This note covers the following
topics: Historical Background, Parts of an Aircraft, Stability, Aerospace
Terminology, Forces on Aircraft, Lift and Drag, Airfoils, Pi Theorem, Energy
Equation, Substantial Derivative, Pathline and stream line, Uniform Flow, source
flow, Uniform Flow, Propulsion, Operational Envelopes, Standard Atmosphere,
Air-breathing Engines, Aircraft Performance, Rocket Engines, Review of Gas
Dynamics, H-K Diagram, Normal shock wave, Flow with heat addition, Flow with
friction.
This
note explains the following topics: introduction to gas dynamics, Conservation
laws, Fundamentals of compressible fluid flow and Shock Phenomena, Aerodynamic
drag, transonic flow and helicopter aerodynamics and also covers computational
fluid dynamics and practical applications like wind tunnel testing techniques.
Author(s): International Islamic University Malaysia
This note covers the following
topics: The aerodynamic forces, Practical applications, Fundamental flow
parameters, Flow regimes, Critical Mach numbers, Drag of an aircraft, Wing
geometry, Airfoil aerodynamic characteristics, Hydrostatics, Stevino’s law,
Fluid particle kinematics, Streamlines and strakelines, Conservation of mass,
Bernoulli’s theorem, Two-dimensional flow, Pressure and forces on the cylinder,
Rotating circular cylinder, Thin airfoil theory, Schrenk’s method, The
turbulence, Fluid particle kinematics, Supersonic, thin and cambered airfoil,
Normal shock waves, Transonic flow.
This note covers the following
topics: Historical Background, Parts of an Aircraft, Stability, Aerospace
Terminology, Forces on Aircraft, Lift and Drag, Airfoils, Pi Theorem, Energy
Equation, Substantial Derivative, Pathline and stream line, Uniform Flow, source
flow, Uniform Flow, Propulsion, Operational Envelopes, Standard Atmosphere,
Air-breathing Engines, Aircraft Performance, Rocket Engines, Review of Gas
Dynamics, H-K Diagram, Normal shock wave, Flow with heat addition, Flow with
friction.