Aerodynamics
Summary
This course will provide the fluid dynamic background to understand how air flows around two- and three-dimensional wings and bodies and to understand and calculate the aerodynamics forces and moments acting on the objects as a result of the air flow.
Content
INTRODUCTION:
- Basic concepts
- Definitions
- Fundamental equations
STEADY INVISCID INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOWS
- Potential flow
- Infinite wing theory
- Finite wing theory
UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS
VISCOUS INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOWS
- Drag
- Boundary layes and flow separation
- Flow control
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Describe the physical behaviour of a flow in scientific terms, AH1
- Link flow behaviour with non-dimensional parameters (e.g. Reynolds and Mach numbers), AH2
- Describe the physical differences between laminar and turbulent flows, AH4
- Describe in detail the physical phenomena associated with the interaction of a flow with a solid wall (as a function of its characteristics, e.g. roughness), AH5
- Describe flow in simple geometries, such as over a flat plate, in a tube, or around a sphere or airfoil, AH9
- Work out / Determine the flight characteristics from a wing shape and chose a wing shape to provide the desired flight characteristics, AH10
- Describe 3D effects resulting, for example, from a finite wing span or behind a blunt body, AH11
- Solve analytically or numerically the potential flow around an airfoil, AH19
Transversal skills
- Write a scientific or technical report.
- Summarize an article or a technical report.
Teaching methods
In-person lectures
Exercise sessions
Expected student activities
Attendance and participation in lectures and exercise sessions.
Group project on airfoil characterisation during the sememster.
Assessment methods
Written examination (70%)
Airfoil characterisation project with written report during the semester (30%)
Supervision
| Office hours | No |
| Assistants | Yes |
| Forum | No |
Resources
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
No
Ressources en bibliothèque
Moodle Link
Videos
In the programs
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Written (winter session)
- Subject examined: Aerodynamics
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Written (winter session)
- Subject examined: Aerodynamics
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Written (winter session)
- Subject examined: Aerodynamics
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Written (winter session)
- Subject examined: Aerodynamics
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks