At the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory of IIT Madras

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Academic Facilities , Equipment

According to a senior professor, this photograph shows one end of the Bangalore Wind Tunnel with honeycomb, which still exists in the laboratory. From the information we gathered, we learned that it was first designed as a Diffuser Test Bench by Mr. Mathew, who was the first Ph.D. scholar of the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory under the supervision of Prof. Klein. According to our source, it was used somewhere between the years 1968-1973. It apparently used to make a lot of noise, even making the entire laboratory vibrate! After Mathew, Prof. Lakshminarasimhan, used the facility for his MS and Ph.D. under Prof. Srinivasan’s guidance.

The facility in the photograph was the result of alteration done by Prof. Thulapurkara for his doctoral work on contractions.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Fluid Mechanics

Photograph ID:

001/0339/IMG_105738

Album ID:

0339

Photographer:

C. Gourishankar (1936-2002). A geologist by qualification, Gourishankar started his career as a photographer after working for many years with the Geological Survey of India. In everything that he did, Gourishankar strove to achieve flawlessness and impeccable quality. Thus his photography too was characterised by this drive for perfection. Every photograph that Gourishankar took was meticulously planned and shot and printed with diligence and patience. Gourishankar carried out most of the official photography at IIT Madras in the 1960s.

Place:

Fluid Mechanics Laboratory