Applied Aerodynamics

This course will introduce students to; 1. the fundamentals and practical aspects of incompressible and compressible flows; 2. the design and operation of flow systems; and 3. including pipe networks, automobiles and flight vehicles.

Flow of inviscid and viscous fluids. Laminar and turbulent flow in pipes and boundary layers. Losses in pipe systems. Lift and drag forces on moving bodies and aerofoil theory. Incompressible-flow machines. Fundamentals of compressible flow. 1-D pipe flow. Compressible flow nozzles. Rayleigh flow. Fanno flow. external compressible flow around bodies including transonic and supersonic vehicles. Design considerations. Experimental techniques.