| Module Code: ENG3074 |
Module Title: INCOMPRESSIBLE AERODYNAMICS |
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Module Provider: Mechanical, Medical & Aero Engineering
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Short Name: SE3309
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Level: HE3
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Module Co-ordinator: ROBINS AG Prof (M, M & A Eng)
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Number of credits: 10
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Number of ECTS credits: 5
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| Module Availability |
| Spring Semester |
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| Assessment Pattern |
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Components of Assessment
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Method(s)
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Weighting
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Examination
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2 hour paper
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100%
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| Module Overview |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
Completion of the progress requirements of Level HE2 & Modules SE3200 and SE3211 (SE3222 would also be beneficial)
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| Module Aims |
Aims
To introduce irrotational flow techniques, the aerodynamics of aerofoils and wings, viscous effects and boundary layer control.
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| Learning Outcomes |
Intended learning outcomes
Students should understand irrotational flow techniques, fundamental features of aerofoil and wing flow, and how these flows can be modelled. Also, they should understand the associated effects of viscosity and how these can be taken into account and controlled. |
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| Module Content |
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Irrotational flow fundamentals:
Line vortex, lift on a vortex and system of vortices, Kutta-Zhukowski theorem, Biot-Savart law.
Aerofoils and wings:
Elementary wing theory. 2D thin aerofoil theory, lift-curve slope. The finite wing, trailing vorticity, lifting line theory (elliptic loading), induced drag, effects of aspect ratio, tip effects, winglets. Discussion of high lift devices, delta wings at sub-sonic speeds (slender wings).
Boundary layers:
Description of laminar, turbulent boundary layers, transition, effects of pressure gradient, separation. Integral momentum analysis applied to laminar and turbulent boundary layers with and without a pressure gradient.
Boundary layer control:
Qualitative description of effects of vortex generators, suction, riblets.
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
Methods of Teaching/Learning
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22 lectures, 11 tutorials, and 67 hours independent learning time.
Total student learning time 100 hours.
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Recommended background reading
Anderson JD, Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, 3rd ed, McGraw-Hill, 1991. (ISBN 00711 81466)
Kuethe AM and Chow C-Y, Foundations of Aerodynamics, 5th ed, Wiley, 1998. (ISBN 04711 29194)
Homsy GM et al, Multi-Media Fluid Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, 2000. (ISBN 05217 87483)
http://www.ae.su.oz.au/aero/aerodyn.html
van Dyke M, An Album of Fluid Motion, The Parabolic Press, Stanford.
Required reading
None |
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| Last Updated |
18 September 2008 |
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