowledge learned in classroom lectures to the real-time operation of turbine engines. The test cell facility promotes students interests in aeropropulsion.

Drainage and filling processes in cylindrical and rectangular containers for several motion sequences are experimentally studied using a stereo videogrammetric technique. The measured quantities include the rigid body motion of the containers and the water level relative to the body coordinate system as a function of time. The experimental data are used to validate Torricelli's law and determine the time constant, discharge coefficient, and water volume. In addition, the air funnel shapes in vortical sinks in a stationary cylinder are measured, and the effects of the initial water height and swirling on the drainage are addressed.

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