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AERODYNAMICS I COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
UCK301 AERODYNAMICS I 5 4 3 5

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - Aerodynamic forces and moments. Center of pressure -
2 - Dimensional analysis, current similarity, current types. -
3 - Flow models, conservation of mass and linear momentum, drag and lift forces acting on a 2-dimensional body. -
4 - Conservation equations in terms of material derivatives, orbit, streamline, riseline. -
5 - Stream function, velocity potential, fundamentals of frictionless, incompressible flow, -
6 - Stream function, velocity potential, fundamentals of frictionless, incompressible flow, -
7 - Bernoulli equation, Pitot tube. -
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 - Laplace equation, uniform current, source current, double current, flow around a circle. -
10 - Vortex flow, Circulating current around a circle, Kutta Joukowski theorem -
11 - Incompressible flow around airfoil, Kutta condition, Kelvin circulation theorem -
12 - Thin profile theory, symmetrical and cambered profiles -
13 - Incompressible flow around a finite wing, induced drag, vortex filament, Biot-Savart law and Helmholtz theorems -
14 - Panel methods, carrier line theory, elliptical carrier distribution. -
15 - Overall load distribution, effect of clearance ratio. -
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -