Aerodynamics 1

Description

Aerodynamics is one of the core pillars of aerospace engineering. This course will introduce aerodynamic essentials such as the basic laws of motion for incompressible fluid flow, conservation of mass and momentum and the role of viscosity. Control volume analysis will form the basis for work in following years and is used to explain aerodynamic phenomena such as generation of lift, drag and boundary layers. On successfully completing this module, you should be able to: 1. Explain the basic principles of fluid flow including the role of viscosity and the importance of stresses and rates of strain; 2. Demonstrate understanding of the principles of conservation of mass and momentum balance for a fluid; 3. Describe flow in pipes and in boundary layers, including transition to turbulent flow; 4. Describe briefly flow around wings and the generation of lift, drag and trailing vortices; 5. Describe fluid flow mathematically in terms of control volume balances and the governing partial differential equations such as the Euler and Bernoulli equations; 6. Demonstrate understanding of the physical concepts of convection/transport, viscous diffusion and flow rotation/vorticity and how these concepts can be applied to flow in pipes and laminar boundary layers; 7. Appreciate the importance and limitations of experimental and numerical methods in aerodynamic design and analysis; 8. Undertake basic aerodynamic experiments using typical aerodynamic measurement techniques such as flow visualisation and pressure measurement.