First of all, my gratitude to Allah the All-Knowing and Most Merciful for the successful completion of this research work. I wish to express my sincerest gratitude and heartfelt thanks to my supervisor Dr. Md. Quamrul Islam, Professor for his continuous guidance, inspiration, supervision and untiring support throughout the entire period of my graduate study. It is beyond doubt that without his kind support, completion of this research work would not have been possible. I also want to express my deepest gratitude to Professor Dr. Mohammad Ali, Department of Mechanical Engineering, for his constructive suggestion and advice during several phases of this problem. His encouragement and invaluable suggestions are gratefully acknowledged. I am also indebted to Wing Commander Dr. Vikram Deshpande, IAF, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Lecturer Zawad Abedin, Md. Tanvir Ehsan and Lecturer Atif Yasir of Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIST for their cooperation and invaluable assistance in different aspect of the thesis. I feel especially proud to express my appreciation to all my family members for their encouragement and support throughout this work. Their love and sacrifice made this thesis a great success in my carrier. Special thanks to SAE Ashraf of Fluid Mechanics Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering Department of MIST and Mr. Md. Abul Kalam Azad, instructor of Fluid Mechanics Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering Department of BUET, Dhaka for their kind cooperation in constructing, fabricating and assembling different parts and components of the experimental set-up. Finally, I would like to express my sincere thanks to all members of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of MIST for their cooperation and help in the successful completion of the work.