AE 3021 HIGH SPEED AERODYNAMICS

 

Course Syllabus

 

            Homework

                        Homework #2 (Due Sept 29)

                        Homework #3 (Due Oct 4)

                        Homework #4 (Due Nov 1, 2005) Solutions

                        Take-Home Finals (Due Wednesday of Exam week by 4 PM)

1.         Review

2-D Airfoil Theory   Thin  Airfoil theory  Panel method  Panel Code Panel Code sample Input

Gas dynamics

Conservation equations

 

2.         Compressible potential flow equation

 

3.         Small-disturbance form of potential equation

Linearized Potential Equation

Linearized Pressure Coefficient

Boundary Conditions

Subsonic Similarity 2-D 

Airfoils in Supersonic Flow

 

4.         Nonlinear techniques for supersonic flows

Shock-expansion technique

Busemann 2nd-order theory

Sources of drag

Drag coefficient

 

5.                  Method of characteristics for supersonic flow

Nozzle design Theory

Nozzle design code: nozdes3.m  pma.m  pmm.m

6.                  Wings and Bodies in Compressible Flow
Wings in subsonic flow
Bodies of revolution in subsonic flow
Bodies of revolution in supersonic flow

 

 

7.         Transonic aerodynamics

Critical Mach Number

Airfoils in Transonic Flow

Supercritical airfoils

Transonic Drag Rise

Variation of Lift with M

Sweep

Supersonic and Subsonic Leading Edges

Transonic Area Rule

 

8.         Review of boundary layer theory  (Derviation of Equations) BL Properties  BL Summary

 

9.         Methods for predicting laminar boundary layer effects Thwaites’ Method   Application to a Cylinder

  

10.       Transition to turbulence; physics of turbulence    Transition Models    Head’s Method

 

11.       Reynolds averaging and models for turbulent stresses

 

12.      Compressibility Effects and High Speed Aerodynamic heating Effects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some Utilities (Requires JavaScript):

 

1.      Normal Shock Properties Calculator

2.      Isentropic Flow Properties Calculator

3.      Prandtl-Meyer Function and Mach Angle Calculator

4.      Oblique Shock Properties Calculator