MEC 4871 - Aerodynamics

• Describe aerodynamic terminology
• Describe physical flow characteristics of the boundary layer and flow regimes
• Explain the physical mechanisms driving the formation of normal and oblique shocks
• Analyze lift and drag on two-dimensional airfoils, finite wings, and bodies of revolution in subsonic and supersonic flight
• Qualitatively and quantitatively investigate the wave structures that occur on various solid surfaces in supersonic flows
• Understand the application of numerical methods to calculate aerodynamic loads and moments
• Describe the purpose and usage of subsonic and supersonic wind tunnels

• Control volume mass, momentum, energy and entropy analysis
• Laminar and turbulent flows, fluid properties
• Navier-Stokes equations
• Bernoulli equation and Pitot tubes
• Boundary layers
• Coding using MATLAB

• Review of fundamentals (Navier-Stokes equations, Bernoulli equation, boundary layers, control volume analysis, boundary layers)
• Review and expand potential flow theory
• Kelvin’s circulation theorem
• Thin airfoil theory (Kutta-Joukowski theorem)
• Finite wing theory (Prandtl’s lifting-line theorem)
• Introduction to numerical methods (panel methods, integral boundary layer methods)
• Drag forces on bodies of revolution
• Introduction to compressible flow (sonic velocity, Mach number, stagnation relations in terms of Mach number, total pressure loss and entropy change relation)
• Standing normal shocks
• Moving and oblique (planar or conical) shocks
• Compressibility corrections
• Linearized supersonic theory