Aerodynamics Notes By MIT

Aerodynamics Notes By MIT

This page has the following topics in PDF files related to Aerodynamics : Sensitivity Analysis, Kinematics of a Fluid Element, Stress-Strain Relationship for a Newtonian Fluid, Coordination Transformations for Strain and Stress Rates, Compressible and Incompressible Fluid Element Motion Chart, Compressible Viscous Equations, Compressible Equations, Equations of Aircraft Motion, Brequet Range Equation, Aerodynamic Center, Quick Visit to Bernoulli Land, Kutta Condition, Thin Airfoil Theory Summary, Important Concepts in Thin Airfoil Theory, Prandtl’s Lifting Line Introduction, Force Calculations for Lifting Line, Trefftz Plane Analysis of Induced Drag, Solution to Problem 1, Viscous Flow: Stress Strain Relationship, Integral Boundary Layer Equations, Correlation Methods for Integral Boundary Layers, Method of Assumed Profiles, Falkner-Skan Flows, Effect of Turbulent Fluctuations on Mean Flow: Reynolds-Averaging, Poiseuille Flow Through a Duct in 2-D, Laminar Boundary Layer Order of Magnitude Analysis, Solutions of the Laminar Boundary Layer Equations, Similarity in Wind Tunnel Testing, Single Horseshoe Vortex Wing Model, Ground Effect Using Single Vortex Model, Three-Dimensional Wall Effects, Drag Tare Due to Mount, Subsonic Small Disturbance Potential Flow, Critical Mach Number, Behavior of Isentropic Flow in Quasi-1D, Derivation of Sound Wave Properties, Waves in 1D Compressible Flow, Normal Shock Waves, Propagation of Disturbances By a Moving Object, Linearized Compressible Potential Flow Governing Equation, Implications of Linearized Supersonic Flow on Airfoil Lift and Drag, Oblique Shock Waves, Prandtl-Meyer Expansion Waves, Computational Methods for the Euler Equations, Structured vs. Unstructured Grids, Solution Convergence.

Author(s): Prof. David Darmofal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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