Course Name | High Speed Aerodynamics |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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AE 306 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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Course Language | English | ||||||||
Course Type | Elective | ||||||||
Course Level | First Cycle | ||||||||
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Course Objectives | This course aims to present the basic principles of high speed aerodynamics including compressible flow, normal and oblique shock waves, supersonic and hypersonic flows, 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 | High Speed Aerodynamics course provides important tools in understanding of aerodynamic design process. The course is composed of the topics related to mainly compressible flow modeling and computations. |
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Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Compressible flow: some preliminary aspects; a brief review of thermodynamics, governing equations for compressible flow. | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 7. |
2 | Normal shock waves; normal shock wave equations, speed of sound, measurement of flow velocity in a compressible flow. | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 8. |
3 | Speed of sound, measurement of flow velocity in a compressible flow. | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 8. |
4 | Oblique shock and expansion waves; oblique shock relations, shock interactions and reflections, Prandtl-Meyer expansion waves, shock expansion theory. | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 9. |
5 | Compressible flow through nozzles, diffusers, and wind tunnels; governing equations for quasi-one dimensional flow, nozzle flows, diffusers, supersonic wind tunnels. | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 10. |
6 | Subsonic compressible flow over airfoils: linear theory; linearized velocity potential theory. | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 11. |
7 | Midterm | |
8 | Prandtl-Glauert compressibility correction, Mach number, sound barrier, area rule, the supercritical airfoil. | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 11. |
9 | Linearized supersonic flow; supersonic pressure coefficient formula and application to supersonic airfoils. | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 12. |
10 | Introduction to numerical techniques for nonlinear supersonic flow; elements of the method of characteristics, supersonic nozzle design. | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 13. |
11 | Finite differencing methods, time dependent techniques and application to supersonic blunt body. | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 13. |
12 | Elements of hypersonic flow; Newtonian theory, hypersonic shock wave relations. | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 14. |
13 | Mach number independence, some aspects for CFD in hypersonic flows. | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 14. |
14 | Introduction to the fundamental principles and equations of viscous flow; viscosity and thermal conduction. | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 15. |
15 | Navier-Stokes equations, viscous flow energy equation, similarity parameters. | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics. J. D. Anderson, Jr., McGraw Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-237335-0, Ch. 15. |
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 |
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Midterm | 1 | 40 |
Final Exam | 1 | 60 |
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Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 60 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 8 | 128 |
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Midterms | 1 | 2 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 2 | |
Total | 180 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
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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