Course Name | Aerodynamics |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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AE 301 | Fall | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Required | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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Course Objectives | This course aims to present the basic principles of low speed aerodynamics including inviscid and incompressible flow, to provide common methods used in aerodynamic design stages, and to intensify the knowledge by means of weakly homeworks. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | Aerodynamics course provides important tools in understanding of aerodynamic design process. The course is composed of the topics related to mainly inviscid and incompressible flow modeling and computations. |
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| Core Courses | X |
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Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Aerodynamics: some introductory thoughts; aerodynamic forces and moments, coefficients, dimensional analysis and the Buckingham Pi theorem. | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 1. |
2 | Aerodynamics: some introductory thoughts; flow similarity, types of flows. | Fundamentals Aerodynamics. J. Anderson,JR. McGraw Hill Book Co. Ch 1 |
3 | Aerodynamics: some fundamental principles and equations; review of vector relations, integrals, models of the fluid, control volumes and fluid elements, | Fundamentals Aerodynamics. J. Anderson,JR. McGraw Hill Book Co. Ch 2 |
4 | Aerodynamics: some fundamental principles and equations; conservation laws including continuity equation, momentum equation, and energy equation. | Fundamentals Aerodynamics. J. Anderson,JR. McGraw Hill Book Co. Ch 2 |
5 | Aerodynamics: some fundamental principles and equations; flow patterns, vorticity, circulation, velocity potential and stream function, some introductory information about numerical solutions based on computational fluid dynamics. | Fundamentals Aerodynamics. J. Anderson,JR. McGraw Hill Book Co. Ch 2 |
6 | Fundamentals of inviscid, incompressible flow: Bernoulli’s equation, incompressible flow in a duct, pitot tube, pressure coefficient | Fundamentals Aerodynamics. J. Anderson,JR. McGraw Hill Book Co. Ch 3 |
7 | Midterm I | |
8 | Fundamentals of inviscid, incompressible flow: governing equations for irrotational, incompressible flow, Laplace’s equation, uniform flow, source flow. | Fundamentals Aerodynamics. J. Anderson,JR. McGraw Hill Book Co. Ch 3 |
9 | Fundamentals of inviscid, incompressible flow: doublet flow, vortex flow, the Kutta-Joukowski theorem and generation of lift, panel methods | Fundamentals Aerodynamics. J. Anderson,JR. McGraw Hill Book Co. Ch 3 |
10 | Incompressible flows over airfoils: airfoil nomenclature and characteristics, the vortex sheet, the Kutta condition, Kelvin’s circulation theorem. | Fundamentals Aerodynamics. J. Anderson,JR. McGraw Hill Book Co. Ch 4 |
11 | Incompressible flows over airfoils: classical thin airfoil theory, the aerodynamic center, modern low speed airfoils. | Fundamentals Aerodynamics. J. Anderson,JR. McGraw Hill Book Co. Ch 4 |
12 | Incompressible flow over finite wings: Prandtl’s classical lifting line theory, a numerical nonlinear lifting line method, lifting surface theory and vortex lattice numerical method. | Fundamentals Aerodynamics. J. Anderson,JR. McGraw Hill Book Co. Ch 5 |
13 | Incompressible flow over finite wings: Prandtl’s classical lifting line theory, a numerical nonlinear lifting line method, lifting surface theory and vortex lattice numerical method. | Fundamentals Aerodynamics. J. Anderson,JR. McGraw Hill Book Co. Ch 5 |
14 | Three dimensional incompressible flow: three dimensional source and doublet, flow over a sphere, general three dimensional flows, panel techniques. | Fundamentals Aerodynamics. J. Anderson,JR. McGraw Hill Book Co. Ch 6 |
15 | Computer application: numerical modeling example based on potential flow theory for 2D airfoil. | |
16 | Final |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0. |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Aerodynamics for Engineering Students, E. L. Houghton and P. W. Carpenter, Butterworth Heinemann, ISBN 0 7506 5111 3 |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | ||
Laboratory / Application | 1 | 10 |
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | - | - |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 10 |
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 30 |
Final Exam | 1 | 50 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 | 50 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 50 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | |
Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 5 | 75 |
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Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | - | ||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 5 | |
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Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 3 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 3 | |
Total | 150 |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To have theoretical and practical knowledge that have been acquired in the area of Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Aerospace Engineering. | X | ||||
2 | To be able to assess, analyze and solve problems by using the scientific methods in the area of Aerospace Engineering. | X | ||||
3 | To be able to design a complex system, process or product under realistic limitations and requirements by using modern design techniques. | |||||
4 | To be able to develop, select and use novel tools and techniques required in the area of Aerospace Engineering. | X | ||||
5 | To be able to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyze and interpret results. | X | ||||
6 | To be able to develop communication skills, ad working ability in multidisciplinary teams. | |||||
7 | To be able to communicate effectively in verbal and written Turkish; writing and understanding reports, preparing design and production reports, making effective presentations, giving and receiving clear and understandable instructions. | |||||
8 | To have knowledge about global and social impact of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; to have knowledge about contemporary issues as they pertain to engineering; to be aware of the legal ramifications of Aerospace Engineering solutions. | |||||
9 | To be aware of professional and ethical responsibility; to have knowledge about standards utilized in engineering applications. | |||||
10 | To have knowledge about industrial practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; to have awareness of entrepreneurship and innovation; to have knowledge about sustainable development. | |||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the area of Aerospace Engineering, and to be able to communicate with colleagues in a foreign language (‘‘European Language Portfolio Global Scale’’, Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To recognize the need for lifelong learning; to be able to access information, to be able to stay current with developments in science and technology; to be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to Aerospace Engineering. |
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