Syllabus
Aerodynamic forces and moments – review of governing equations – potential flows – Kutta condition – vortex theorems – thin airfoil theory – finite wing theory – panel methods – flow over delta wings – boundary layer theory – effect of pressure gradient – flow separation and stall – high-lift devices – structure of turbulent boundary layer – Reynolds averaging.
Text Books
Anderson, J. D., Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, 5th ed., McGraw Hill (2010).
References
1. Bertin, J. J. and Cummings, R. M., Aerodynamics for Engineers, 6th ed., Prentice Hall (2013).
2. Houghton, E. L., Carpenter, P. W., Collicott, S. H., and Valentine, D. T., Aerodynamics for Engineering Students, 6th ed., Butterworth-Heinemann (2012).
3. Kuethe, A. M. and Chow, C.-Y., Foundations of Aerodynamics, 5th ed., John Wiley (1997).
4. Clancy, L. J., Aerodynamics, Reprint ed., Himalayan Books (2006).
5. Drela, M., Flight Vehicle Aerodynamics, MIT Press (2014).
Course Outcomes (COs):
CO1: Identify and formulate the correct set of assumptions and boundary conditions for aerody- namic force calculations for incompressible flow.
CO2: Apply analytical methods based on potential flow theory to estimate the aerodynamic force on finite wings in incompressible flow.
CO3: Develop numerical algorithms based on panel methods for aerodynamic analysis of simple configurations.
CO4: Use boundary layer theory to estimate viscous drag on simple configurations and apply corrections to potential flow based methods.