Course syllabus

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  2. Course syllabus

010093405-66 อากาศพลศาสตร์ (Aerodynamics)

Course Syllabus

Data entry : Asst.Prof. Dr.Boonchai Watjatrakul
1. Course number and name

010093405-66 อากาศพลศาสตร์ (Aerodynamics)

2. Credits and contact hours

3(3-0-6)

3. Instructor’s or course coordinator’s name

Asst.Prof. Dr.Boonchai Watjatrakul

4. Text book, title, author, and year

  1. John D. Anderson, Jr., “Fundamentals of Aerodynamics,” 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2016.
  2. Lecture notes

5. Specific course information

  1. brief description of the content of the course (catalog description)
    Aerodynamic forces and moments; non-dimensional parameters; flow governing equations; inviscid, incompressible flow; potential flow; thin airfoil theory; incompressible flow over finite wings; lifting-line theory; lifting-surface theory; principles of viscous flows; boundary layers; compressible flow; subsonic compressible flows over airfoils and wings; shock and expansion waves; supersonic flows over airfoils and wings; aerodynamic design.
  2. prerequisites or co-requisites
    040283112-66 Engineering Mathematics II
    040303005-66 Physics I
  3. indicate whether a required, elective, or selected elective (as per Table 5-1) course in the program
    Required :

6. Specific goals for the course

  1. specific outcomes of instruction (e.g. The student will be able to explain the significance of current research about a particular topic.)
    1. CLO1 Understand and identify types of aerodynamic flows and their important physical phenomena. [PI1a, d]
    2. CLO2 Apply the fundamental physical principles to formulate simplified mathematical equations which properly describe the physics of the flow and use these fundamental equations to analyse aerodynamic flow problems. [PI1b, c, d]
    3. CLO3 Understand the basic geometric parameters that define airfoil and wing shapes and their impacts on lift and drag. [PI1a, d]
    4. CLO4 Understand the concepts of Lifting-Line theory, vortex lattice method and panel methods to predict the lift and induced drag of a wing. [PI1a-c]
    5. CLO5 Understand and analyze the impacts of compressibility, drag divergent Mach number, shock and expansion waves on lift and drag. [PI1a-c]
    6. CLO6 Evaluate the wing lift and drag. [PI1a-d]
    7. CLO7 Understand the aerodynamic design of aircraft. [PI1a, d]
  2. explicitly indicate which of the student outcomes listed in Criterion 3 or any other outcomes are addressed by the course.
    ABET Student Outcome (SO) Listed in Criterion 3 Performance indicator
    SO1 an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
    • PI-1.1 PI-1.1 desc
    • PI-1.2 PI-1.2 desc
    • PI-1.3 PI-1.3 desc
    • PI-1.4 PI-1.4 desc

7. Brief list of topics to be covered
Week Topic Details Activities
1 Basic Concepts and Definitions: Aerodynamic forces and moments, Flow similarity
2 Fundamental Principles and Equations: Types of flow and introduction to boundary layers, Continuity equation, momentum equation and energy equation
3 Fundamental Principles and Equations (Cont.): Fundamental equations in terms of the substantial derivative, Pathlines, streamlines, and streaklines of a flow, Angular velocity, vorticity, strain and circulation, Stream function and velocity potential
4 Fundamentals of Inviscid, Incompressible Flow: Bernoulli’s equation, Measurement of airspeed, pressure coefficient
5 Irrotational, Incompressible Flow: Laplace’s equation, Elementary flows: uniform flow, source flow, doublet flow and vortex flow, Combination of elementary flows, The Kutta-Joukowski theorem and the generation of lift
6 Incompressible Flow over Airfoils: Airfoil characteristics, Low-speed flow over airfoils: the vortex sheet, The Kutta condition
7 Incompressible Flow over Airfoils (Cont.): Classical thin airfoil theory, Estimating skin-friction drag, Flow Separation, and airfoil stalls
8 Incompressible Flow over Finite Wings: Wing geometry parameters, Downwash and induced drag, The vortex filament, the Biot-Savart law, and Helmholtz's theorems
9 Incompressible Flow over Finite Wings (Cont.): Prandtl’s classical lifting-line theory, Elliptical and general lift distributions, Effect of aspect ratio and taper ratio, Wing planform and spanwise lift distribution
10 Inviscid, Compressible Flow: Definition of compressibility, Governing equations for inviscid, compressible flow, Adiabatic and Isentropic flows
11 Normal Shock Waves: The basic normal shock equations, Calculation of normal shock-wave properties, Measurement of velocity in a compressible flow
12 Oblique Shock: Oblique shock properties, Supersonic flow over wedges
13 Expansion Waves: Prandtl-Meyer expansion waves, Applications to supersonic airfoil
14 Subsonic Compressible Flow over Airfoils: Prandtl-Glauert compressibility correction, Critical Mach number and drag-divergence Mach number, The supercritical airfoil and the area rule
15 Aerodynamic Design Considerations: Wing geometry for high-speed flights, High-lift configurations, Drag reduction
8. Course Assessment
Course assessment Weight score (%) Assessment tools Date
Midterm Exam I 30 midterm examination
Midterm Exam II 30 midterm examination
Assignments 10 assignment
Final Exam 30 final examination
The grading table
Grading Rank
>= 80% A
74% - 79.99% B+
67% - 73.99% B
59% - 66.99% C+
51% - 58.99% C
46% - 50.99% D+
40% - 45.99% D
0% - 39.99% F

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