Aerodynamics (I)
- @-- Review of Fluid Mechanics; Concepts and Tools
- Vorticity and Irrotationality
- The Stream Function and Velocity Potential Function
- Attached and Separated Flow, Streamlines
- Derivation of Coefficient of Viscosity and Perfect Gas Law
- @-- Newtonian Flight Concept, Coefficients of Lift and Drag.
- @-- Aerodynamic Forces and Moments, Center of Pressure, and Aerodynamic Center
- @-- Fundamentals of Inviscid, Incompressible Flow
- Bernoulli’s Equation
- Elementary Solutions of Laplace’s Equation
- i. Uniform Flow, Source Flow, Vortex Flow, and Doublet Flow
- ii. Combination of A Uniform Flow with A Source and Sink
- iii. Non-lifting Flow over A Cylinder
- iv. Lifting Flow over A Cylinder: The Kutta-Joukowsky Theorem
- @-- Incompressible Flow over Airfoils
- Airfoil Characteristics
- Source and Vortex Sheets
- The Kutta Condition
- Kelvin’s Circulation Theorem and the Starting Vortex
- Classical Thin Airfoil Theory
- i. The Symmetric Airfoil
- ii. The Cambered Airfoil
- NACA Airfoils
- Panel Methods: Derivation and Computer Programming
- Low-Speed Airfoil Design: Reynolds Number and Geometry
- @-- Incompressible Flow over Finite Wings
- Downwash and Induced Drag
- The Vortex Filament, the Biot-Savart Law, and Helmholtz’s Theorems
- Prandtl’s Classical Lifting-Line Theory
- i. Elliptical Lift Distribution
- ii. General Lift Distribution
- Geometric Wing Design, Aspect Ratio and other Parameters